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Welcome to Year 4!
Class Teachers:
4D: Mrs Chauldry
4COR: Mrs Cordt
4C: Miss Coxon
LSAs: Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Bailey
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the Year 4 team.
In Lower Key Stage Two, we expect children to read 5 times a week for at least 15 minutes and bring their reading book into school every day. Please make sure a family member at home has signed their child's reading record.
Reading at home doesn't always mean their school reading books, it could be anything from a newspaper, magazine, kindle books to instructions of a board game.
You can access free online books at the following links:
- Our Lark Hill virtual library
Weekly spellings and times tables will be given out on a Friday to be assessed on the following Thursday
Your class teacher will also provide a variety of weekly Seesaw tasks relating to any area of the curriculum. This will include Maths, English and Grammar, as well as the wider curriculum. Please check your child's Seesaw page regularly for more details. You can log into Seesaw here. Your child's login details are in their Reading Records.
At the end of Year 4, all children are assessed on their times table facts. You can find more information here. We expect children to be practising their times table on TTRockstars at least twice a week. Their log in details should be glued in their Reading Record. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
Swimming for year 4 will change between classes on a termly basis.
4Cor have swimming on Thursday's mornings and Dance on Friday afternoons.
4C have PE on Thursday mornings and Dance on Friday afternoons.
4D have swimming on Wednesday afternoons and PE on Thursday mornings.
A gentle reminder that our school P.E. kit is a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and plain black pumps or trainers for outdoor sports, without visible branding. PE kit should be brought in a separate bag for children to change into before their PE lesson.
For swimming, please make sure your child has swimming trunks/ swimming costume, towel and a swimming hat with them.
Don't forget to bring a water bottle and healthy snacks to school each day - it is important for children to stay hydrated throughout the day by drinking plain water. Please label bottles and refill them each day.
Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack such as fruit and vegetables to school each day for snack time. Bread sticks and milk can be purchased at the start of each half-term (please speak to the school office about this).
Maths
Our focus this term will be:
Written Subtraction and Word Problems
Problem Solving with Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication practise ready for Multiplication Check Test.
English
In the Summer term, we will be reading and writing about 'The Tempest' looking at different types of sentences and grammar to create a summoning narrative. Also, using the Tempest, we will be writing and performing a section of the play to perform in the Lowry Theatre.
Our Reading text will be looking at different texts from The Boastful Turtle to Werewolf Club Rules poetry to improve our reading skills, as well as reading for pleasure.
We will continue to develop our handwriting styles as well as learning key grammar skills and apply them to our range of writing.
Science
Following our spiral curriculum we are exploring and building upon our studies of Biology, Chemistry and Physics throughout the Spring term. We will be investigating the process of transpiration in plants, the digestive system, animals and their habitats, fossils and the changing states of materials.
History
In History, we are looking closely at our local area and will be investigating how Salford and the use of the Bridgewater Canal has changed over the last 350 years. We will also learn about the Industrial Revolution and the part that it played int he shaping of Salford as it is today.
Geography – How Volcanoes are formed?
In Summer term, we will learn all about where and how volcanoes are formed. We will discover the different parts of a mountain and if they are active or dormant. As a group project, we will discuss and form opinions on the benefits or disadvantages of living next to a volanco.
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