The children’s writing this term will be based on the text ‘The Journey' by Francesca Sanna. Whilst developing their grammatical knowledge of possessive apostrophes with plural nouns, the children will continue to organise their ideas into paragraphs and include inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech, finally producing a refugee narrative. Year 4 shall be reading ‘How does a lighthouse work? By Roman Belyaev. The children will be looking closely at how a non-fiction text may be structured differently, and develop their skills at inferring and retrieving information.

This term in Maths, Year 4 shall be broadening their knowledge of multiplication and division, place value, measures and fractions. Children will be using estimation and inverse to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, an appropriate degree of accuracy. Year 4 will be reading, writing and converting time between analogue and digital 12 and 24-hour clocks. Using this knowledge, they will solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days and problems involving money and measures.

This term in Discovery and Learn, Year 4 children will be exploring the world of the Normans, discovering why they invaded Britain, why they chose to stay, and what life was like for both the rich and poor during that time. In Science, they will be investigating sound, exploring questions such as which instruments make the highest and lowest sounds, and understanding what is meant by the word “pitch.” Linking to their history topic, the children will be designing and making Norman helmets in DT, and in Music, they will be composing simple melodies using glockenspiels. In PE, the focus will be on developing tennis skills, while in Computing, children will learn how to use databases to answer simple questions. Finally, in PSHE, Year 4 will be thinking carefully about their impact on the environment, considering thoughtful topics like spending decisions and the effects of single-use plastics

Children must wear long-sleeved top and trousers in our woodland area. If it is wet weather, they should also have wellies to change into. If the weather is dry, they can bring other appropriate shoes to change into. They will not be allowed into the woodland area in school shoes.

This term the children will be developing their cricket skills by working with a coach once a week. This half term, Year 4 children will also be continuing to swim at Alderman Peel High School.

Class Dojo will continue to be used this year. It is a great space where you can view photos, videos and information about what is happening in Year 4 and across the school. If you require another invitation to join, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Each half-term a new homework menu containing six activities will be given out. Your child will need to complete a minimum of 5 activities each half-term, by submitting this on their Class Dojo profile by Friday each week. 

Please can you ensure that all belongings and named (PE Kits – Wellies – School Uniform – Bags – Coats – Water bottles etc).