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.

‘The Number 1 Car Spotter Goes to School’ by
Atinuke

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

Our class book, ‘The Number 1 Car Spotter Goes to School’ by Atinuke will be supporting our writing. We will start the term writing an explanation text on rainforests. Before writing out a playscript for another adventure linked to our story.

Reading

During reading we will be working our way through our class book ‘The Number 1 Car Spotter Goes to School’ by Atinuke 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 ‘Changing Me’. In this unit, children will learn about how bodies change as they grow older.

Science

In Science, we will be recapping our learning from year 4 as well as learning about Lewis Latimer. This will help consolidate our knowledge and ensure our scientific learning is consistent and ready to move on to Year 5.

RE

In RE will be learning about how religion has shaped the local area.

DT

In DT this term, we will be investigating structures. We will be finding out which shapes give the best stability to a structure.

History

We will be learning about the Vikings. We will look at the changes in Britain during the Viking period and how they fitted into life in Britain.

Computing

In computing, we will be looking at animation, using Purple mash to create simple animated stories.

Physical Education

In PE, we will be focussing on the sport of cricket. The children will build on their cricket skills, applying techniques to help defend the wicket, bowl the ball and hit it with a bat as well as learning how to play as a member of a team. The children will also participate in dance sessions.

Music

In music, we will be learning evolution of the steel pan and the origins of the song ‘Yellow Bird’.

French

We will be learning conversational French and improving our vocabulary.

RE

We will be learning conversational French and improving our vocabulary.

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