Year 4

 

Routines - Term 2

PE is on Monday (Basketball) and Friday (Dance).  Children will need to wear their full PE kit to school. This consists of: House T-shirt, Dark shorts and/or jogging bottoms, trainers and school jumper.

Outdoor Learning will be on Thursday during Term 2. Children will need wellies in a named carrier bag as well as appropriate wet weather gear (waterproof coat and trousers).  We advise that Forest School kit remains in school for the duration of the term as we may take advantage of other opportunities for outdoor learning within our timetable.

Homework will be set on a Monday and completed by Friday.  Homework tasks will be detailed at the top of this web page and children should complete their work neatly (using a pencil) in their orange Homework books. This will consist of a main task linked to English, Maths or Foundation subjects, as well as a spelling activity related to our weekly rule.

Reading is crucial to every child's progress across the entire curriculum and we expect that every child reads to an adult at home at least 3 times a week.  Please record this in their blue reading record and ensure it is brought to school every day. 

Online Apps

Children’s log-ins can be found on the inside their Reading Records. If you are having problems with these websites, please let us know as soon as possible.

Times Table Rockstars  – https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

Nessy  -  https://id.nessy.com

Accelerated Reader (Book Quizzes) – https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6699465

If your child requires daily medication, you must inform the school office via phone or email; also inform the class teacher. You will be required to complete a form that gives permission and details of the times and dosage of the medication required.

Inhalers: Children will need to keep their inhaler in their school bag and be responsible for taking them on visits or to events. In each classroom there is a medical box and it is advised that the school keep an extra inhaler for your child in this box, for use in school. Please inform the office if your child has to use an asthma inhaler so we can record it on the pupil record and send a named and in-date inhaler to school to be kept in the medical box.

Allergies: Please inform the school immediately, if your child has an allergy to anything or if your child needs specific medication e.g. an epi-pen. Make sure that your child brings their epi-pen to school every day. It should be kept in a named bag and labelled with the instructions attached. Please supply a spare epi-pen to be kept at school for emergencies.

All children are expected to wear the correct school uniform from Tuesday 2nd September. Only black school shoes, no trainers or ankle boots.

On P.E days, the children will wear their P.E kit to school, including House T-shirt. Only school jumpers should be worn with navy or black shorts, skorts or leggings and trainers.

Please ensure children bring in suitable wet weather gear, including wellies and waterproofs, on Outdoor Learning days. 

To sign up for music lessons, please see the links below:

Rocksteady – https://www.rocksteadymusicschool.com/

Other Music Lessons – https://uksouthglos.speedadmin.dk/registration#/

Email: music@wema.org.uk 

English:

Within English this term, we will be exploring ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’ by Joe Todd Stanton. This adventurous tale, which links closely to our wider learning of Ancient Egypt, will inspire our fiction and non-fiction writing across the term. We will begin by creating our very own re-tell of the story, with an alternative quest and setting. Later in the term, we will begin our non-fiction focus. This will involve exploring the features of persuasive writing in order to plan and write a persuasive letter, linked to the story. Alongside this, we will continue to develop and consolidate our understanding of important elements of punctuation and grammar.

In addition, we will continue to develop our reading skills through regular Guided Reading sessions. We will continue to introduce, explore and apply our new spelling rules, weekly.

Maths:

In Maths this term, we will be diving into the world of multiplication and division. To begin, we will be learning the multiples of three and then multiplying and dividing by 6, 9, 7, 11 and 12. We will then explore and consolidate all of the times table and division facts for these multiples. Afterwards, we will be learning to multiply by 1 and 0 and then understanding how to divide a number by 1 and itself. This will be a fun adventure where our number skills will continue to grow!

Time tables are an important part of our mathematical teaching and learning throughout the whole of Year 4. Pupils will complete the National Multiplication Tables Check during the Summer Term. Please support times table learning and speedy recall of multiplication and division facts at home. We recommend regular use of Times Table Rockstars (TTR) app, including use of the Soundcheck feature. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Foundation:

In Science this term, we will be exploring electricity. We will be learning how electricity is generated and how to classify mains or battery-powered appliances. We will be using our problem-solving skills to construct working electrical circuits, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.

Within our History lessons, we will be studying Ancient Egypt. Our learning will explore fascinating archaeological remains and writing, known as hieroglyphics. We will also consider daily life during Ancient Egyptian times, including how society was structured, gods and goddesses, as well as achievements in farming, building, religion, medicine and crafts.

Audio Editing is our topic within Computing this term. Children will focus on devices which are capable of digitally recording audio and how to identify inputs (microphone) and outputs (headphones or speakers). As the term progresses, children will use this learning to plan, and record, their very own podcast!

In DT, we will be exploring pop-up books before designing, creating and evaluating our own! We will be learning about various mechanisms and folds which will allow us to create an engaging pop-up experience.

R.E focuses on the question ‘Why do some religions share common ways?’ We will be exploring universal symbols such as colour, water, light, sound, fire and silence and how they are used in religions and when expressing beliefs.

Digital Wellbeing will be our focus in PSHE this term. We will be considering both the benefits and risks of an increasingly online world, including how to stay safe online.

We will be focusing on Basketball and Dance in P.E. this term. 

In Music we will be learning to play the glockenspiel. Using differing pieces of music, we will learn the notes on the glockenspiel before combining our skills to play complex rhythm patterns.

Outdoor Learning will continue on Thursdays throughout Term 2. Please ensure appropriate wet weather gear, including wellies and waterproofs, are brought into school each week.

What a fantastic term of learning ahead! We cannot wait to get started…