Year 4

 
Welcome to Year 4!
 
Our Block 2 theme is:
 

Eco Life

Our Block 2 theme is called Eco Life. During this theme, the children will be exploring how our world works. The children will be learning lots about water, including the water cycle, rivers and how water can change into different forms. We will also be studying the local area with a particular focus on Slimbridge WWT looking into its history.
 
In English this term, we will be using the books ‘A River’ by Marc Martin and ‘Our Planet’ by Sir David Attenborough to inspire our writing. 
 
In Science, we will  be finding out about living things and their habitats.  Also, we will be studying local wildlife and classifying animals into different groups.
 
In art and DT, we will be looking at sculptures using recyclable materials.
Our Books this Term

For an overview of our learning this term, please read the parent overview below:

Education website links and other information

Key Information 

 

PE

We will have PE lessons on a Monday and Wednesday this year. Please ensure that your child's PE kit is named and in school at all times as we sometimes have additional sessions too. It is expected that any long hair (below the shoulders) is tied back and that any ear studs are removed. As well as their PE kit, it is important that the children also have a water bottle.

 

During spring term, the year 4 classes will be going swimming!

Reading

Children are expected to be reading at home at least 3 times per week and record this in their reading record. We will be checking these weekly to see how the children are get on with this. The children are expected to read their school reading book but are also welcome to read anything else as well.

Times tables

Children are encouraged to continue using Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS) at home 3 times per week. Every child has their username and password to enable them to log in – these are the same as last year and will be in the children’s homework books. If you have any problems logging in, please speak to the class teacher. There are also many other ways to practice you multiplication facts away from TTRS and this will be a major focus in year 4.

Purple Mash

The children have access to Purple Mash which they can use whenever they want. This platform can be used to support them in completing their weekly theme homework. Their login information and password remain the same as last year.

Weekly homework

Each week, the children are set a piece of theme homework to be completed by a given deadline (usually then following Friday). If you have any questions about the homework task, please do not hesitate to contact the class teacher.