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- Football

Friday- Swimming

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 learning about decimals, area, and perimeter of shapes. We will also be continuing to practice our multiplication skills, which can be supported at home with Times Table Rock Stars

Writing

Our writing will be linked to our class book, The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. We will be writing a lost explorer narrative.

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 ‘Healthy Me’. In this unit, children will learn about making healthy choices in our diet and being physically active as well as how healthy relationships help us to be happy.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at Sound. We will be learning about how sound travels and how we can create different types of sound. We will also be measuring sounds using our data loggers and experimenting to find the best sound insulators.

RE

We will be learning about how people contribute to society

DT

In DT this term, we will be investigating mechanisms. We will be learning about pneumatics and building a crane to lift a toy car

History

We will be learning about the Anglo-Saxons. We will be learning about how Britain changes after the Romans left and who ruled after that

Computing

In Computing, we will be finishing our sound stories unit before looking at effective searching on the internet

Physical Education

In PE, we will be focussing on the sport of football. The children will build on their football skills learnt in term 2, applying techniques to help defend the ball while passing it up the pitch as well as learning how to play as a member of a team. The children will also participate in dance sessions and practice their swimming skills

Music

We will be learning the glockenspiel and a selection of different familiar tunes. We will be looking to move away from reading the letters and looking at the notes in the music

French

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

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