Welcome to Year 4. Our teacher is Miss Hartney and our teaching assistant is Mrs Jones.
Our midday assistant is Mrs Taylor.
The school day starts at 8.45am when children enter from the KS2 playground and come straight into class and complete their morning work. The school door closes at 9:00am. This is also a time where we work on any misconceptions from the previous day so this first 30 minutes of the day is a vital time to revise skills learnt and correct any errors so being on time is crucial.
Children can be collected from the KS2 playground at 3.15pm. Please allow them to walk to the main playground area with their class so they can be safely dismissed, if they go home without a teacher knowing it can cause worry.
We communicate regularly through Class Dojo, please check regularly for updates and reminders and use this to let us know if there are any issues you would like help with.
Homework is sent home on a Friday and needs to be back in school by the following Friday. If brought in before Wednesday children will earn 5 dojos!
This half term we are studying:
Maths: We are using our prior knowledge of fractions to help our learning about decimals this half term. We will be learning about tenths and hundredths, how to divide by 10 and 100, ordering and comparing decimals.
English: We are enjoying our class book 'Stuart Little'. We will be learning and reinforcing our understanding of lots of skills through a character description and a narrative.
Science: As scientists, this half term we are learning all about sound through our big question each lesson. We investigate how sound travels, why some sounds are louder than others, why do sounds have different pitches, and how distance affects sounds.
Geography: We are learning all about where our food comes from and what trading fairly means and looks like.
RE: Our question we are looking at in RE this term is 'How is Jesus inspiring to Christians?'.
Spanish: After last term's learning on fruits, this half term we are building on that through our new topic about vegetables.
Computing: We are learning all about data and information through data logging.
PE: The sports we are learning about and taking part in this term are basketball and tennis.
Music: We are having lots of fun and learning about music through our recorders this term.
Art: This half term we are looking at patterns and how art is made for different purposes through using fabrics.
PSHE: We are going to be learning about bullying and discrimination, consent, and puberty this half term.
PE
Our P.E days are Thursday and Friday.
PE Kit This is important because the children get changed for both hygiene and safety reasons. They need white t-shirt, black shorts and trainers or pumps.
They can also have black jogging bottoms for outdoor PE if they wish.
For safety reasons jewellery should not be worn during PE lessons this includes ear rings.
Snack Time
We encourage healthy eating in school and as such all snacks for break time must be healthy options. The children are not allowed to have crisps or chocolate etc at break time. Thank you for your continued support on this.
Reading
All the children have been allocated a reading book based on the results of school reading assessments which will be reviewed on an on going basis. This book can be changed on a Friday. It is vital that you read with your child regularly to ensure they make progress, increase their confidence in all areas and studies at home show that it is excellent for well being.
As you will already be aware we have our new Reading Challenge ongoing in school! Many children are already well on the way to getting their Bronze and Silver certificates so please sign your child's reading record when you read with them. Please see the school reading page for further details.
Keep up the good work!
Multiplication Check
After Year 4 in order to be able to access the correct level of Maths learning it is vital that the children know their Times Table. To support with this, the Government have introduced a nation wide tables test which your child will take in June 2023. To support them with their learning it would be great if you can practice times tables with them regularly. Thank you.
Great websites to support learning
Times Tables Rockstars and Purple Mash
All children have access to TT Rockstars to support their tables practice and Purple Mash to support all areas of the curriculum.
Maths
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zfw9bdm
BBC Bitesize has fantastic lessons which can support for topic based home work!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
TT Rockstars is brilliant for practising times tables skills, the children have their own login for this.
Here is a website to practice for the Multiplication Tables Check for year 4 in June:
Photos of our learning this year:
