Year 4
Week beginning 22nd September
It was lovely to welcome some of you into our classrooms this week! We hope you enjoyed the children showing you around! Please don't hesitate to ask us any questios you have regarding the Parent Information Presentation.
This week you will have received a letter regarding Hooke Court. We really hope that this something you would like to sign your child up for as it really is an incredible educational opportunity, but the memories will stay with them for life! The information for this will have been sent to you, but please ask one of the Year 4 teachers if you have any questions.
Parent Information Video
We would love your feedback on this new way of doing things so please do let us know via the QR code below.
Destination Reader
Our book this term will be 'You vs The World - The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up!' by Bear Grylls
This weeks learning:
English - We will begin a new English unit, focusing on biographies and looking at Bear Grylls' life in more depth
Maths - We will contine our first unit on place value where we will look at partitioning numbers to 10,000 and finding 1, 10, 100, 100 more or less than a nube
Spelling - We will be focusing on the homophones in our spelling list for this term
Science - We will identifying solids, liquids and gases
DR - We will find out what our new book is and begin reading the first few chapters focusing on using a range of reading strategies within our lesson
Geography - We will be understanding and describing the different settlement types in the UK
RE - We will describe Noah's characteristics through his actions
PE - We will begin our new unit on Fitness
DT - We will be looking at the different seasonal vegetables in the UK
French - We will begin our first unit on 'Je me presente' where we will be learning to introduce ourselves in French
Spelling words to practise this term:
Focus on high frequency words- see list attached at the bottom of this page
Words to know this term:
- main
- mane
- fair
- fare
- peace
- piece
- colder
- stronger
- bravest
- fastest
- because
- beautiful
- everybody
- improve
- treasure
- measure
- pleasure
- enclosure
- closure
- picture
Homework:
Please check the homework overview at the bottom of this page, we will share and display the home learning in class.
My Maths will be set each week and the task is due every Thursday.
Reading:
Remember to read at home as much as possible! If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket.
Reading Raffle – Please encourage your child to record in their yellow reading record when they have read at home.
3 reads a week = 1 raffle ticket
5 or more reads a week = 2 raffle tickets
Library Day is on a Wednesday for both classes.
Your child regularly reads with an adult, both individually and during whole-class reading lessons. In Year 4, children are encouraged to take responsibility for changing their own reading books as needed.
Please note that we do not always write in your child's reading record. This is because we keep our own detailed record in school, and avoiding duplication allows us to spend more time directly supporting the pupils.
Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support in fostering a love for reading. If you have any questions regarding reading, then please speak to a member of the Year 4 team.
At the end of every other term, two names from each class will be drawn in Worship and those children will make a special trip ( with a book) to our local Costa to enjoy a babyccino!
Recommended Book list for Year 4… https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-
Important Messages:
We would like to give parents and carers a heads up for dressing up days throughout the year so you can look out for costumes in advance. We are really lucky in Year 4 that we get lets of opportunties to dress up. Please keep a look on Vinted as there are often lots of great bargains! Below are the following costumes needed throughout the year:
- Explorer style costume
- Victorian costume
- Rockstar costume
- Viking costume
Key Dates:
Parent Information Evening - Monday 15th September at 3:30pm
KS2 Harvest Festival Worship in the church - Thursday 2nd October at 11:00am
Fraser Portrait Photos - Monday 13th October
Survival Day - Thursday 16th October
Flu Immunisations - Thursday 23rd October
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Lunn and Mrs Talbot