Year 4

Spring Term 2

Year 4 is taught by Mrs Walters on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Dinham, our school SENDCo, teaches the class on a Monday. The TA who works in Year 4 is Miss Law. This half term, we are reading ‘Pax’ by Sara Pennypacker.

English

We will be writing our own Native American tale and a balanced argument, ‘Should exotic animals be kept as pets?’

Maths

This half term, we will be working on fractions and decimals. We work on the fluency of our mental and written methods daily in ‘Fluent in 5’ sessions and focus on multiplication number facts in ‘Mastering number’ sessions after lunch.

Science

We’ll be learning about food chains and food webs.

Geography

We will be learning about the country of Italy….where it is, what physical and human features it has and how the climate compares to ours here in the UK. Then we’ll move on to learning about the rivers of the world.

Computing

We’ll be learning about repetition in shapes and continuing to learn about using the internet safely.

DT

We’ll be designing, planning and making pizza pasta bowls…including making our own pasta!

PE

Each week, we will be enjoying 2 PE sessions: game sense invasion on a Friday and team building and co operation on a Thursday. Your child may wear the school PE kit all day on these days.

RE Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday?’

MFL: We’ll be learning to name and order ice creams in French!

PSHE: We’ll continue to read and discuss books about living in the wider world, discussing issues such as community, media literacy and digital resilience and money and work.

MUSIC We will be studying a unit of music called ‘Lean on me’ from Charanga Music.

 

Learning at home

It is expected that every child reads most days for at least 15 minutes. Please sign your child’s diary to confirm that they have read, even if they read independently. Thank you. Diaries are checked daily and team points awarded. Each read at home is awarded a raffle entry, which we draw each Friday.

Times tables are set on Times Tables Rock Stars for your child to practise regularly. Again, the best way to really embed these key number facts is, little and often. It is essential that children are working on these often as there is a compulsory times tables assessment at the end of year 4. Every week, we practise this assessment format by using ‘Soundcheck’ on TTRS. You can see how your child is scoring on these by looking in their reading diary, where we record them each week.

Thank you for your support with home learning.

It is our aim that every child in Year 4 has a great year. Please come and see us if you have any questions or concerns.

More on reading

We love reading at Lanner!  Reading to, and with, your child is one of the greatest gifts you can give as this early acquisition of a love for reading will ensure your children becomes a reader for life.  Research shows that reading and talking to your child about stories, information books and poems from an early age benefits them for life.

Sometimes, knowing which book to choose can be a little confusing with such a wide range available, so why not have a look at the recommended reads below for Year 4 children.  Many of these books are also available at the local library so, if you’re not already a member, why not take a look at the link below to join up?

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