Week beginning 2nd November

We hope you all had a fantastic half term and managed to rest before we begin Term 2 with the joy of Christmas at the end of it!

This week Victoria Class begin their swimming lessons for the next 6 weeks every Wednesday, beginning on Wednesday 4th November (see dates at the bottom of this page). Please remember to send your child to school with a coat and a hat as we will be walking in any weather to BCS and back! If you have any questions, please ask a member of the Year 4 team.

This year, instead of Parent Information Evenings, we have made a welcome video to give an overview of our year and a look inside our classrooms. It was lovely to see so many of you at the classroom visit! 

Worship Theme This Week:

Our worship theme this week is: Light

"God speaks light into existence and separates it from darkness."

Genesis 1:3-4

This week's learning:

English - This week in English we will begin our new unit on Poetry, with a focus on the text 'The Great City' by Harold Monro

Maths - We will begin our new unit on multiplication and division with a focus on the 6 and 9 times tables

Science - We will begin our new unit on Living Things and Habitats where will focus on classification

Geography - We will begin our new unit on North America where we will focus on locating it on a map and naming the countries which make up the continent

RE - We will be understanding why Baptisms are important to Christians

PE - Victoria Class will begin their swimming lessons, while Malawi will begin Parkour

Music - We will continue our drumming lessons on the djembe drums

Computing - We will 

 

Destination Reader

Our book this term will be: Malala: My Story of Standing For Girls' Rights

Below are the skills we focus on in our Destination Reader lessons and some of the sentence stems we use to support discussion around the books we are reading. 

                    

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 

At the end of every other term, two names from each class will be drawn from the raffle and those children will make a special trip (with a book) to our local Costa to enjoy a Babycino! 

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.

Recommended Book list for Year 4… https://www.booksfortopics.com/year- 

 

Spelling words to practise this term:

This terms spelling words can be found as a PDF attachment at the bottom of this page. 

 

My Maths will be set each half term. We know life can be busy so we want to ensure that children have access to the tasks at a time that suits everyone. The tasks set are directly related to the learning that we have been doing,  so if your child would like to embed the learning, they could complete the tasks on the day they have done the learning in school, to help embed the learning for them. Equally, it may work for them to revisit the tasks at the end of the term. We are happy for you to find a balance that works for you, but any child regularly completing homework on MyMaths will be given 20 house points. 

 

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 lots of opportunities to dress up. Please keep an eye on Vinted and other similar websites as there are often lots of great bargains! Below are the following costumes needed throughout the year:

• Victorian costume (March 4th)
• Rockstar costume (TBC - A date in June)
• Viking costume (TBC - A date in July)

 

Key Dates and Information:

PE days in Year 4 are on a Wednesday - please remember to send your child into school every Wednesday in their PE kit.

Victoria Class will be swimming on the following dates, so please send them to school with their swimming bag on these dates: Wednesday 4th November, Wednesday 11th November, Wednesday 18th November, Wednesday 25th November, Wednesday 2nd December, Wednesday 9th December

The project overview and project homework can also be found at the bottom of this page. 

Saturday 7th November - School Open Day

Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th November - Parents Evening in the Hall

Friday 27th November - Mufti for Winter Wonderland

Friday 11th and Monday 14th December - Year 3 and 4 Christmas Performance

Friday 18th December - Break up for the Christmas Holidays at 1:15pm

Thank you for your continued support, 

Year 4 Team

Miss Lunn and Mrs Pine