Welcome to Year 4
Year 4 Essential Information
Year 4 Curriculum Map
Year 4 Essential Information - Spring 1
Happy New Year! We hope all our Year 4 families had a wonderful Christmas. It is so lovely to see Year 4 back in school and raring to go for 2025!
We said goodbye to Mrs Moleele in Year 4 at the end of last term as she has now moved to work in Year 2. We have loved having her as one of our Year 4 teachers, so we are pleased she is still in school and we can say hello when we see her in the corridors. We are delighted to welcome Mrs Quinn back from maternity leave - Year 4 were very excited about her return.
Our Year 4 staff team is now as follows:
Mrs Quinn - Class Teacher - Monday - Wednesday
Miss Dakin - Class Teacher - Wednesday - Friday
Miss Smith - HLTA - Wednesday First Session
Mrs Pullan - Teaching Assistant - Monday - Friday
If you need to get in touch, please contact us on:
grace.quinn@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and chloe.dakin@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk
It is always best to copy both class teachers into your communications with us, so that we are both aware of anything that is going on.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Dakin and Mrs Quinn
Homework In Year 4
Reading: Reading helps children’s learning in a huge number of ways, including improving their vocabulary, developing the quality of their writing and building their comprehension skills. We expect children to read at home at least three times per week. We ask that a parent or carer sign this off in the reading record and return the reading record to school each Tuesday. In Year 4, it is still extremely beneficial for your child to carry out some of their home reading with an adult, either reading aloud, being read to, or a combination of the two. This allows for you to discuss the book with your child too which will help boost their comprehension skills.
Spellings: A new spelling list will be sent home each Friday and should be practised regularly, in short bursts throughout the week, ready for a test on the following Friday. The children will also have some opportunities in class to practise. In the Friday test, all ten words will be tested through dictated sentences.
Mathletics: This is to be completed every week – there will be new Mathletics tasks set each Friday with trickier tasks (those scoring less than 50%) being re-set. Please check if your child needs support with any re-set tasks.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Using TTRS to practise times tables regularly at home is a very good idea. Just a three minute burst every day should see recall speeds continue to improve.
PE
Our PE days will be Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday mornings. Appropriate kit (trainers, black trousers/shorts with a white t-shirt and plain black jacket/jumper) must be worn on these days.
Things to remember:
- All children should bring a named flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.
- Named pumps must be worn in school. Children should be able to tie laces quickly if they have lace-up pumps/outdoor shoes and pumps should be checked by a parent every half term to ensure they are in good condition to prevent trip hazards.
- Named, appropriate clothing for the weather should be brought every day – please ensure your child has a coat in school every day. Gloves and hats may also be a good idea at this time of year.
- School Policy is that, other than for religious reasons, children should not wear jewellery in school apart from a watch (smart watches are not allowed). These need to be removed for PE lessons.
Year 4 Class Blog
The Princess And The Pea
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
In our English lessons this week, we have begun writing our own versions of the traditional tale, 'The Princess And The Pea'. Year 4 have been using thesauruses to support their writing and have come up with some fantastic vocabulary.
Science - Measuring Temperature
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Today in science we have been using thermometers to accurately measure temperature, observing patterns of change over time. We started off measuring the temperature of a cup of ice, but by afternoon it had melted to liquid. We then plotted the data we had collected onto a line graph.
Roman Standards
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Look at our fabulous Roman standards! Year 4 had a great time this afternoon making their own standards, creating designs which represented themselves.
TT Rockstars Day
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Year 4 have been rocking out today as we have enjoyed TT Rockstars Day. We have all had the chance to practise our TT Rockstars skills, culminating in three class battles to find our three class champions: Will, Dahlia and Oliver. The three champions went head to head with Miss Dakin in the hall and Oliver came out on top. Congratulations, Oliver! We all enjoyed seeing everyone's fantastic costumes - well done everyone for a fantastic effort.
Jelly Tot Structures
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
In DT today we have started to explore strong and stable structures as part of our 'Pavilions' project. We use cocktail sticks and jelly tots to build cubes, cuboids, traingular and square-based pyramids before getting creative. We finished with a little competition, and the tallest free-standing structure award went to Lara and Reuben!
