Welcome to Year 4
Year 4 Essential Information
Year 4 Curriculum Map
Year 4 Essential Information - Autumn 1
Welcome to Year 4! We have loved our first week with the children and are all looking forward to the year ahead. Please see our attached Long Term Plan to view our upcoming learning in Year 4.
Our Year 4 team this year is Mrs Quinn, Miss Dakin, Mrs McDonald, Miss McNamara and Mrs Starkey.
Miss Dakin will be the class teacher on Mondays and Thursdays.
Mrs Quinn will be the class teacher on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Miss Dakin and Mrs Quinn will alternate teaching on Wednesday mornings, and Mrs Starkey will teach during PPA time on Wednesday afternoons.
Mrs McDonald and Miss McNamara will share the role of Year 4 teaching assistant.
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: Your child's reading book should travel to and from school with them every day, alongside their green reading record. 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 to be checked in school each Monday.
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, five of the ten words will be tested, as individual words, and the new spellings for next week will be taught in a spelling lesson.
Mathletics: This is to be completed every week – there will be new Mathletics tasks set each Thursday 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
This half term the children will have PE on a Thursday and Friday. Appropriate kit (trainers, black trousers/shorts with a white t-shirt and plain black jacket/jumper) must be worn on these days please.
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 still 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
Science Day- Bubbles!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Today we had a science day which was focused around bubbles!
We started the morning exploring how we could make the biggest bubbles and which surfaces we could get the bubbles to land on. The children were also experimenting with whether they could pass a bubble to one another.
We then started to focus on our investigation question 'can you make a bubble inside a bubble'?
We made predictions and talked about the equipment that we might need and then the children had some time to test various ways of making a bubble within another bubble.
The children did so well with this and they were able to make multiple bubbles inside one another!
We had such a fun day and got to experiment, ask and answer lots of questions!
Well done Year 4!
Ukulele!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
This week we have been continuing to play ukulele with Mr Rickson. Over the past couple of weeks we have been learning new songs and even composing our own pieces of music using the notes we know. The children have done such a fantastic job and Mr Rickson has been so impressed with how the children can recall the positioning of their fingers and can change chords multiple times throughout a song.
Well done Year 4!
Castles!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
This week in Year 4 we have been busy building castles! We started the term by looking at 3D shapes that are strong and would be a useful feature of a castle. We then had a go at building nets for these shapes so that we could see which ones we might be able to use. The children then spent time designing their castles by drawing their idea, labelling the materials that they were going to need, noting down their design specification and adding any additional extras they wanted to add to complete their castle design!
This week we started building our castles with the materials we collected at home, nets and paper. The children have made a fantastic start to these, keep an eye out for the finished product next week!
Computer Safety
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Although it was our last day together today, Year 4 did some very important learning about online safety after a week of thinking about all the good and the bad that the internet can bring. They are clued up about lots of things which will keep them safe and produced some slogans this afternoon about how to look after each other online in times when online abuse might be happening. Pics below.
Thank you so much to you all for your support in the lead up to my maternity leave - I will miss my class very much but know that they will have a brilliant rest of the year with Miss Hamilton who is so excited to be their new teacher after getting to know them over the last couple of weeks. Have a lovely half term, all of you. Mrs F x
Class Collective Worship
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
It's been a particularly busy week in Year 4 with the children being taught by both me, and Miss Hamilton, who is really enjoying getting to know them, not to mention Mrs Starkey and Mrs Whitehead! But as usual, they have taken it all in their stride and done some super learning, from the geography of Scandinavia to the artwork of Edvard Munch to some very dramatic Anglo-Saxon story planning!
However, the high point of the week had to be Wednesday's collective worship all about the Christian value of hope. With so many of you able to join us for it, we're sure you'll agree that they did an amazing job, projecting their voices, creating imaginative role plays to support the aim of the worship and writing such thoughtful prayers. Well done, Year 4 - be very proud of yourselves!
