Year 4 team

Mr Braddish

Mrs Wray

Mrs Jacobs

Mrs Horry 

Routines

PE

On Wednesday, JB Sports will teach our P.E lessons; on these days we come to school in our P.E kit. Our P.E kit should be:

• Plain white t-shirt
• Black/navy shorts.
• Trainers or Plimsolls can be worn for PE lessons.
• Black/Navy tracksuit bottoms for colder weather/outdoor PE.
• Black/Navy tracksuit top for colder weather/outdoor PE.
• No Football/Sports shirts.

Any issues please speak to Mr Braddish.

Reading at home

 We encourage all children to read each night and record it in their reading diaries. If they read for four nights a week, they will earn 4 tokens for their house and get a raffle ticket in the jar! At the end of the term, I'll pull one raffle ticket out and the winner will receive a £10 Gift Card!

Happy reading!

Congratulations to our Spring 1 term winner!

Class Reading book

We are currently reading...

Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and guard it in times of danger. But for now, he's quite happy to laze around annoying his older sister Paz, and playing with his baby brother Pook. Then Podkin's home is brutally attacked, and the young rabbits are forced to flee. The terrifying Gorm are on the rampage, and no one and nowhere is safe. With danger all around them, Podkin must protect his family, uncover his destiny, and attempt to defeat the most horrifying enemy rabbitkind has ever known.

English

Please see the link below if you want some extra practice with your English and spellings. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f  

Year 4 enjoying the new library!

Spellings

This year we will be following the Active Spelling program. We will not be sending home weekly spellings for the children to learn , it will all be covered during school time. However, if you would like your child to practice any of the spellings them I have attached the Year 4 spelling overview. Any questions please feel free to ask. 

Our current Power of Reading book is...

Maths 

The children knowing their times tables is key going forward in their education. As a class we agreed that practice, practice practice is the only way to improve, so I have added lots of links to games, ideas for practice, the children can also ask me at anytime for paper copies for worksheets to help them. Please encourage your child to use these and to practice! Any questions please feel free to speak to Mr Braddish. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division

https://www.theschoolrun.com/top-times-tables-games

https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/times-tables-games/

https://maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

This year the children will take the national multiplication times table check. In preparation for this I will encouraging the children to practice their times tables as often as they can. As an incentive I will handing out certificates on a Thursday for children who have improved their 'rock status'. Please find below the link for the website. The children will know their log ins and know they can access at home. 

Curriculum

In Spring term 2 we are shining a light on...

Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking was a celebrated cosmologist and physicist who published groundbreaking research. He was born in 1942 and died in 2018 aged 76. For most of his adult life, he had early-onset MND (Motor-Neurone Disease). This caused lots of mobility issues and made it hard for him to speak.

PE

 Year 4 have an exciting opportunity to learn fencing! They are so excited. Take a look at our first lesson.

Geography

In year 4 we have been looking at the local area, discovering local towns and cities. We investigated OS maps and used the key to identify symbols on the maps.

History

In history we have been studying the Anglo Saxons, investigating their beliefs, how and why they came to Britain. To make our learning come to life we invited an Anglo Saxon expert to explain and show interesting artefacts to the children. We all loved it!!

We have been ordering a timeline of British history crossing BC and AD. We have even added our own events. We discussed how some events and civilisations happened at the same time. 

Design and Technology

In DT we have been designing and making Christmas juggling balls. We have been learning the skills if tie dying and sewing to make them. 

Music

In spring term, year 4 will have a specialist teacher from Lincolnshire music service teach them how to play the ukulele.  

Art

We have been looking sketching facial features, shading and looking at direction of light and where light and dark features will be. To help us we have been studying 'The girl with the pearl earring' by Jans Veermer. 

Science

We have been learning about electricity, how it is made and the different parts of electrical circuits. We have got the chance to make our own circuits and homemade switches.