Welcome to Year 4!

BRAEBURN CLASS

Class Teacher: Mrs N Vinall (Maternity Cover - Mon/Tue) and  Mrs G Dyer (Wed to Fri)

Teaching Assistant: Miss M Hadrill (am)

GALA CLASS

Class Teacher: Mr A Jibb

Teaching Assistant: Mrs D Greenwood (am)

Year 3/4 Afternoon Support: Mrs S Brooks

Wednesday (Every other week) - PPA Time all day

Mrs D McLeish - Braeburn Class

Mrs L Ingram - Gala Class

Term 1  2019/2020

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This page will be updated by Friday 6th September 2019

Term 6 2018/2019 

It’s Alive!

Topic/Science

In Topic we will be studying: Living Things and their Habitats. We will be learning about the needs of animals and living things and considering how their needs are linked to the habitats that they choose to live in. We will be looking at different ways of classifying and describing living things.

Through Geography we will also look at our environment and how pollution and changes to the environment affect habitats.

English

This term we using the text: “Varjak Paw” by S F Said

Our focus this term will be on using and consolidating all of the grammar, punctuation and composition objectives that we have covered throughout the year. We will also be looking at diary entries and really looking into the different characters in the text.

Maths

In Maths we have a lot of shorter topics to cover in our final long term. These are:

• Time
• Position and Direction
• Statistic
• Properties of shape

Please continue to make use of Times Tables Rockstars, as a good knowledge of multiplication is needed throughout the Maths curriculum. It would also be useful for you to practise telling the time together.

Computing

In Computing we will be learning about animation and creating our own animations using Purple Mash. Their animations will be linked to the text Varjak Paw and our Science topic.

RE

This term we will be focusing on Christianity. We will be looking at how Christians worship and asking if people need to go to Church to demonstrate that they are Christians.

PE

This term we are studying catching, throwing and fielding. We will also be learning about Tennis ready for Wimbledon! Oh and not forgetting Sports Day.

PSHE/SMSC

We will be concluding the Sex and Relationship topic and looking at transition ready for Year 5.

Term 5

Here's a Good Spot

In Topic we will be focusing on Geography and learning about Settlements.

We will be looking at where and why people settle..

English:

This term we are using the text ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne and thinking about hidden meanings in stories. 

Our focus will be on sentence structure and word choices. We will ensure we use a variety of punctuation and work on the flow of our work. 

Things to do:

Read different Anthony Browne stories. Look carefully at the story 'Into the Forest'... What do you notice?

Spellings:

We will be really focusing on the Year 4 Statutory Spellings.

Maths:

Please continue to make use of Times Tables Rockstars, as a good knowledge of multiplication is needed throughout the maths curriculum.

By the end of Year 4 every child should know all the Times Tables up to 12 x 12

Science:

In Science we will be learning all about States of Matter!

Computing:

In computing we are continuing to develop our programming skills. We will be using Purple Mash.

PE:

This term we are studying dance for our indoor PE sessions through the story 'Charlie and Chocolate Factory'.

For outdoor PE we will be participating in Athletics.

Maths Fun:

Check your Times Tables knowledge...

Learn your Times Tables

Year 4 Checker

Speed Test

Times Tables Games

Easter Science Ideas:

Save an egg, grow cress, see how strong an egg shell is. Find all of these great experiments by clicking here

Term 4

The Rise of the Anglo Saxons

English:

This term we using the text ‘How to Train your Dragon’ by Cressida Cowell and thinking about stories with Historical settings.

Our focus this term will be on sentence construction and how to improve the language we use.  We will be using dictionaries and thesauruses to help to improve our spellings and the vocabulary we use in order to make our writing as interesting for the reader as possible.

Things to do:

Discuss different stories with the children. Can they think of any other stories in historical settings? Can they identify some good descriptive sentences in their reading and explain why it is good? Practice writing in third person accurately and in the past tense. Can they self-correct any mistakes made?

Spellings:

Children will be revising sounds for different graphemes and completing a variety of spelling activities. Children’s knowledge will be tested within these sessions not through spellings being sent home to be revised. This will also include revision of words from the statutory spelling list and a range of homophones.

Maths:

In maths we will be continuing to look at fractions and decimals up to and including hundredths.  We will link this with money and think about how we divide and multiply by 10 and 100.  We will continue to use word problems and reasoning to explain answers as fully as we can.

Please continue to make use of Times Tables Rockstars, as a good knowledge of multiplication is needed throughout the maths curriculum.

Topic: The Anglo-Saxons

In topic we are beginning to learn about the Anglo-Saxons after the fall of the Roman Empire in Britain.

We will be studying how the Anglo-Saxons came to settle in Britain, place names originating from the Anglo-Saxon times as well as language and how they used to live.

The children will be designing and creating Anglo-Saxon homes and the way that settlements were constructed and the type of buildings that were used within the settlement.

It would be great to share any research that you might like to do about this historical period.  You could even create your own piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery.  Can you find any places in Kent and have Anglo-Saxon origins?

Science:

In science we are continuing to look at electricity. We will think about how electricity is created and how we can make circuits using different materials. We will then be creating our own torches using plastic bottles and making switches.

Please could the children bring in a small plastic bottle in order to make their own torch.

Computing:

In computing we are continuing to develop our programming skills. We will be using Scratch and Purple Mash.

PE:

This term we are studying gymnastics for our indoor PE sessions.  We will be thinking about balance and how to use equipment safely and sensibly.

For outdoor PE we will be participating in outdoor and adventurous activities.  We will use different directional vocabulary, work in pairs and groups and create our own obstacle courses.

Pizza making!

All the children had a great time creating their own pizzas.  We had some great ideas and the children even made their own pizza boxes to take them home in.  Here are some of the creations the children made:

The Mile Run

The children ran a mile round the field for an inter house competition and see if they could beat their time form before.  They all put in a lot of effort and we certainly discovered some real talent for long distance running.

The Digestive System

The children have enjoyed learning about the digestive system and have carried out many different investigations over the term.  They especially liked creating the intestines!

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