PE is on Wednesday and Thursday, but please ensure your PE kit is always
in school as we sometimes need to change lesson days at short notice.
Spellings will be sent home to learn on a weekly basis. These will come
home on a Monday and will be tested in school on the Friday of the same
week.
Times Tables are tested on a weekly basis and children will bring their
scores home. Children need to practise these at home regularly. By the
end of Year 4 they will be expected to know all of their times tables up to
12x12.
Reading books – Please make sure books are brought into
school daily, as we regularly use these as part of our Reading
Workshop. Remember to keep reading every night. To help
understanding, ask your child to tell you about the story
plot, characters and their favourite part.
Can you help? We would welcome any ideas, suggestions or expertise that
you would like to share.
Upcoming Trips…
 17th June – Anderton Centre. The children will have a
fantastic opportunity to visit the Anderton Centre and take
part in various outdoor and adventurous activities. The cost
will be approximately £25. Please send out reply slips back ASAP!
 As part of our DT project, the children will be visiting Morrisons.
There will be no cost for this trip. More information will follow
shortly.
 If you wish to set up a payment plan early, please see Mrs Dearden in
the office.
If you have any questions, worries or concerns, please do not hesitate to
come into school to speak to me. I would like to take this opportunity to
thank you for your continued interest and support.
What’s happening
in Year 4 this
term?
Summer Term (first half)
Welcome to summer term in Year 4. Find out what
we will be learning about this half term…
ENGLISH
Fairy/ Folk tales – The children will be using a range of stimulus
to look at different fairy/ folk tales, before writing their own.
We will continue to develop our writing skills, looking at creating sentences
with fronted adverbials for ‘where’ and developing characterisation. During
the unit we will look at a range of story openers and endings, as well as reading
and analysing language and structures of narratives.
Proofreading – The children will learn how to proofread, edit and re-draft a
piece of writing.
Report Writing - During the half term, the children will write a range of
reports, linking to other areas of the curriculum. We will focus on accurate
use of tense, organising paragraphs and starting sentences in a variety of
ways.
MATHS
This half term in Maths we will be focussing on:
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Time
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Fractions
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How can you help your child’s learning at home?
Games and activities on our class webpage
Daily practise of times tables
Counting from a given number in 2s, 3s, 4s (eg. from 5)
Daily practise of reading and discussing the text
Try a reading challenge from our class webpage
RE
Are all churches the same? - The aim of this unit is to give the children an
understanding of the Church in its widest sense. We will investigate the
similarities and differences between denominations and develop further the
concept of symbolism in the Church. Our R.E. unit will include a visit to the
local Church.
SCIENCE
Electricity - This half term the children will learn about electrical
conductors and insulators, how to make a simple series circuit and
learn about the different components in a circuit.
Art
Digital Media – The children will learn about Claes Oldenburg, an
America sculptor. They will use his work to create their own
versions, using different programmes on the iPads.
COMPUTING
This half term we will begin by learning more about how to keep safe on the
internet. Following this, we will continue to use Purple Mash to create and
debug algorithms, creating our own codes for a simple game for others to play.
PE
Athletics – Children will develop a range of running, jumping
and throwing skills in isolation and in combination.
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities – The children will
develop their orienteering and problem solving skills through completing trails
and undertaking journeys around the school grounds.
MUSIC
The children will use Garageband on the iPads to improvise and
create their own musical composition.
HISTORY
During the half term, the children will be studying the impact The Blitz and
the Battle of Britain had on British history.