Year 4
Welcome to the Year 4 Class page.
Hello and a warm welcome to Year 4. We have so much to look forward to this term and I can’t wait to get started!
English work this term will be based around the text ‘Cinderella’ by Shirley Climo. We will be producing our own diary entry, narrative, recount and instructions for how to cross the River Nile. During Guided Reading, we will be reading ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by Roald Dahl. We will be using this book to develop our VIPERS skills (vocabulary, inference, predict, retrieve, summarise).
In Art, we will have fun exploring how we can use colour, line and shape to create patterns, including repeated patterns. We will look at several artists who use tessellated patterns in their work, such as M. C. Escher.
In Maths, we will focus on place value, looking at the value of each digit in a 4-digit number, finding 100 more or less, estimating, rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 using this knowledge to solve number problems. We will also consolidate our formal column method skills, using this method to add and subtract 4 digit numbers.
In History, the children will look at the life of the Ancient Egyptians. They will look at society from this stage of History, how their lives impacted our lives and who the important characters of the time were.
Our Science topic this half term is Living Things. During our lessons, we will learn about the basic parts of the digestive system and begin to identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions. We will also construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
On Monday mornings, the children will have their Music lesson, where they will be learning to play the recorder. On Tuesday afternoons, the children will undertake swimming lessons at Copley Baths and during Thursday afternoons, they will do enjoy a dance session with Rosie, one of Active Tameside’s Sport’s Coaches. Please ensure that the children have their swimming/PE kits on the correct days
On Thursday mornings, the children will receive Spanish lessons from Miss Garcia.
Children should bring a refillable water bottle to school every day. If you do want to provide your child with a snack, please ensure that it is a piece of fruit or something equally as healthy (a piece of cheese, a small cracker etc).
Homework in Year 4 comprises of two tasks. The children are expected to read at least four times a week and to change their own books when they have finished them. Children and parents can mark when they have read in their reading diaries. Please also remember to log on to Times Table Rock Stars every week to complete at least 20 minutes practice.
If you have any concerns or information you want to share with me, please send a message on Seesaw or Dojo and I will reply as soon as possible.
Thank you for your support.
Miss. Snioch and Miss Burney