Welcome to Year 4

Autumn term 2 2024

Hello and welcome to back to Year 4's class page. We hope you had a lovely, restful October half term! This page will have lots of useful information for you to refer to including our PE days, homework and other important messages. 

 The Year 4 Team - Miss Evans, Mrs Kemp, Mrs Woolgar.

In the Autumn term children will be exploring historical concepts and skills linked to our topic "Invaders and Settlers - Vikings"

In English we will be listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks linked to Invaders and Settlers. Eg: How to Train Your Dragon. In writing we will draft and write in narratives to create settings, characters and plot.

In Mathematics we will be continuing our work on decimals and fractions, looking specifically at tenths and hundredths before moving onto to addition and subtraction with four digit numbers. 

In History  we will understand the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor.

In DT we will be researching, preparing and making a seasonal, nutritious meal.

In PE we will be focusing on developing our netball and dodgeball skills.

In Computing we will be learning how to create simple computer programmes. 

In RE we will be exploring biblical stories linked to our advent topic "Prophecy and Promise".

In Music we will be learning how to play the clarinet. 

In Science we will be exploring the three states of matter and carrying out investigations and experiments to explore changes in states of matter.

In French we will be learning how to retell a traditional tale (Goldilocks and the three Bears) in French.

In PSHE we will be exploring our rights and responsibilities and how we are all responsible for the world around us. 

Our PE Days are Tuesday (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.  We  have a pink homework exercise book to record homework in.  Children are expected to either mark alongside a parent/carer or use the answers provided to self-mark. Marked homework is handed in on the following Monday. 

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. 

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.

Useful Websites