Welcome to Year 4
Teacher - Mr Ellison
Teacher - Mrs McQuillan
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Aitken
Year 4 Key Information
Spellings:
PE Days: Wednesday and Friday afternoon. Please come to school dressed in
your PE kit on your PE days. This includes a white t-shirt, black or grey
leggings/trousers/shorts and suitable trainers.
Reading Books: Children have the opportunity to change their reading
books on a Monday and a Friday. Children will have a book banded reading book and a library
book. We ask parents and carers to support with fluency and understanding by
listening to children read on a regular basis. We also request they sign the
reading record so we know that the book is ready for changing.
Library books: Children have the opportunity to access the books
from the library during our library sessions.
Homework: Homework is sent out on a Friday and is due the next Friday
to be marked. Spellings are sent out on a Monday and the children are tested
the following Monday. We also expect children to be regularly completing TTRS
and reading for pleasure at home.
Homework Expectations
This is just a reminder of the expectations for KS2 homework. Every day, all children should complete five minutes of spelling practise, reading and times table practise.
At our school we are passionate about reading and it is massively beneficial to children. It supports their development in all areas of the curriculum, their mental wellbeing and broadens their imagination.
What’s happening in Autumn term?
Autumn 1
This term in maths, we will cover place value, addition, subtraction,
measurement (area) multiplication and division.
In English, we will
be reading Tar beach, The Mermaid of Zennor, Until I Met Dudley and Winter’s
Child. We will use these novels to inspire our writing, which will include
writing a poem, letters, a playscript, reports, explanations and narratives.
In science, we will
be exploring ‘Living things and their habitats’ where we will begin to
understand classification and group organisms based on their similarities and
differences. We will look at how environments can change and that this can
sometimes pose a danger to living things. We then learn about animals,
including humans, finding out about the digestive system and food chains.
Our history topic is
Roman Britain where we will look at the timeline of events leading up to
understanding how the Romans conquered Britain. In geography, we will explore
where our food comes from.
What’s happening in Spring term?
This term in maths, Year 4
will be learning about Multiplication and Division, Length and
Perimeter, Fractions and Decimals.
In English, we will be
reading The Iron Man, The Selfish Giant, The Baker by the Sea and The Matchbox
Diary. The class writing outcomes will include news bulletins, character and
setting descriptions, narratives, biographies, letters, diary entries and
brochures.
In science, Year 4 will
complete the Animals, including Humans unit of work then investigate States of
Matter thinking about solids, liquids and gasses.
Our history is ‘Ancient Greece’ where we will study Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world and then we will move onto ‘Modern Day Greece’ in geography where we will make comparisons with the U.K. regarding human and physical features.
What’s happening in Summer term?
This term in maths, Year 4
will look at decimals, money, time, shape, statistics, position and
direction.
In English, we
will be reading Weslandia, The Story of Tutankhamun, Granny Came on the Empire
Windrush and Jabberwocky. Our outcomes include retellings, character descriptions, book
review, reports, instructions, letters, diary entries, speeches and
performance poetry.
In science, Year 4 will
first study Electricity where we will make and test series circuits with a
variety of electrical components, including testing conductors and insulators.
We will then move on to Sound where we will investigate vibrations, pitch and
volume.
Our history topic is a local history study of Tameside and then we will learn about Mountains, Rivers and Coasts finding out about those across the continents and in the U.K.