Year 4

Week beginning 7th September

It was lovely to welcome the children back into school last week and settle them back into school life with a few expectations for the year and team-building activities too!

We look forward to the children beginning their class name project this week when they will be learning more about the Malawi and Victoria Lakes.

Worship Theme This Week:

Our worship theme this week is: You are special

John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you."

This week's learning:

English - Our focus in English this week will be completing fact files all about the lakes our classes are named after. We will also complete some African inspired art.

Maths and other subjects - We will begin all our other subject learning the week beginning 14th September.

Destination Reader

Our book this term will be: ..... Revealed next week!!!

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.

Year 6

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:

We will share the spelling words along with the project overview and homework next week.

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 15th)
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.

Monday 14th September - Open classrooms to meet your child's new teacher and see their new classroom (Parent information presentations will now be recorded and posted onto each year group page).

Monday 12th October - Fraser Portrait Photos.

Thursday 15th 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