Week beginning 5th October 

How are we in October already! September was a fantastic start to the year, and we can't wait to see what is still yet to come.  

 

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: Teamwork

Galatians 5:13  Help one another

 

This week's learning:

English - This week in English we will be completing our biographies and writing them up in neat for them to be displayed in school. 

Maths - Our place value unit will conclude this week and we will move on to adding up two, four digit numbers. 

Science - In science we will continue our learning on states of matter and understanding how objects can change their state of matter. 

Geography - Our focus this week looks at how land is used in the UK, being divided up in to different ecosystems such as grasslands, woodlands, urban and coastal margins to name a few. 

DT - This week we will be looking at how to maintain good hygiene in the context of preparing and cooking food and we will also be planning how to make a seasonal soup which we will be making on our explorer day in a few weeks. 

RE - In RE we will continue our Christianity unit on 'People of God'. 

 

Destination Reader

Our book this term will be: You vs the World. The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up. 

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:

• Explorer style costume (October 14th)
• 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.

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

Monday 12th October - Fraser Portrait Photos.

Wednesday 14th October - Our explorer day outcome joined with Year 2. 

Friday 23rd October - Break up at 3:00pm for October Half Term.

Thank you for your continued support, 

Year 4 Team

Mrs Talbot and Mrs Pine