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.
Party Time .....something to digest!
Date: 09/06/2016
Didn't we have a lovely time, the day we celebrated The Queen's 90th birthday. Like other communities across the UK, The children in Year 4 came dressed in their best party clothes, full of enthusiasm…
Four meets Freddie Fit
Date: 20/05/2016
Well it was attendance incentive reward time at the end of a busy week of showing what we can do and, for most of us, it came as a welcome and pleasurable experience. We got hot, sweaty and overexcited…
Evaporation and effort
Date: 11/05/2016
IOur states of matter work continued when Mrs Sketchley asked us to dry her washing in the school grounds! We tried hard to do a comparative test by saturating three flannels with the same volume of water,…
Dramatic interventions
Date: 05/05/2016
This week we have continued to write our stories about Robin Hood and his intrepid adventures. There has been some impressive writing and most of us are using adjectives in a list, adverbs, similes and…
Denser than air?
Date: 21/04/2016
Our states of matter investigation continued and this week we helped Maya investigate which drink she should serve at a party. She wanted to serve the fizziest drink. This is called a comparative test. …
Didn't we have a lovely time, they day we went to Magna?
Date: 14/04/2016
Well, the day finally arrived and we ran into school excited, but prepared to have a full day out as we launched our new topic - Extreme Weather. And it certainly lived up to our expectations.We were…
States of matter
Date: 07/04/2016
Welcome back to our last term in Year 4. How fast it has gone! There are a few changes this term. We now have PE on Mondays with Miss Abernethy, so please make sure you have your PE kit (indoor and…
Negative Attention !
Date: 15/03/2016
In Maths we have been looking at negative numbers and how they are used, whether it be to order temperatures or to use a lift in a tall building with floors below ground. Take a look at the pictures. …
Coordinating and sound proofing
Date: 10/03/2016
This week we have investigated sound proofing during our science lessons. We understand that ear defenders and barriers are used to block out unpleasant or irritating sounds and that different materials…
A host of characters
Date: 03/03/2016
What a week in year 4! On Wednesday, we enjoyed a visit from Louise Edwards from the School Nursing Team. We talked about healthy lifestyles and demonstrated that we have a great understanding of what…
