Welcome to Year 4
Year 4 Essential Information
Year 4 Curriculum Map
Year 4 Essential Information - Autumn 1
Welcome to Year 4! It has been so lovely to welcome the children back from their summer breaks, full of their summer stories and ready to learn.
Our Year 4 team this year is Miss White, Miss Dakin and Miss McNamara.
Miss Dakin is the class teacher on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Miss White is the class teacher on Tuesdays and Fridays.
On Thursdays, Miss Dakin will teach in the morning and Miss White will teach in the afternoon.
Miss McNamara is Year 4 teaching assistant.
If you need to get in touch, please contact us on:
anna.white@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 Miss White
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. Your child should record the books they have read in the green reading record and bring this to school for checking 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.
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
PE Days this half term will be Wednesday and Friday. Please ensure that your child comes to school on those days dressed in PE kit including a pair of trainers.
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.
- 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
Investigating Sound
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
In science this week, Year 4 began their topic on sound. We made sounds in a variety of ways, using musical instruments, classroom objects and our voices, making careful observations about what we could see and feel. We established that sounds are caused by vibrations.
Maths Investigation
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Year 4 embraced the Whole School Maths Challenge today, exploring possible geometric shapes for a box to exactly hold 36 chocolates. They worked in pairs, using cubes and counters to test different ideas and found a variety of solutions, including a range of rectangles, a square, an equilateral triangle and even a rhombus!
DT - Pavilions
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Today we began building our pavilions which we have designed in DT. We used lolly sticks, straws and LOTS of card triangles - and it was quite a challenge! Year 4 really had to dig deep, persevere and show their resilience but we kept going and the pavilions are starting to take shape. Well done Year 4!
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.
