Welcome to Year 4
Hercules Class
Mr. Hargreaves
Miss Khatoon
Mrs. Amjad
Mrs. Akram
Robin Hood Class
Mrs. Greenfield
Mrs. Shah
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
Summer 1
When is a mountain not a mountain?
In English
Using The Last Bear as a stimulus
Week 1 - Diary entry
Recapping features
Character perspective
Hot piece
Week 2 - Non chron reports
Features
Scaffold/model using penguins
Week 3 – Non Chron reports
Research arctic creatures
Scaffold /model using another animal
Hot piece
Week 4 – Issues and dilemmas – Letter writing
Pollution of animal habitats (incorporating Guided reading)
What can we do to help?
Research lesson
Features/ model letter writing
Hot piece
In Maths
Wk 1 – Tenths
Wk 2 – Hundredths as fractions and decimals
Wk. 3 - Make a whole with tenths/hundredths
Wk. 4 – Comparing and Ordering decimals as well as halves and quarters as decimals
Wk. 5 – Money
Writing money as decimals and comparing amounts of money
Wk. 6 – Estimating, Calculating and solving problems with money
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 different types of mountains to answer our research question.
In Computing we will be
using IT to enhance the curriculum.
In PE we will be exploring OAA
In Music we will be learning to sing the song Blackbird and play the glockenspiel.
In DT we will be creating our own pizzas.
Here are some websites that will help to consolidate some facts -
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 Tuesdays 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 be going swimming on Fridays also, 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.
Here is the medium term plan
