Year 4
Week beginning 15th December
The children have all been working exceptionally hard on their Christmas performance over the last few weeks and we can't wait to share it with you. Our performances are Monday 15th at 2:00pm and 5:00pm. For the evening performance, the children need to return to school at 4:40pm through the normal school entrance.
We hope you all have a lovely festive Christmas, enjoy the time spent together and we look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year! Merry Christmas!
Parent Information Video
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Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is: Christmas
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9:6
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 finish our unit on diary writing and using the text 'Kiss the Dust' by Elizabeth Laird as a focus
Maths - We will continue our unit on multiplication and division and focus on multiplying 3 numbers together
DR - We will be finish 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
PE - In PE we will focus on Fitness and PE fundamentals
Computing - We will continue our unit on writing for different audiences with a focus on newspaper reports
RE - We will create a kenning poem inspired by 'The Trinity'
Art - We will create Christmas cards inspired by the artist David Dancy Wood
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:
Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Performance - Monday 15th December 2:00pm and 5:00pm
Friday 19th December - Break up for Christmas Holidays at 1:15pm
Tuesday 6th January - Start of new term
Monday 12th January - Hooke Court Parent Meeting
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Lunn and Mrs Talbot