Year 4

Autumn term 1

Year 4 is taught by Mrs Walters on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Dinham, our school SENDCo, teaches the class on a Monday. Our class TA is Miss Law.

This half term, we are reading ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver and will be learning about how life in Britain changed between the Stone Age and the Iron Age.

Reading

Our class text, on which our daily reading sessions are based, is ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver. We begin each week by learning the definitions of new vocabulary coming up in the text and recap on these each day. We then read the text together and work on a range of tasks focussing on author choice, vocabulary, compare, contrast and comment, retrieval, inference, summary and prediction.

We also read a non fiction text weekly to work on the above skills. This half term we are reading ‘Burial Places’ by John Malam.

English

We will be writing a missing chapter for Wolf Brother, focussing on the main character of Torak.  We will also be writing reports on the Stone Age. During Black History month, we’ll be reading poems from different cultures. We practise handwriting daily and also have a taught spelling lesson every day.

Maths

We will be learning about place value, addition and subtraction, area and multiplication and division. We practise our times tables every day, using quick recall booklets, flashcards and Times Tables Rockstars.

Science

We’ll be learning about the teeth and digestive systems of animals, including humans.

History

We will be learning when the Stone Age was and what it was like. We then study the changes which happened during the Bronze Age and Iron Age.

 Computing

We will be continuing to learn about internet safety and making an educational game on ‘Scratch’.

Art

We’ll be studying the sculptor Emma Walker and using her work to help us make wire dragonfly sculptures.

PE

Each week, we have 2 PE lessons.  Gymnastics inside on Wednesdays and dodgeball outside on Fridays. Your child can wear school PE kit all day on these days.

RE

We will be asking- What is the ‘Trinity’ and why is it important to Christians?

MFL

We’ll be learning the French for introducing ourselves, naming animals and counting to 20.

Music

We’ll be listening to, learning and performing the music of Abba. Mamma Mia!

PSHE

We will be learning about respect, problem solving and resourcefulness and leadership.

How you can help

Please read at home daily with your child and sign their diary, adding any comments you wish to make. When we read with your child, we will record this in their diary in green pen. Diaries are handed in daily and sent home daily, team points are given for reading each day, whether aloud or independently.

All children should be practising their times table skills on TTRockstars regularly please. We have the MTC national times table check in June.

Thank you for your support- it really makes a difference!

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.