Year Four
Happy New Year and welcome back!
Welcome to Year Four
Spring 2 - The Land of Ice and Fire (also known as Iceland!)
Staff in Year Four
Class Teacher: Mr C Holt
Teaching Assistant: Mrs H Twigg
Our Topics
This year we will be studying the following six topics:
Autumn 1: It's Electric!
Autumn 2: Romans on a Rampage!
Spring 1: Healthy Heroes
Spring 2: The Land of Ice and Fire (Iceland)
Summer 1: Reflections
Summer 2: Beowulf (Anglo-Saxons & Scots)
Maths and English Targets
The Year 4 children have maths and English targets (which are in the back of their relevant books). Please ask your child their current targets as they should know them.
Homework
Spelling homework will be given out on a Friday and children must learn the spellings for the following Friday. Homework will also include using TTRockstars, Mathletics, Prodigy, Dreamscape and Spelling Shed on a weekly basis (the children have their log ins for these on their log in bookmarks).
Reading Books / Library Books
Reading Books will be given out on a Tuesday and a Friday. At school your child will have the opportunity to read to a member of staff at least two times a week (including our guided reading sessions).
Reading, Writing, Reflection and Design Areas:
We have a dedicated reading area in class. The reading area has a wide selection of new books that the children may choose from on a weekly basis.
There is a writing area for two children to work at for extra work on things such as sentence structure, handwriting and SPaG.
We have a reflection area where the children are allowed to spend time reflecting upon anything that has happened in class or at home that week.
Before and After School
At the beginning of the school day, before registration (8.30 – 8.55 depending on arrival time) the children will have different maths, reading and writing activities to complete throughout the year.
School finishes at 3:15pm. Children will be dismissed from the foyer door (please follow the one way system when collecting them).
General Reminders
The children will be doing PE twice a week and they may wear their kits all day on Wednesdays and Thursdays. PE kits consist of suitable trainers, black or blue shorts / sports trousers, a white T-shirt and their blue Copp jumpers / cardigans.
The children must also bring in their own water bottles and hand sanitiser in from in from home, but please make sure that they are labelled also.
Year 4 Useful Websites
https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
Finally
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me, either after school when collecting your child, on Class Dojo or by arranging an appointment with Mrs Lawrenson if it is something you would like to discuss further.
Thank you for visiting our class page,
Mr Holt.
Arithmetic Videos
I've put together these arithmetic videos to help show families the methods that we use in Year 4 in maths. Please watch these and share these with your children, especially if they find certain aspects tricky!
Column Addition:
https://www.loom.com/share/45ad6c6140c14e2f9adebce4e66344a1
Column Subtraction:
https://www.loom.com/share/1124aa9aec094d2390de9a3968c2246e
Fractions:
https://www.loom.com/share/3a9bc81db79c43668bbb97453c2f5021
Long Division:
https://www.loom.com/share/e68d0a2dd4cc47bba9b3c107058caecd
Long Multiplication: