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Welcome to Year 4 Class Page!
Here, you'll find a snapshot of the exciting learning adventures and achievements our year 4 students experience throughout the school year. From engaging lessons in the classroom to hands-on activities, our year 4's are always busy exploring new concepts, developing new skills, and making memories together.
It is sure to be a great year!
The Year 4 Team
Ms Spinks - Class Teacher
Mrs Wiltshire - Learning Support Assistant
Mrs Bryan - Learning Support Assistant
Meet The Teacher Power Point
meet the teacher 24 25 year 4.pdf
This terms Caritas
Planet In Peril
Global warming and rising sea levels, deforestation and endangered animals, our planet is in peril. Join us as we learn how to save our planet and explore our responsibilities to care for our common world. Visit the ravishing rainforests such as the Amazon, explore the freezing wonders of Antarctica and the Arctic but be careful to watch out for polar bears along the way! Learn how polar bears, penguins, monkeys – and many more animals - are adapted to live in their environments. Draw your own penguin pal and discover how their feathers help them stay warm and dry. Grow your own rainforest terrarium to learn about how a rainforest survives. Join us on our journey around the world and show your new knowledge in your writing. Follow in the footsteps of Greta Thunberg by writing balanced arguments about whether tourism or whaling should be allowed in these regions. Could you be the next David Attenborough? Find out as you write non-chronological reports about the marvellous animals you find in these habitats. Conjure your own ice palace like Elsa as we write our own narrative story setting based on Robert Swindell’s Ice Palace. There is so much to look forward to this Spring term.
year 4 knowledge organiser spring 2023 24.pdf
Year 4 Caritas Learning Overview
Home learning
Reading Journals
Our reading journals will be changed on Monday and Friday and given out to the children. They will be given a levelled book that should be instructional for them to read. They can also choose a book from the classroom as well as one for the library.
Our library day is Thursday afternoon.
Home-learning
The children will be given their home-learning on Monday to complete for the week. It will be expected back by Friday at the latest in order that it can be marked and the next week's work can be prepared ready for Monday afternoon.
Inside the home-learning book, you will find a Topic page for each half term. The present page is for our topic based on our theme Inside Out. This will change every half-term.
The children will be given a reading comprehension to complete at home as well as times table practice for the children that will need it. This is in order to be prepared for the Year 4 times table test taken by all Year 4 children nationally. There will also be a reasoning or problem solving maths problem for some children to complete themselves.
If there is any concerns or issues with Home-Learning or reading books, please speak to Mrs Spinks or one of our Year 4 staff.
P.E.
Indoor PE is on Tuesday.
Outdoor PE is on Thursday.
Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit for the week.
The girls need to change out of their tights and bring a spare of socks in their PE kit. Many of our girls also wear earings and need to remember to remove these before they come to school on Tuesday and Thursday. We wouldn't want the children to be injured or lose something that is precious to them and you. Staff are also unable to help taking these in and out.
We will be doing outdoor PE during the Autumn months and will need a jumper, preferable not their school jumper. Due to the nature of our PE lessons, it is difficult to wear coats as it will affect their mobility and suppleness.
Other Helpful Hints
In the morning and after school, Mrs Spinks will be available to speak to about any issues or concerns you, the parents, have for your child. If you wish to meet for longer, please arrange a meeting with her either before or after school.
In the morning, the children will come in the class and settle to a task set. Please remind them that this is still learning time and to settle quickly into the tasks set.
At the end of the day, if the blinds are up, the children will sent out to the parents that are seen through the window at 3:15. The rest of the class will then be brought outside onto the patio to wait for collection. Please inform the office if there is an alternative pick-up for your child.
Thank you so much for all your help so far. Your children are incredible and together, we will help them shine!