Broadfield Community Primary School

Welcome to Year 4

Hercules Class

Mr. Hargreaves

Miss Khatoon 

Robin Hood Class

Mrs. Greenfield

Mrs. Shah

Miss Begum

Please keep up to date with everything that is happening in both  Year 4 classes on this page and on Class Dojo. If you need to speak to one of the Year 4 members of staff, please make an appointment at the school office.

Our Projects

Spring B

Are all mountains the same?

In English

In Maths

In Science we will be learning

Living things and their habitats -

•     Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.

•     Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.

•    Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

 In Geography we will be learning about mountains-

L1 – Where are the world's mountain ranges? What makes a mountain a mountain? (Active)

L2 – How are mountains formed?  What are the features of a mountain?

L3 – What is it like to live on a mountain? Mountain climates.  (Active)

 L4 – What have we learnt about mountains?

In Computing we will be programming -

Lesson 1 – Programming a screen turtle

Lesson 2 - Programming letters

Lesson 3 – Patterns and repeats

Lesson 4 – Using loops to create shapes

Lesson 5 – Breaking things down

Lesson 6 – Creating a program

In DT we will be exploring nets of shapes and creating our own Roman chariot and decorating shields and swords. 

In PE we will be exploring Gymnastics and OAA - Hercules will also be swimming.

In Music we will be learning to sing and play instruments. 

Here are some websites that will help to consolidate some facts - 

English

Maths

Science

Also the website below is for all subjects- just search for different games.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years

Homework

Spellings

The children will have weekly spellings to practice.   During the spelling lessons your child will have a spelling test.  If your child does phonics they will only be tested on the first 5 spellings from the list.

Maths

The children have timetables and maths facts to learn and can access Timetables Rockstars at home.

The children take part in a Government “Times Table Check” in June, along with all Year 4 children across the country. It is important the children practice ALL their times tables at least 3 times per week if not more, throughout the year.

Reading

This is very important that children read EVERY DAY. Please encourage them, listen to them and show interest in their reading by asking questions. This helps them to understand their books. Children will be given a reading book within their book band plus a sharing book that they have chosen, this might be trickier for them to read but it has perhaps grabbed their attention and they want to read it. 

Children need to have their reading records signed by an adult every time that they read at home in order to move up the Reading Tree. 

They need to bring their book bags everyday with their reading book. Books will be changed regularly.

PE Kits.

Children have PE once a week for 2 hours.  This will incorporate an indoor PE session and then an outdoor session. 

Both classes can come into school on Wednesdays in correct PE kit. This is plain black joggers/leggings, a plain white T-shirt and a plain black hoody/jacket as well as plain black trainers. Shoes MUST NOT be worn for safety reasons. 

Hercules will continue going swimming on Fridays, so will need a swimming kit.  

Swimming is part of the national curriculum and therefore is compulsory.  All KS2 children are expected to be able to swim 25m unaided by the end of the unit.  Some children will achieve this and others will take a little bit longer to become confident. It is an important life skill and therefore we encourage all children to take part regularly and any additional swimming outside of school will benefit them.

Keep up to date with news about this half term with our class newsletters.