Year 4

Welcome to Year 4 2024/25

Class Teachers - Miss G Laidler and Mrs C Dealtry
Teaching Assistant - Mrs L Indukuri

Welcome to our Year 4 class page.

We are really looking forward to working with you!

Key Days:

P.E. - Wednesday and Thursday (Swimming)

Homework due - Wednesday

Spelling Test - Thursday

New spellings and homework sent home - Friday

If you need to speak to a member of staff, please contact the school office on office@stjosephscatholicprimary.org or ring 0113 2712093 to make an appointment.

Thank you!

Our Learning in Summer 1:

R.E: our topic this half-term is Jesus the Saviour.
This half-term also marks the start of Lent and we will learn about Jesus' sacrifice as we approach Easter. We will be practising our Easter performance: Resurrection Rock. We will particularly focus on Holy Week and the events that led to Jesus' death and resurrection.
At home, you can help your child by talking about the Easter story and talking to your child about their Lenten promises.
English - Reading: we will be looking at poetry at the beginning of this half term.
We will be practising our fluency skills - focusing on intonation and expression.
We will continue to develop our comprehension skills - particularly reading at length independently.
At home, you can help your child by reading with your child every night.

English - Writing:
We will be developing our narrative writing by creating our own descriptions and flashback stories. We are working hard at writing at length, correcting our mistakes independently and learning how to edit our work to improve the content.

Maths: we are continuing to learn about decimals this half term and then will be moving on to money and time. We we will also be practising our times tables before the multiplication check at the beginning of next half term.
At home, you can help your child by helping them learn their times tables and encouraging them to practise on TT Rock Stars every day.
You can also encourage them to tell the time using analogue and digital clocks.
Science: our science topic this term is Animals including humans. Children will expand on their learning from year 3 about how animals, including humans, need to get nutrition from what they eat. They will explore the different organs of the digestive system in humans and the functions of teeth in both humans and animals.

History: our topic this half-term is The Victorians. We will be learning about how Queen Victoria and the Industrial Revolution impacted our local area and the British Empire, as well as what life was like for people during the Victorian era. We will be visiting Armley Mills to learn more about Victorian schools.
P.E: on a Wednesday this half term is in school and P.E. on a Thursday will be our swimming lesson.

Music - We continue our Wednesday morning music lessons with the Diocese of Leeds music lessons. These teach singing, performance and parts of music theory.
Art - We will be looking at William Morris prints this half term alongside our history topic.

Curriculum Long Term Plan

St. Joseph's CPS Hunslet - Curriculum LTP Year 4

2024/25

Saint David's Day Worship

Well done Year 4 for leading a lovely worship for Saint David's Day.

Lotherton Hall

We had a great time at Lotherton Hall, learning about different habitats, seeing the animals and exploring the grounds.

Science workshop - making a fruit battery

Canticle of Zechariah (Blessed be the Lord) - Franciscan Sisters, TOR

During R.E we have been listening to different songs. We have been focusing on this song this week and the children have been eager to practise at home.

Science

As part of our electricity topic in Science, year 4 have been creating human circuits, building working circuits and testing electrical conductors and insulators.

Harry Potter - Sorting Hat

We have been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. One of our friends brought in a sorting hat and we all were sorted into a Hogwarts House!

R.E. The month of the Rosary

October is the month of the Rosary. We have been praying the Rosary as a whole school and in worship as a class.

R.E. - using the Bible

In our R.E. Lessons, we have been practising using Bible references. We have also been exploring the different parts of the Bible, comparing the Old and New Testaments.

Forest Schools

Some of us took part in an after school club focused on Forest School. We learned how to cook over a fire, as well as use a bow and arrow to aim for a target.

R.E. - Creation

We have started tidying our prayer garden and preparing it for Spring. We cleared the area of weeds and planted some bulbs. We can’t wait to watch them grow!