Year 4

Welcome to Year 4

Staff Team

Class teacher

Mr Josh Rowe

Teaching assistants

Mr Kevin Lam, Ms Libby Wattam, Ms Carly Winkworth, Ms Natty Tuppen

 

Curriculum Information: During Term 4, we will be learning …

Maths

Fractions, Multiplication, Division

English

Story writing, persuasive writing, explanations texts 

Science

States of matter, animals including humans

Geography

The Water Cycle

History

Vikings, Egyptians

RE

Why are different beliefs important?

French

Greetings, weather, directions

Art

Drawing, painting 

DT

Textiles, Mechanisms 

Music

Musical composition

Computing

Website coding and design, collaborative working

PE

Fundamental movement skills, Swimming

PSHE

Personal health and well-being

 

PE Days

PE sessions in Year 4 are on Monday and Friday (Swimming). Please make sure your child wears their PE kit to school on these days and brings their swimming kit on a Friday.  Our PE kit is plain black shorts; leggings or joggers; plain white or school PE t-shirt; school jumper. 

Homework

Maths: 10 minutes (minimum) of Times Tables Rockstars practice - 3 times per week. 

Reading: 10 minutes (minimum) of reading every day - independent or with an adult (This can be a book brought home from school or an online book read on Accelerated Reader).

Periodically through each term, children may be set a research project based on our current unit of learning in History/Geography, where they will get the chance to design, build, create or present what they have learned about at home.