Support Staff - Mrs Swanson, Mrs Player, Mrs Howe, Miss Burt and Mrs Lawson

Welcome to Year 4

We hope you have all had a great break. As the months continue to be cold, please can you make sure that your child has a coat and maybe even a change of shoes in the cold weather. Could you also make sure that your child has their name on everything so that they are easy to find.

MESSAGES: PLEASE CAN CHILDREN NOT BRING TOYS INTO CLASS
PLEASE CAN CHILDREN COME IN WITH A WATER BOTTLE EVERY DAY

Homework

Spellings will be handed out every week. These will be worked on in class before being tested at the end of the week. 

Please continue to read at home and complete Accelerated Reader checks.

Continue to practise times table challenges on Times Tables Rock Stars.

PE Days

Children will have PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Please ensure that children come to school in their Bitham Brook PE kit on these days. 

Tuesday- Dance 

Thursday- Gymnastics

Friday- Netball

When the children have PE they should continue to wear their Bitham Brook PE kit into school with the school jumper over the top (if weather conditions require a jumper).  Please note the Bitham Brook PE kit is a plain white t-shirt and black shorts/leggings/tracksuit with trainers.  Other sports clothing is not acceptable as it is important, that as a school, we have pride in our appearance.  It is important that children do not attend school in casual clothing as we want to maintain the children's sense of education being important; pride in their appearance; and belonging to Bitham Brook.

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

Year 4 learning this term

Maths

In Maths, we will be moving on to a new unit focusing on calculating with multiplication and division, fractions and time. We will continue throughout the term with our daily multiplication practise in preparation for the Multiplication fact check.

Writing

Our writing will be linked to our class book, The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. We will be writing two diary entries related to our story.

Reading

During reading we will be working half way through our class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and interrogate the text using the skills of inference and prediction as well as developing our vocabulary skills. The children will be able to continue with their own reading and testing their understanding using Accelerated Reader.

PSHE

Our PSHE topic this term is called ‘Dreams and Goals’. In this unit, children will identify their own dreams and goals, how to help achieve these as well as what impact having a positive attitude can have.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at States of Matter. We will be learning about how materials can change between solids, liquids and gases and investigating how these changes can take place when there is a change in temperature.

RE

We will be learning about what people think about poverty, justice and self-sacrifice.

Art

In Art this term, we will be painting. We will be building on knowledge of mixing and applying colours to create different effects comparing the styles of Helen Frankenthaler and Paul Cezanne

Geography

We will be learning about Tropical Rainforests. We will learn about the key features of the rainforest ecosystem and the contributions they make to the world before finding out about the threats that they face due to humans.

Computing

In Computing, we will be looking at directions and giving clear instructions in Logo and then creating the audio for an audiobook. We will also be revisiting staying safe online with Safer Internet Day in February.

Physical Education

In PE, we will be focussing on the sport of Netball. The children will build on their netball skills learnt in term 1; applying techniques to help defend the ball while passing it up the court. The children will also participate in dance sessions on Tuesday and gymnastics also on a Tuesday.

Music

We will work as part of a group to build the structure of a rainforest inspired composition by considering: the best way to start and end, tempo (speed), dynamics (volume), texture (different layers) and structure (organization of the piece).

French

In French we will be continuing to develop our French vocabulary and learning about describing ourselves

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