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.
Merry Christmas
Date: 14/12/2016
We have just enjoyed an excellent Christmas dinner in the middle of a week when we have enjoyed sharing our production with our lovely families. Thank you for supporting us.We still have still got our…
Preserving the peace
Date: 14/11/2016
The children in Year 4 were a real credit to themselves, their families and our school today when we caught a train into Wakefield and attended a workshop at Wakefield One. They impressed the leader,…
Saving Energy
Date: 10/11/2016
Being an eco friendly school, we have enjoyed our afternoon. First a man from Water Aid came to share details of the good work that the charity does in helping to source and provide water to communities…
Outdoor maths is fun!
Date: 01/11/2016
We have been investigating and learning the 4 x table. Thanks to our work so far, we know that the answer is always even, that the numbers can be commuted (swapped) and that any 4x table number sentence…
Data Handling
Date: 21/10/2016
In Year 4 this week, we have been busy handling data. Our skills have improved dramatically and we were able to show them off today by working collaboratively to answer some questions.Homework this week…
Viking Warriors
Date: 17/10/2016
This term our topic has been Vicious Vikings and the fearless warriors in Year 4 have been busy designing and then making their helmets ready to go into battle. Here are a select few of their creations. …
Preying on good attendance
Date: 10/10/2016
Congratulations are due to Year 4 this week as we won the attendance competition not just for one week but for two consecutive weeks. SAM the dog almost needs to have his own place on the register! The…
A Place for a game
Date: 28/09/2016
Not all maths work has to be in books. Today we played a game using 3 digit numbers and numbers with up to 2 decimal places. We had to look at the number we picked and then decide whether to place it…
Days making memories
Date: 15/09/2016
Our first full week back at school saw the Eid celebrations when several children were not at school, but celebrating with their families. Not to be outdone, we also celebrated with a party in Year 4…
Teething problems
Date: 23/06/2016
Our science topic, Animals including Humans, took us on to teeth this week. First we learned the four different types of teeth that humans have - namely incisors, canine, premolars and molars - and then…
