Year 4
Week beginning 20th October
What a fantastic week Year 4 have had! The children thoroughly enjoyed their Survival Day and worked so brilliantly with Year 2, that I know they saw Year 4 as role models and that made us so proud! We also were lucky to be visited by the RNLI who shared with us the importance of being safe around water in readiness for our upcoming swimming lessons.
We have very nearly completed our first half term in Year 4 together and we could not be prouder of all that the children have achieved so far. We hope you manage to have a lovely autumunal half term and we look forward to seeing the children after half term ready a very busy term leading up to Christmas!
Reminder - Hooke Court Deposits of £20 are due by Friday 14th November.
Parent Information Video
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Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is: Challenges
'Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.'
Joshua 1:9
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 finish our unit looking at The Secret Garden with creating our own versions of the story
Maths - We will finish our unit of addition and subtraction focusing on subtracting two 4 digit numbers with exchange and estimating answers
Spelling - We will be focusing on words which end in -ure and end the half term with a test
DR - We will finish reading our book 'You vs The World: Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up' and focusing on using a range of reading strategies within our lessons
Geography - We will finish our unit with an assessment to see how much we have remembered from throughout the term
PE - We will continue our unit on Fitness and Football
PSHE - We will be recognising healthy and unhealthy relationships
Music - We will continue our lessons on Samba drumming
French - We will continue our first unit on 'Je me presente' where we will be learning to introduce ourselves in French
RE - We will be understanding how Christians trust in God.
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:
Flu Immunisations - Thursday 23rd October
Open Morning - Saturday 8th November @ 10:00am
Hooke Court Deposit Deadline - Friday 14th November
Malawi Class Worship - Thursday 20th November @ 9:00am
Online Parents Evening Consultations - Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th November
Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Performance - Monday 15th December 1:40pm and 5:00pm
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Lunn and Mrs Talbot