Year 4
Welcome to the Year 4 blog page!
Our aim is to make your child’s learning exciting and fun, and have lots of fun along the way.
We aim to foster a nurturing and supportive environment so your children will come into school with a smile on their faces, and not be afraid to learn from any mistakes. They will feel comfortable to become independent learners, and share ideas within our class.
We have designed our curriculum to ensure that children get a broad and balanced diet of daily English and Maths, and weekly lessons in a variety of topics, including computing, science and humanities. We aim to present our lessons creatively through a mixture of written work, drama and multimedia.
We know that it is important for children to stay active and keep their mind and bodies healthy, therefore we take part in weekly PE sessions. Our PE day is Wednesday, so please make sure your child comes to school in their PE kit every Wednesday. We will be outside as much as we can, so you need to ensure that your child has suitable footwear and clothing. In Year 4, we go swimming on a Tuesday afternoon, and your child will need a towel, swimming costume/trunks and a suitable bag to carry these items in.
Every week, we will be setting homework and spellings, we aim to do this using Purple Mash, so it is important that your child knows their username and password. If you have any issues accessing the internet contact school.
Reading books will be changed weekly and it is our expectation that your child reads at home with a family member and that there is a comment in their reading record. This will be checked weekly by the year 4 team.
In Year 4, we have to complete the Year 4 Times Table Test, which was initially started last year. It will test the children’s knowledge on all the times tables right up to 12X12, therefore it is imperative that children are confident in recalling their times tables. We will be practicing these a lot in school, but it will be highly beneficial to continue this practice at home. If you would like more information on the times table test, or any ideas to support your child’s learning at home, please feel free to speak to either teacher.
Thank you for visiting our page and keep up to date with all the exciting learning on our class twitter page. If you do have any further questions, then please speak to one of the team after school.
It's behind us ...and in front of us.....lots of fun planned
Date: 04/12/2015
If you are in Year 4 you should be incredibly proud of yourself this week. Many of you have taken a step out of your comfort zone. Some of you are now confidently offering answers in class, even when you…
Circuiting the issue
Date: 20/11/2015
After a great Science lesson, this week's homework challenge is to draw an incomplete and a complete circuit, explaining why the light bulb moment happens. Here are a few photos to prove that we really…
A practical, hands on world
Date: 17/11/2015
Over the last few days, we have been hands - on scientists, building a circuit to make a bulb light. We had a great time checking how a switch works and building on our understanding of the responsibilities…
Art Rules ok!
Date: 06/11/2015
Welcome back after what we hope was a good holiday.What a week it has been! We began our new science topic on Monday looking at things which use electricity and talking about how to use it responsibly. …
Hedgehog homework
Date: 23/10/2015
This week, I thought a little kinaesthetic homework to show what we had learned about animals, plants and their habitats would be fun. On Tuesday, I was delighted to find adverts for hedgehog homes in…
Pizza, pop and much excitement
Date: 16/10/2015
This week was generally a standard week with the full curriculum being covered, though the children also had to contend with their first tests in Year 4. They are all to be commended for the mature and…
Ancient Egyptian Artefacts
Date: 07/10/2015
The children had a great time this week. We were fortunate enough to arrange for a visit from Kelly from the Wakefield Museum and brought lots of ancient Egyptian artefacts with her.We learned that the…
The Dairy of Class 4 - yes the dairy!
Date: 02/10/2015
Another busy week even though it only ran for four days. When we arrived on Tuesday, there was a massive inflatable classroom in the car park. Yes, the Arla Roadshow had come to Agbrigg. Year 4 were…
A week to celebrate
Date: 25/09/2015
We were very pleased to welcome SAM to our class this week as we had an attendance score of 97.24%. He picked a great week to join us as 6 of us, including Mrs Sketchley, celebrated their birthdays and…
Big Maths and a Big Week
Date: 11/09/2015
What a week!Having spent a little time getting to know each other last week, the school year really began in earnest on Monday. We have shown that we can work well together and this week we have four…
