WELCOME TO CLASS 4!

Please find information below about the current learning in Year 4. 

It's harvest time and we are taking a close-up look at all things food. From finding out about where our food comes from, to what happens when we eat it, we will learn all about food from farm to fork and beyond! We will also consider a balanced diet and how to design a healthy menu. 

Autumn 1

Maths - Place value; addition,and subtraction.

Writing - Inspired by the book, 'The Whale', children will write a seting narrative entry and a newspaper report.

Reading - Make predictions, comparisons and inferences when reading books related to animals. 

Science - Animals and the digestive system.

RE:Christianity: How do beliefs shape people’s lives? How do they differ?

Geography - Where Does Our Food Come From?

Computing - Internet safety 

Art and design - Drawing: Sketching and shading techniques

Wellbeing - Discover: Resilience

PSHE - Our Responsibilities - Democracy & Rule of Law

Homework

• English 10 minute weekly workout 
• Maths 10 minute weekly workout 
• Daily timestables practice using TTRockstars. Weekly test on a Thursday in preparation for the National Year 4 Mutliplication Check. Children should be able to recall timestables up to and including 12x12 within 5 seconds.
• Spelling Shed (Weekly spellings and test given on a Tuesday)
• Daily Reading (Diary signed at least 4 times per week)

Our Week

Monday   PE Kit 

Tuesday  Spelling test

                Drumming (provided by Mrs Finlow from the Love Music Trust) and Spanish (Mr Ireland)

Wednesday - 

Thursday (Mr Valentine & Mrs Allen)

                 Times-table test

                 Change levelled reading book

Friday   Swimming 

              Homework 

              Reading diaries checked

Equipment 

PE kit - Monday 

Swimming kit - Friday

Stationery is provided by school but children are welcome to bring their own pencil cases. We may have 'pencil case lessons' and 'non-pencil case lessons' where appropriate. 

Useful links

Timestable Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ 

Hit the Button (timestables): https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Spelling Shed: https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/spellingshed 

Dictionary/Thesaurus.com: https://www.dictionary.com/ 

Britanica Kids: https://kids.britannica.com/

NatGeoKids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ 

Scratch (Computing): https://scratch.mit.edu/ 

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