Welcome to Year 4
Hercules Class
Mrs. Gibson (Class Teacher Mon-Wed)
Miss Jones (Class Teacher Wed-Fri)
Miss Khatoon
Mrs. Akram
Robin Hood Class
Mrs. Greenfield
Mrs. Spencer
Miss Hussain
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
As well as our usual projects we are also excited to announce that this summer Y4 will be performing, alongside many other schools in Rochdale, at The Curtain Theatre.
Working with Rochdale Music Service and The Royal Opera House -
We will be performing the famous opera The Magic Flute written by Mozart.
We will give out more details nearer the time about this exciting opportunity for all of the children.
Summer B
Why is expressive art important in life?
In English we will be exploring the story of The Magic Flute and creating a drama performance based on the story.
In Maths we will be exploring money and time, shape and statistics, as well as completing the multiplication tables check.
In Science we will be learning about sound.
In Geography we will be exploring volcanoes.
In Computing we will be data logging.
In PE we will be incorporating dance and outdoor PE will be cricket.
In Music we will be learning to sing and perform songs from The Magic Flute.
In PHSE we will be learning about my changing body.
In Spanish we will be learning how to order at a Spanish cafe..
In DT we will be creating a volcano and making it erupt.
In Art we will be learning about the artist L.S.Lowry and using his art to create our own.
Homework
Spellings
The children will have weekly spellings to practise and will be set up on Spelling Shed. Each Wednesday 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.
They must access Spelling Shed at home to help practise their spellings using their individual log-in.
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 practise 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 Mondays in correct PE kit. This is plain black joggers/leggings, a plain white T-shirt and a plain black hoodie/jacket as well as plain black trainers. Shoes MUST NOT be worn for safety reasons.
Robin Hood should bring their Swimming Kits into school every Wednesday as normal.
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.
Swimming will take part in 2 blocks - block 1 will be Hercules and block 2 will be Robin hood.
What do you need to bring for your swimming lessons?
-swimming costume
-swim shorts (above the knee)
-towel
-hair tie (to tie long hair back)
-a named bag to put all of your swimming things in
These items must be brought into school every week.
Keep up to date with news about this half term with our class newsletters.
Here is the medium term plan
