Please make sure your child brings a named water bottle and their reading book and record to school every single day.
Reading
Reading is very important. Please ensure your child reads regularly at home and is changing his or her book on a regular basis. Children can access Accelerated Reader tests which they will need to pass in order to select a new book. They can also access these at home using their skolon.
READING COMPETITION!
Each time your child reads at home please comment in their reading record. We are going to be tracking the children's reading process using their points towards their target on Accelerated Reader, and they will receive shoutouts! Please continue to encourage your child with this.
Our whole school rules are:
1. Be ready
2. Be respectful
3. Be safe
Homework
Please ensure your child uses Times Tables Rockstars at home, login details are located in the front of their reading records. We will also be setting homework every week through printed sheets. This will be set every Wednesday and due in by the following Tuesday evening.
Please remember that Year 4 will have a timetables check in June and therefore need to be accessing and practising their timetables regularly. Please practise your timetables using TT Rockstars: www.ttrockstars.com
English
Throughout the year, we will be looking at a range of writing formats, from informal to formal and with fiction and non-fiction. We will be writing narratives, letters, diaries, non-chronological reports and poems. We look forward to seeing how your child’s writing develops throughout the year!
Maths
This year, we will be covering the whole year 4 curriculum in our mathematics learning, including the following areas:
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Place Value up to and including 1000’s
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Addition and subtraction up to and including 4-digit numbers
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Multiplication and division up to and including 4-digit numbers
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Fractions and decimals
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Statistics and measurement
Uniform
Please remember that your child should come in the appropriate uniform for school. This means that they should have:
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Academy polos shirt with purple stripe (plain white polo shirts may also be worn)
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Academy sweatshirt or cardigan, in purple, with the Academy logo (plain purple sweatshirts/cardigans may also be worn)
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Grey trousers or skirt or pinafore dress (jeans and cords are not allowed)
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Grey socks with trousers, grey or white socks or grey tights with skirts
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One Academy book bag
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One Academy PE bag
Pupils should also have:
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Sensible black shoes (not boots)
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A warm coat (not denim) for travelling to and from the Academy
Please ensure all children's uniform is labelled with their name. Please see the uniform section under ‘parents’ if you require any more information.
Autumn
We are learning about many different units over the autumn term, including the geography units of 'rivers' and 'longitude and latitude', the history unit of 'Rome', and the science units of 'living things and their habitats' and 'states of matter'.
Spring
This term we will continue to learn about latitude and longitude, along with the geography unit of 'The water cycle', the history unit of 'Britain's settlement of Anglo Saxons and Scots' and in Science we will be learning about 'animals including humans', looking at our teeth, digestive systems and food chains.
Summer
Within the summer term, we will continue our learning about Britain's history with the 'Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor'. In geography, we will be learning about environmental regions, including map skills. In Science we will be learning about electricity and sound!
Throughout the year we will also be completing R.E, PSHE, Spanish, Jungle spelling, computing, Art and P.E. Stay tuned for our Year 4 news appearing on the website!
As always, if you need to speak to the class teacher then you can find us at the classroom door where we can arrange a meeting time. Thank you for your support with your child's learning.