Year 4
Welcome to Class Four's page!
Welcome back to summer term!
We hope you had a restful break. We're looking forward to an exciting and busy few weeks ahead in Year 4.
Children have made a very positive back to summer term!
**Please note our PE days are Monday and Friday**
This term, we will be learning:
English:
Summer 1The Great Kapok Tree
To retrieve information from non-fiction - To design a ‘great tree’ setting - To explore the structure of dilemma stories - To punctuate direct speech correctly - To use a range of speech verbs - To use adverbs in dialogue - To identify persuasive devices - To use a dictionary to find definitions - To write a persuasive letter - To prepare a group performance - To plan a dilemma story - To write my own dilemma story.
Summer Term Novel
The Butterfly Lion, Michael Morpurgo
Our reading lessons develop skills linked to film, clips, novel extracts, images we use Reading VIPERS to help us with this. Our writing lessons allow the children to learn about a range of genre and write in the styles of these genre.
Summer 2The Chocolate Tree
Narrative
Writing a persuasive speech
Our Maths lessons focus the skills developed through White Rose Maths. We follow block planning schedule and differentiate the lessons to meet the needs of the children. We use a variety of White Rose teaching methods throughout our lessons as well as a variety of resources and activities to support learning and provide stretch and challenge opportunities to all our learners within each topic.
- Decimals B
- Money
- Time
- Shape
- Statistic
- Position and direction
History: We will learn about,
How did the achievements of the Maya impact their society and beyond?
Science: We will learn about,
Classification and changing habitats.
Making connections
Geography: we will learn about,
Why are rainforests important to us?
RE: we will learn about,
Pentecost-Serving-NEW LIFE
Reconciliation-Inter-relating-BULIDING BRIDGES
Universal Church-World-GOD'S PEOPLE
Art: we will learn about,
Exploring still life
DT: We will learn about,
Festival Feasts: How might we use food and art to bring us together?
French: we will be learn
La Nourriture (ordering food, instructions to make a sandwich,
giving options about food choice)
Ou vas tu? (French cities, weather, directions)
PE: we will be learning
Gymnastics 2 Athletics
Tennis Rounders
Homework is an essential part of your child's learning as it reinforces key concepts and consolidates learning that has taken place in classroom. It should always be fun though-little and often is always best.
Reading - we would like your child to read to someone at home at least three times a week.
Spelling- spelling tests will take place on a Friday. Each Friday the children will be given new words, please practise these with your child.
Top tips
Please label all clothes very clearly.
Hand in completed homework on time
Practise Times Table
Please remember to email/contact the office with any notifications or pop a note in your child's book bag.
Mrs Slusarz, Mrs Tobin and Mrs Hills
Useful websites
Multiplication tables check Multiplication Tables Check - 2025 - Timestables.co.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars- https://www.ttrockstars.com/
Hit the Button (good to practise times tables, division facts. doubling, halving and number bonds)- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Multiplication Tables Check - 2025 - Timestables.co.uk
Multiplication Tables Check - Mathsframe
Other fun maths activities can be found on:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/mental-maths
https://www.brainpop.com/games/wuzzittrouble/ - puzzle game site - focusing on multiplication skills