Welcome to Year 4
Please keep an eye on our school website for updates on your child’s learning, pictures and important messages from us!
Thank you for your continued support and co-operation.
We have just a few little reminders for you which will help make sure your child's time at school is as brilliant as can be.
The Year 4 Team
Class Teachers- Mrs Darby and Mrs Buck
Class LSA- Mrs Farrow
This terms Caritas Curriculum Learning -Inside Out
Year 4 question who is my community as they launch this unit enjoying Bill’s New Frock and discovering how stereotypes can shape/affect our beliefs of others. By learning how our bodies digest food and the structure of food chains in science we really look at ourselves inside out! Through history we discover how Anglo Saxons built their community and research primary and secondary sources using our safe computing skills and build a picture of their views and how community life has changed over time. Through art that tells stories, we create our own version of Beowulf a creature who gobbled people up inside out! By learning to sing Mamma Mia in music we really let our emotions lead the go.
inside out knowledge organiser autumn.pdf
Year 4 Caritas Learning Overview
caritas curriculum year 4 one page.pdf
Homelearning
Home Learning
Our Home learning menu activities this half-term reflect our topic and can be found in the page dedicated to that term's topic.
Home Learning is set on a Wednesday and celebrated in class on the following Tuesday. Your child should complete their Home Learning in their notebook on Teams or in the home learning book.
home learning inside out autumn 2.pdf
Spellings are set weekly and our class spelling quiz will be on Wednesdays.
home learning spellings and times tables autumn 1.pdf
Your child is also set an ActiveLearn maths activity that will reflect the learning covered through the week. Please ensure that your child does access this activity as it will help build mathematical knowledge and fluency.
P.E.
We have PE lessons twice a week on a Monday and Thursday. Children are expected to bring their full PE kits, which has their names on, into school. This includes plimsolls for indoor PE and trainers for outdoor PE. Please ensure that your child has the correct outdoor kit as the lessons will take place outside. Earrings must be taken out before PE lessons, either by the parent or the child- staff are not permitted to do this. Long hair must be tied back.
Other Helpful Hints
Reading
It is expected that children are heard to read at home for at least 20 minutes. Your child must have completed the book and have their Reading Diary signed in order for their book to be changed. It is important to check your child’s understanding of what they are reading, especially as they begin to read longer and more complex books. This can be done through discussing the book with your child and through questioning them about specific aspects after or during reading.
We have reading time every day, and during the course of the week, children will read independently, with a partner or group and with an adult.
Practice spellings at home
At the start of term children are given the spellings that are based on the Year Three and Four National Curriculum spelling list. Children should be encouraged to look for and learn spelling patterns in these words and other words.
It is more beneficial to work on spellings in short bursts; 5-10 minutes every day, rather than longer sessions. It is also very helpful to encourage your child to learn the meanings of these words (and other unfamiliar words) as well as helping them to develop their ability to apply these in context by writing a few sentences.
Snacks
Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack into school for morning break. Fizzy drinks or sugary juices are not permitted. Only water should be brought to school in your child’s bottle.