Welcome to Year 4!
Victory Class
Teachers: Mrs Broad
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Newman
Enterprise Class
Teacher: Miss Bradshaw
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Silvester
Term 5 : Our Changing World
Term 5 Topic: 'Our Changing World' – How is the weather around the world changing our planet?
In term 3, we are studying the topic: “Our Changing World” – How is the weather around the world changing our planet? The children will investigating the impacts of climate change on the world.
We will also be exploring some excellent non-fiction text about climate change as well as immersing the fiction novel Charlotte's Web and the picture book The Promise to support our writing.
In Art, linking to our Geography and Science topics, we will be learning different joining techniques to recycle and repurpose materials to create layered cardboard sculptures of animals.
Our Science work this term is all about Living Things and their Habitats. We will be sorting and classifying different animals before thinking about their habitats and the effect of environmental changes on them.
It will certainly be a fun, learning-filled fourth term of the school year!
Home Learning
Your child’s weekly home learning will consist of:
• Daily reading (to be recorded in Reading Records)
• Times table practice (KS2 use the Times Table Rock Stars website)
• Spellings/Phonics (using the Spelling Shed website)
We will celebrate pupil success in completing these tasks both in class and across the school and as such boost the profile of these activities in our school community.
Spellings
As well as practising the Year 3 and 4 statutory spellings, we investigate the Year 4 spelling curriculum using a variety of resources and strategies including Spelling Shed, which you can access at home too.
Spellings will be set on a Friday and tested the following Friday. You all have logins to access Spelling Shed and the term's list of spellings will be sent home copy.
Websites:
Timestables
We will be using the Computing Suite to practised to practise your multiplication facts, particularly on Times Tables Rockstars. There will be a focus for the Multiplication Times Tables Check but you can do this at home too, using a keyboard if possible, on TTRS Soundcheck or timestables.co.uk MTC practice page.
Different Times Table challenges/games will be set weekly on the TT Rockstars website.
With the national Year 4 Multiplication Times tables Check (MTC) a major assessment in Year 4, we will
be focussing on learning our multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12 by heart so keep
practising at home as well as school, starting by revising those that should already be known by
the end of Year 3.
There are links on this page to Times Tables Rock Stars as well as other sites we may be
using to practise online. We are also keen for you to share ideas for practising offline too so,
if you have a method that works for you, let your teacher or TA know so you can teach it to your class!
There is a link for parents to explain more about the MTC below.roun
Websites:
- https://www.theschoolrun.com/year-4-multiplication-tables-check-mtc-explained
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multiplication-tables-check-information-for-parents
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Timestables.co.uk - MTC practice page
- Times Tables Games
- Learn your times tables
- Hit the Button
Practise times tables, number bonds and much more!
PE
This year your P.E. sessions are on Mondays and Thursdays
and this term we will be practising and improving our yoga and handball skills!
It is imperative that you all have appropriate clothing for outdoor PE. You should come to school wearing your kit. In line with our P.E. policy (see the curriculum pages), you are not allowed to wear jewellery or watches and must have hair of shoulder length or longer safely secured with an appropriate hair tie. You must remove earrings yourselves and it would be helpful to bring a small container/bag/envelope to store them in during the lessons if necessary.
As the weather hopefully gets warmer and pollen increases, you may need to take hay fever medication and to apply sun lotion / wear a hat as we will be outside all afternoon as well as ensuring you have a fresh bottle of water with you every day.
Other Useful Website Links
- The School Run
- Duolingo - practise your Spanish or any other language you are interested in!
- https://www.oddizzi.com/ - Learn more about all aspects of our world Geography. Ask your class teacher for our year 4 username and password.