Welcome to Year 4 White!

Miss Watkins is our class teacher and Mrs Gillard, Miss Hughes and Miss Knox help us with our learning!

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PE

This term we will have PE on a Wednesday. Please come to school in your PE kit every Wednesday. Our PE kit is our school kit (available from the school office) and black pumps.

Homework

Spellings will be sent home weekly. Children will be given a paper copy and spellings will also be posted on Seesaw. Children should practise their spellings at home as we will have a test the following week. Children will also have a reading book and will take this home on a weekend along with their reading record. This is to be signed with a written comment and brought into school the following week to be checked. 

Each half term a project will be set linked to something we are learning about in school. Outcomes to these projects can be shared via seesaw, a physical project and shared on X! 

Home Learning

In Year 4, our aim is to learn all of our times tables up to 12x12! We will have lots of challenges throughout the year around the times tables so please practice them as much as you can at home.

Please ask your teachers for any advice in learning them at home! 

Here are some useful links:

• https://ttrockstars.com/ - Each child has their own log in and can compete against peers! 

• https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check - a fast paced game which prepares children for their Multiplication Test in the Summer Term!

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - an interactive game which encourages quick recall of multiplication facts!

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z97rdnb#zw6k7v4 - songs and games on BBC Bitesize! 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1zp12I-5mA&list=PLU00esrkogUkoF-v0OHYU1evydal-_ZRI - chilled times tables songs to listen to in your spare time! 

Reading is very important and helps us in all our subjects at school! We should try to read every day, even for a few minutes, to become amazing readers! Here are some ways to promote reading at home:

• Read together every day!
• Listen to Audiobooks
• Play word games (Hangman, scrabble)
• Visit your local library
• Read a range of different materials (magazines, poems, fiction and non-fiction)
• Encourage activities that require reading, for instance; cooking (reading a recipe), constructing different builds (reading instructions/directions), or identifying different plants/ animals on a walk (reading a reference book)

Here are some useful links:

• https://www.lego.com/en-gb/life/magazine?locale=en-gb – get a free Lego magazine delivered to your house 4 times a year.
• https://literacycloud.org/ - ‘Room to Read’ offers hundreds of free online books, videos and read alouds!
• https://storylineonline.net/ - narrations of popular story books

We would love to see what extra learning you get up to at home so feel free to share your amazing work/reading on twitter and tag us! You can also share your fantastic effort with us on Seesaw and we will share it with the class!

The children in our class will learn a variety of topics through the year, these can be seen in the Year 4 curriculum overviews (both attached below).

As well as English and Maths in the Autumn Term we will cover:

• Science: 'States of Matter' and 'Animals Including Humans' 
• History: 'The Roman Republic' and 'The Roman Empire'
• Geography: ‘The Rhine and the Mediterranean' and 'Population' 
• Art: Storytelling Through Drawing
• Design and Technology: Healthy and Varied Diet 
• Computing: Digital Literacy, Computer Science, and Technology
• R.E: 'Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?' and 'Why do some people think that life is a journey?'
• Spanish: 'Phonetics 1-2' and 'Seasons'

As well as English and Maths in the Spring Term we will cover:

• Science: 'Science of Sound' and 'Living Things and their Habitats' 
• History: 'Roman Britain' and 'Christianity in Three Empires: Roman, Byzantine and Aksumite' 
• Geography: 'Coastal Processes and Landforms' and 'Tourism'  
• Art: Exploring Still Life
• Design and Technology: 2D and 3D designs: Sewing
• Computing: Digital Literacy, Computer Science, and Technology
• R.E: 'What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?' and 'Why are festivals important to religious communities?'
• Spanish: 'Vegetables' and 'Presenting Myself' 

As well as English and Maths in the Summer Term we will cover:

• Science: 'Electricity' and 'The History of Science' 
• History: 'Arabia and Early Islam' and 'Cordoba: city of light'
• Geography: ‘Earthquakes' and 'Deserts' 
• Art: Nests 
• Design and Technology: Electrical Systems: Torches
• Computing: Digital Literacy, Computer Science, and Technology
• R.E: ‘Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?’ and ‘Why do some people think that life is a journey?’
• Spanish: 'My family' and 'At the Cafe'