Hello from Year 4!

Year 4 are taught by Miss Brook and are supported by Mrs Petts.

 

Hello from myself! I am Miss Brook and I am the class teacher. In year 4 we offer all children a supportive and friendly environment where we are constantly learning. We have a wonderful time in our class where we encourage kindness, teamwork and respect and to make sure that all children feel valued and challenged. We have a variety of fun and engaging topics that we love teaching and learning!

To find out more about the year ahead, please click on the link below.

Parent Open Evening Y4 25 26

 

English

 

The children are encouraged to visit Spelling Shed each week to practice and revise the statutory spellings for Year 4. We have recently introduced a new spelling scheme called Cracking Spelling which digs deep into the roots of spelling rules. This includes three short sessions each week which are practical and inclusive.

We often use class books to deliver our writing curriculum and the pupils really get a lot out of these as we incorporate EGSP, book talk and writing. Where possible, we try and link the books we choose topically, whether it be our main topic, science topic or even linking it to RSE. The books we are going to be looking at in English are:

Autumn Term:

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

The Egyptian Cinderella

A Walk in Paris

A Walk in London

Secrets of The Sun King

Spring Term:

Beowulf

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Survive a Viking Raid

How to be a Viking

Summer Term:

Firebird

The Firework- Maker’s Daughter

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Escape from Pompeii

 

To celebrate our love of reading and reading for pleasure, we have a weekly book club where children bring in the books they have read or are reading and share them with the class. One child each week has the opportunity to document and illustrate parts of their book in our class reading journal which is also shared in our book club.

 

Maths

In year 4 we love maths! Here is what we cover across the year.

Autumn term:

• Place Value
• Addition and Subtraction
• Area
• Multiplication and Division A

Spring term:

• Multiplication and Division B
• Length and perimeter
• Fractions
• Decimals A

Summer term:

• Decimals B
• Money
• Time
• Shape
• Statistics
• Position and Direction

To help us become better Mathematicians, we follow White Rose Maths Hub as our main scheme of learning. We use Times Tables Rock Stars at school and strongly encourage children to practice at home to prepare for the Multiplication Check in Year 4.

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Science

 

As scientists, we use the 5 Scientific Enquiry Skills to test our theories and find out lots of interesting and amazing facts.

In Autumn we are discovering Living things and their Habitats, and Sound.

In Spring we are discovering States of Matter, and Electricity.

In Summer we are discovering the Digestive System and Teeth!

 

Topic

In Topic, we learn about the following History and Geography topics:

Autumn Term:

• Ancient Egypt
• Europe

Spring Term:

• Anglo-Saxons and Scots
• Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Summer Term:

• Natural Disasters

 

Recently in Year 4…

In Computing, we are currently learning about the world wide web. The children created fabulous posters about how to stay safe when sharing information online.

 

The children enjoyed making Anglo-Saxon inspired brooches in Art! We looked at the history of brooches, created a design and finally made them using various materials, cutting and sticking.

Recently, Year 4 had fantastic discussions surrounding dreams, resilience and hard work. The children worked in groups and presented their ideas to the class!

A big well done to these children who have recently achieved 25/25 on TTRS and turned their heatmap green. Keep practicing Year 4!