Welcome to Year 4

Loving and Learning together, with Jesus 

Our Catholic Social Teaching Principle is

Common Good

Spring 1 2025

Over the whole of the autumn term our History based unit is called 'It's a Wrap!.' This half term we will focus on the Ancient Egyptian civilisation and discover how innovative they were. We will compare the Ancient Egyptians alongside other civilisations at the same period of time and explore how their success was largely dependent on The River Nile. 

In RE, our new unit is called 'Galilee to Jerusalem'. It will explore how John the Baptist and Elijah prepared people for the coming of the Lord.

In Maths, we will have a continued focus on Place Value. We will also add and subtract 4-digit numbers and use the inverse to check calculations, multiply 2 and 3-digit numbers by a single digit, and divide 2 and 3-digit numbers by a single digit. We will continue to focus on our multiplication tables.

In English we will be studying Egyptian poetry as well as writing fiction stories based on How to Train Your Dragon.   In Guided Reading we will explore the fiction book 'Secrets of a Sun King' by Emma Carroll.

In Music, the children will learn how to sing, play, improvise and compose using Charanga.

In Computing, the children will learn about 'Spreadsheets'.

In PSHE, the children will explore the unit of Healthy Living.

In French, the children will learn conversational French and vocabulary relating to different types of clothing.

In PE, the children will participate in Tag Rugby (outdoor PE is on Monday) and Gymnastics (Indoor PE is on Friday).

In Art, the children will be learning about the artists Alberto Giacometti and Hans Grootswagers to discover what influenced their sculpture.  They will then explore the themes of both artist's work to create sculptures based on the different techniques used. 

Our PE Days are Monday (outdoor) and Friday (indoor). Please come to school dressed in your PE Kit on these days and you will remain in your PE kit for the whole day.

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Multiplication Test

In the summer term 2025 - the children will be sitting a multiplication times tables test. They will be asked lots of questions and be given approximately 6 seconds to answer. This is why daily practice of the different times tables needs to be learnt off by heart so they can be answered automatically. We have set up weekly times table battles on TT Rock Stars which we would strongly recommend the children take part in. They can also practice individually using TT Rock stars or using the Mathsframe multiplication checker which replicates the test the children will be given. To complete the times tables test the children need to answer all the questions correctly which is very tricky, so the more they practice the better prepared they will be! 

Here is a link to practice your timetables:

 https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check 

Dates for Diary

Homework

Homework will be set each week below.  The children will have a pink homework exercise book to record their homework.  Children will be set three English tasks and three Mathematics tasks, not including daily reading. Our recommendation is that children complete Task 1 for English and Maths on Tuesday, Task 2 for both on Wednesday and Task 3 for both on Thursday. This short, frequent style of homework will support children to consolidate their learning. However, this is not compulsory and timing of homework can be managed accordingly to suit family schedules. Children are expected to either mark alongside a parent/carer or use the answers provided to self-mark. Marked homework is handed in on Friday.

Snack

Please remember to bring in a water bottle each day.

You may bring a snack of either fresh fruit/ salad, plain popcorn, plain breadsticks or plain rice cakes.

Please remember not to provide snacks that contain dairy or nuts due to the children with allergies being on the playground.  

Please make sure you have written your names on your jumpers, coats, water bottles, sandwich boxes and snack pots.

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