Year 4: 2024 - 2025
The Year 4 Teaching Team are Mr Jason Edmunds, Mrs Natalie Morton and Mr Callum Pope.
Other staff who will also teach Year 4 are Mr Richard Johnson (Music), Miss Sarah Butcher (French) and our Sports Coaches, Mr Marc Troman and Mrs Katie Whenman.
Misty Mountain Winding River
(we are now in the misty mountain part of our unit)
In this unit we will be learning about mountains from around the globe and here in the UK. We will find out what and who lives near and on them, how they were formed, natural disasters and investigate how climate change is effecting them...
Above is a picture of the uplifted folds of "Wildhauser Schafberg", Switzerland. This mountain is part of the Alps.
What we are learning this term
Year 3/4 Performance: This year our performance will be:
"Cinderella!"
PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT!
You can practise the dances using Mrs Whenman's tuition videos here:
Beacon "Wanna Dance with me tonight"
Mash up:
Footloose Dance:
Music for Rat's Dance:
We hope you can come and join us on the 2nd and 3rd of April at the Blackmore Theatre for the show!
English: We have been looking at poetry over the last two weeks. We have enjoyed exploring "The Hyena" in class and "Chocolate cake"...
Reading: reading is carried out on a daily basis, and books are changed regularly. Please ensure your child has their reading book with them every day. Please spend quality time sharing these books with your child at home. Your child will read regularly in guided group sessions and with one of our reading volunteers. They will continue to track their progress through the Accelerated Reader scheme; quizzing for this will be done in class when a child has finished a book.
Our Class readers and guided reading texts this term:
Science: This half term our learning is all about "changing States of Matter". We will be learning about Solids, Liquids and Gases and how the particles behave in each state.
Spelling
As well as the weekly spelling focus, children have a list of words that will be taught throughout the year in class. They should aim to be able to spell all of them by the end of Year 4. These can also be practised at home.
X-Tables: Time tables are extremely important in all aspects of maths learning and understanding. The children are encouraged to play TT-Rockstars regularly and we ask that you support this by giving them opportunities to practise at home.
Yearly overview
Timetable
Here is the daily timetable for this term. Although there may be some changes for additional activities or visits, we try to follow this as closely as we can. Please take the time to look at this with your child before the school week and to review each day with them afterwards...
n.b. this half term our timetable will likely be disrupted for performance practise/dance and drama activities
PE, Dance and Swimming
Please wear the following PE uniform to school for our Dance sessions on a Tuesday:
Yellow t-shirt, blue shorts, jogging bottoms/leggings when cold & suitable footwear for all PE sessions.
Swimming:
Year 4 will be taking swimming lessons from Friday.
Home Learning
Children are provided with a Home Learning book which they will bring home on a Friday and return on a Thursday.
Home Learning should be a chance to consolidate and practise the learning we have done in class, with someone at home. Below is a document with a list of ideas, games and activities to help.
If you are finding it challenging, please contact a member of the Year 4 Team. We are here to help!