Please see parents letter below:

Topic Overview:

This term we have two topics:

Happy Habitats – Science based and focusing on classifying and comparing living things

Rotten Romans – History based and concentrating on exploring the influence of Ancient Rome.

Year 4 Homework Expectations

• Homework is usually given on a Wednesday and must be handed in by the following Monday - any incomplete or forgotten work must be finished at school during playtime.
• Reading to an adult should be completed daily, if possible, with the Home/School diary signed at least twice a week (3 signatures gets a housepoint!).
• Weekly spellings should be practised regularly at home –ready for the Wednesday test.
• Writing homework will usually consist of writing sentences containing their spelling words.
• Maths homework will often be some Mathletics activities.
• Each term a project is set for independent research at home

Useful Websites:

Happy Habitats

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bfjrj

http://homeworkhelp.stjohnssevenoaks.com/revision/Science/living/habitats.html

Rotten Romans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html

http://rome.mrdonn.org/games.html

Times Tables

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

http://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables