Welcome to Year 4

Our Teachers are Miss Fowler, Miss Lugg and Mr Kendrick. We are supported by Miss Courtney and Mrs Kelly.

Autumn 1 Spelling list

English:

We are starting off the Autumn term in English looking at fictional stories. Our Book is 'Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters' by John Steptoe. This is an African tale, with lots of interesting vocabulary. We are looking at the descriptions of both people and settings. We want the children to be inspired to use the vocabulary in their own way and to develop their ability to describe when writing. The story also sends a message with the need for generosity. 

Here is a link for you to listen to the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXPV35dah8I  

Maths:

In our Maths lessons this term we are focusing on Place Value. We will be learning about how to round to the nearest 10 and 100 and 1,000. Furthermore, there will be a focus on comparing 4 digit numbers up to 10,000. In Year 4, it is important to continue with our times tables revision, we do this on our TT Rockstars account or by singing and dancing on BBC Supermovers. Here are the links to practice at home:

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4

Science:

This term in Science our topic is 'Teeth and Eating'. The children will learn about digestion and different types of teeth, before moving on to explore deadly predators and their prey, in their exploration of food chains. 

Geography:

'The America' is this term's topic and the question that we will be asking ourselves is can you come on a Great American Road Trip?. We want the children to be able to locate the world's countries using maps, including North and South America.  

Religion:

Through our RE lessons our children will be looking at some different Gospel stories and studying some of the key figures in Jesus' family, such as the disciples and Joseph.

Home Learning:

 You can access all Home Learning resources through Class Dojo. Each week a weekly timetable overview will be posted to the children for them to access their activities for the week. Further resources can be found by following the links below: 

• https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu
• https://play.ttrockstars.com/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
• https://classroom.thenational.academy/
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBuS4UeyHMccVAjpWaNbGomt
• https://www.booksfortopics.com/homebooks-7-9
• https://www.purplemash.com/sch/christ-m40  

Things to remember:

• Our PE day is on a Friday and the children need to come in wearing their PE kit.
• Wednesday is swimming day so don't forget your kit and towel!
• Homework is given out on a Friday and does not get collected until the following Friday.
• Our 'Grand Spell' and times tables test takes place every Friday morning.
• Reading books will be changed Tuesday and Friday only, so make sure your book is in the box to change it!

Reading

If your child loves to read and will do it anywhere they can, snap a pic of them and send it into us on Class Dojo