Half Term Information Autumn 2 2025
This half term, much of our learning in English has been based on our topic of Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Using the story, “Escape from Pompeii,” the children have used a variety of different language and sentence types to write their setting description of when Mount Vesuvius was erupting. They then went on to write an adventure story based upon a volcano erupting.
In Maths, we have continued to cover the four main operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As well as consolidating their understanding of place value, they have been practising their times tables.
Our Extreme Earth topic has really captured the children’s imaginations, where they have been astonished by earthquakes and amazed by volcanoes. This topic ended with the children creating their own pop-up, no-fiction text about volcanoes. They thoroughly enjoyed creating a variety of mechanisms to include in their books.
The children have enjoyed the Dance unit ‘Cold Places’, where they experimented turning their bodies into different shapes to form penguins and icicles, and putting together routines containing a range of movements. We have also been developing our hockey skills outside.
In Science, our learning has been around the topic of conservation. We have explored the impact that humans have on the planet through deforestation and pollution and learned about what we can do to protect the environment. This took us on an exciting trip to Cambourne nature reserve to conduct a litter pick.
The term finished off with the Year 4 Christmas Carol Concerts, performed to the school, family and friends. The songs ranged from traditional carols to more modern tunes! A really lovely way to end a very busy term.
Comments from the children about their learning:
"My best bit this half term was making pop up books."
"My favourite part this half term was singing in the carol concert."
"I enjoyed learning about lots of volcanoes in topic."
Useful website links to continue learning at home:
Interactive maths activities:
www.mathswhizz.com
Times Tables Rockstars (TTR)
A range of resources linked to our curriculum: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/monkfield
BBC Bitesize - Geography: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zd9cxyc