Year 4
Spring 2
Welcome to Year 4:
Hyacinth and Carnation Class
Miss Rahman is the class teacher in Carnation Class and Miss Hughes is teaching Hyacinth Class.
Welcome
Welcome to year 4! We hope you find the information below useful. This information will help you support your child at home with the organisation of their week and their learning at home.
Key Times
| Homework | Homework will be set every week. This homework includes spellings (new spellings given out every Monday and test on Friday), learning timetables (1-12) . All children are expected to read from their chapter books and fill in their bookmarks. These book marks will be checked daily to ensure that children are reading. |
| PE | In Year 4 PE is on Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure that your child has a clean PE kit to bring in at the start of each week. The kit should consist of a Harris Primary Academy PE T-shirt, black shorts, black jogging bottoms, black trainers or plimsolls. This half-term pupils will be learning Tag Rugby. |
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| The academy’s day begins at 8:30. Please ensure that your child is in school at this time. Children will be dismissed at 3:30pm. |
What are we learning?
| Literacy | In Literacy we will be reading “Twelfth Night” which is a fantastic comedy of mistaken identities, and “Tudor London”. We will create a narrative setting description, an additional chapter, Shakespearean sonnets, a biography and a non-chronological report. |
| Maths | In Maths this term we will begin by learning to measure the length and perimeter of polygons and rectilinear shapes. We will then move on to Fractions where children will learn about improper fractions, equivalent fractions and how to convert fractions. We will end the half term by beginning to look at Decimals. |
| Science | In Science, we will be learning about electricity. Children will test and answer different questions, for example, how do we make a working circuit with different elements including bulbs, switches, and buzzers? We will also identify good conductors and bad conductors. |
| Geography | We will continue learning about Italy. Italy sits on the border of two tectonic plates (African plate and Eurasian plate) and is at risk from natural hazards. Looking into three major volcanoes: Mt Etna, Mt Vesuvius and Mt Stromboli we will develop deeper understanding what causes volcano eruption. Also, we will discuss why people choose to live near the volcanoes. |
| History | We will be developing our knowledge of Ancient Rome by looking further into what life was like in Roman Britain. We will be looking at how the Romans conquered Britain, who stood against them, how they changed our streets, home and roads and what legacies did they leave behind. |
| RE | In RE we will be moving on from learning about Hajj and look more into forgiveness; what it is, what Christians believe it is, and whether it is always possible. We will also ask the question, ‘Why did Jesus have enemies?’. |
| Computing | In computing, we will be exploring how we can use data loggers to organise data. We will also use microbits to find out information about our surroundings. |
| Art | In Art we will be exploring how printing works and will be using Portuguese Azulejos as inspiration to create our own printing patterns. |
| DT | This term, children will evaluate their prototypes and improve their designs to create a final product - a night light. |
| French | In French, children will learn nouns and adjectives to describe faces and parts of the body. |
| PSHE | In PSHE we will be thinking about what is not appropriate to share on social media. We will discuss fake news, clickbait, and internet advertising. |
| PE | In PE we will be learning touch rugby, developing our fine motor skills, balance and passing. |
| Music | We will develop technical control of a recorder. We will start learning two contrasting pieces: Arirang, Korean Folk song and Amazing Grace. |
How can I help at home?
One of the keyways every parent can help is to ensure that your child is at school every day and on time. Other than this, the main way you can help is by ensuring that your child reads every day, for at least 10-15 minutes (filling in their Rainbow Bookmark) – this can be with you, or on their own, but it is the most effective way of ensuring that your child progresses and learns outside of school. All pupils should be practising their spellings set each week, every day. Children also have Timetables Rock Stars login – please encourage them to use these frequently, as it will really help with their quick recall of mathematical facts and their timetables. As Year 4 have their timetables check in the Summer Term, it is also vital that they are practising their timetables 1-12 every day to prepare them for this.
If you have any questions, please talk to Miss Hughes or Miss Rahman, or you can arrange a meeting at the office.
Thanks,
Miss Hughes and Miss Rahman
