Year 4
Week beginning 15th September
What a wonderful first week we have had! We have completed lots of fantastic learning about our class names this week, but we have also spent a bit of time on team building activities to improve our teamwork skills within our new classes! It has been lovely hearing all about the childrens' summer holidays, but we are ready to begin our learning on our first project of 'Survival'!
Parent Information Video
As you know, we are trialling something new for Parent Information Evenings in Year 4 so here is our introductory video. You can also find the powerpoint with much more detail below and we will be in the classrooms to greet you at 3.30pm on Monday 15th September if you want to pop in and say hello or ask any specific questions.
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 our English unit, focusing on letter writing in which we will publish letters to send to a school in Malawi!
Maths - We will begin our first unit on place value where we will look at representing and partitioning numbers to 1000 and 10,000.
Spelling - We will begin with a pre-test of our spelling words this term
Science - We will exploring the difference between 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 identifying the different counties of the UK
Computing - We will begin our first unit on Hardware Investigators, focusing on naming computer parts
RE - We will retell the story of Noah's Ark
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-
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