Year 4
Week beginning 10th November
The children have had a fantastic week back after a week off and we have some some excellent learning taking place!
This Friday is the deadline for the Hooke Court deposit payment of £20 - if you would like your child to go on this brilliant educational residential, please make sure you have paid the deposit by Friday 14th November.
Victoria Class continue swimming this week so they must come on Wednesday with their swimming kit of: swimming costume/trunks, goggles, swim hat, towel. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask Miss Lunn.
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.
Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is: Sacrifice
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Destination Reader
Our book this term will be 'My Story of Standing up for Girl's Rights' by Malala Yousafzai
This weeks learning:
English - We will begin a new unit on poetry focusing on exploring the poem 'The Great City' by Harold Monroe
Maths - We will begin our unit on multiplication and recap our 3 times tables
DR - We will be continuing our new book 'My Story of Standing up for Girl's Rights' by Malala Yousafszai' and focusing on using a range of reading strategies within our lessons
Geography - We will continue our unit on North America by locating the different regions of USA and naming some states
PE - Victoria class will begin swimming lessons meanwhile Malawi will focus on Fitness and PE fundamentals
Science - We will be looking classifying plants
PSHE - We will be recognising how we are each different
Music - We will continue our lessons on Samba drumming
French - We will begin learning vocabulary related to the classroom
RE - We will be retelling Jesus' baptism
Computing - We will begin our new unit on writing for different audiences
Art - We will begin our unit on art by exploring the fundamentals of line
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:
- they
- weigh
- eight
- grey
- sleigh
- young
- touch
- blood
- country
- does
- chef
- brochure
- parachute
- machine
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:
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