Support Staff - Mrs Ward, Mrs Swanson and Mrs Player

Welcome back Year 4

We I hope you have all had a great break. As we go into summer, please can you make sure that your child has a water bottle in school. 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 and Friday. Please ensure that children come to school in their Bitham Brook PE kit on these days. 

Tuesday- Dance & Athletics

Wednesday- Athletics

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.

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Year 4 learning this term

Maths

In Maths, we will be finishing off our unit on area and perimeter before moving on to solve measure and money problems. The term will end by examining shape and symmetry of shapes and patterns. We will continue throughout the term with our daily multiplication practise in preparation for the Multiplication fact check.

Writing

We will start the term writing a persuasive argument in the form of a letter. Then we will be writing a narrative text (adventure story) using our class book How to Train your Dragon.

Reading

During reading we will be working our way through our class book, How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, 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 ‘Relationships’. In this unit, children will learn healthy relationships and how to be a good friend. We will also be looking at how to deal with conflict, loss and how to emotions in a healthy way.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at Electricity. We will be learning about how electricity travels and how to create a circuit. We will construct simple circuits and look at what happens with different switches, bulbs, wires, cells and batteries.

RE

In RE will be learning about how people and events in history shaped Islamic diversity.

Art

In art this term, we will be creating 3D structures. We will be creating wire structures and combining a range of techniques such as overlapping and layering as well as learning about famous sculptors such as Alberto Giacometti and Louise Bourgeois

Geography

We will be learning about earthquakes and settlements. We will find out why earthquakes take place and what effects they have in Haiti and Japan.

Computing

In Computing, we will be coding. We will be debugging problems and learning how we can add in control actions.

Physical Education

In PE, we will be focussing on the sport of athletics. We will be working on our running, throwing and jumping techniques in the build up to sports day in term 6. The children will also participate in dance sessions.

Music

We will be creating music using Garageband on the iPads.

French

We will be learning conversational French and improving our vocabulary.

RE

In RE will be learning about how people and events in history shaped Islamic diversity.

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