Class teachers

Miss Peers 

Learning Support Assistant and 1:1

Mrs Arthur, Mr Bass and Mrs Young/Mrs Grant 

Dear Parents/ Carers,

Welcome back! We hope that you have had a lovely summer break and are ready for the year ahead. We have lots of new topics and activities to look forward to.  This is an important year in terms of developing independence in learning in preparation for Year 5 and 6. We would very much hope that you support your child on this important part of their learning journey.

 

Topics

Our first unit in Geography is “Where does our food come from?” Next term we will be exploring History instead of Geography.

Our first unit in Science is “Animals including humans: Digestion and food”.

Our first unit in Art is “Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion”.

Reading records

Please continue to read with your child daily and encourage your child to record this in their Reading Record as we are now focusing on independence in learning in preparation for Year 5 and 6.

Home learning

The home learning in Year 4 will consist of daily reading, TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed.

Spellings and Times-tables

Your child will continue to bring home weekly spellings. They need to practise these daily in preparation for a test on Friday.

The national Year 4 times-table test will take place in the summer term.  It is expected that Year 4 children will know up to 12x12 by the end of year 4. We will be doing lots of work on these in class and ask that you practise regularly at home to support your child with their learning. There will be a meeting nearer the time to go through the details of this test with you. The test is quite similar to the games on TT Rockstars so spending 10 minutes a day on this will prepare them for this test well.

Equipment

We will provide the children with the equipment that they will need in class. Your child can bring in their own equipment.

Children will need to bring their own water bottle each day and this will be sent home to be washed at the end of each day. They can be refilled during the day as required.

Indoor PE: This will be on Thursday afternoons – your child needs to wear the correct PE kit as per the policy.

Outdoor PE: This will be on Monday afternoons - Regardless of the weather we will be going outside so please ensure children have sun cream and hats if weather is hot or a jacket if weather is cold.

 

Forest School: This will be on Wednesday afternoons – your child will need a raincoat, waterproof trousers and wellington boots as we will be out regardless of the weather. Your child will need to bring this in a bag which will stay in their lockers. Forest school kits will be sent home at the end of each term for cleaning. Please ensure you child brings spare socks.

Please ensure all clothing and footwear for PE and Forest School is clearly labelled with your child’s name.

 

Many thanks

The Year 4 Team

 

 

Term 1 overview 
 

Term 2 overview 
 

Term 3 overview 
 

Term 4 overview 
 

Term 5 overview 
 

Term 6 overview