Monet
Year Three and Year Four
Welcome to Monet Class.
English
In English we are reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. This is a wonderful book and we will be using to inspire us to write our own short stories and fables. We will be focusing on structuring our ideas into paragraphs and engaging our reader through the use of the power of three, metaphors and similes.
Maths
In maths we will working on Decimals, Space and shape as well as money. We will also be focusing on our multiplications and arithmetic.
Science
In science we will learning all about electricity. We will be identifying which common appliances use electricity and building on our knowledge from Year 2. We will be understanding how electricity can flow around a loop, called a circuit. We will also make simple circuits and consider what happens when the circuit is broken.
Geography
Geography in this term is based around Asia: Japan. In this unit children will look at the physical and human geography of Japan including climate zones, biomes, rivers, mountains and also considers human geographical aspects of the regions including land use, population distribution, settlements, transport and industry. Children will continue to develop their map reading skills, identifying locations, climate regions and biomes.
History
We are continuing with our learning of The Stuarts with the aim to support children to develop a chronologically secure understanding of this significant period of British history by diving deeper into the changing role of the monarchy during the 17th century.
Art
This unit introduces needlework and embroidery through study of an intricate and richly coloured embroidered panel by Margaret MacDonald. In the second half of the unit the children learn about weaving, first studied in year 2. They look at tapestries made at Mortlake based on drawings of the life of Christ by Raphael and study the abstract work of Anni Albers
RE
In RE children will be learning about God and understanding why is God holy and loving. We will also be learning about Gospels.
PE
In PE, children will be practising and honing their athletic skills.
Class Room Staff: Ms Brodie, Ms. Glen and Ms. Cosgrove
PE Day: Tuesday
Knowledge Organisers
Conductors and insulators
The children have learnt about conductors and insulators. Conductors are materials that allow electricity to flow through and insulators are materials that do not allow electricity to pass through.
Did you know that electricity can flow through a potato?!
Exploring Electricity
We started off by looking at the components we needed to build an electrical circuit. We found out that all the components need to be connected to allow the power from the battery to flow through the wires to the light bulb.
When we added a second light bulb, the bulbs were dimmer. The children worked in small groups to discuss why the bulbs were dimmer. Their theory was that the energy from the battery was being shared between the two bulbs, so they were each getting half; it is like sharing a pizza you get a smaller amount.
Science Investigation
Monet have been scientists. They have conducted an investigation into how plants take up water into their stems. They will record their findings and discuss what this means.
