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 Spring 2:

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 reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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 beginning our learning about fractions and decimals, whilst rehearsing formal methods of calculation to build on our arithmetic skills.
At home, you can help your child by helping them learn their timetables and encouraging them to practise on TT Rock Stars.
Science: our science topic this half-term is States of Matter. We will experiment with freezing and melting points, as well as looking at evaporating and condensing.

Geography: our topic this half-term is The Water Cycle. We will be visited a water treatment facility as part of this topic and alongside our Science learning.
P.E: on a Wednesday this half term is in school and P.E. on a Thursday will be our swimming lesson.
We are working really hard on our skipping skills in preparation for the Skipping Schools Festival in March.

Music - We continue our Wednesday morning music lessons with the Diocese of Leeds music lessons. These teach singing, performance and parts of music theory.
Design and Technology - this half-term our DT work will link with geography. We will create our own water filters.

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!