Year 4
WELCOME TO YEAR 4
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
(John 14:6)
Welcome to Year 4 2023/24
Class Teacher - Mr M Wilson
Teaching Assistant - Mrs M Mikinnik
PPA Cover - Mrs Jobbins
We have so many things to look forward to for this final term this year!
RE—Our new topic is The Church. In this unit, the children will learn how Jesus's life helped build the Church and reflect on how Saints such as Peter and Paul spread the word of Christ. We will learn how Jesus' message can help us to keep the Church alive in the world.
You can help your child by taking them to mass, exposition and benediction
- English - In English this half term the children will be reading the book 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty, about a workhouse boy during the Victorian times. The children will have the opportunity to read and listen to the story. They will be using the story to complete a non-chronological report.
You can help your child by reading with them everyday even if it is only for a short period of time. Reading will increase their vocabulary and improve their written work.
- Maths - In mathematics, the children will recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions. They will count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten. They will solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities. They will also learn about equivalent decimals, money, time and shape.
You can help your child by helping them learn their timetables. This will help them later in the year in both multiplication and division.
- Science - In science, our topic this term is Animals, including Humans. In this topic the children will learn about the digestive systems of different animals, including humans and the nutrition they get from what they eat. The children will learn about good dental hygiene and the different types of teeth. Finally, the children will learn about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and their relationship to different food chains.
You can help your child by visiting the library and looking at information books relating to animals.
- History - Our topic this half term is ‘ The Victorians’. The children will learn about Queen Victoria and why she is such a prominent monarch in British History. They will learn about the huge divide between the rich and the poor. They will learn how Leeds saw massive growth during these times as factories expanded and more work was available.
You can help your child by finding information books about the Water Cycle.
Computing - This term we will be learning about computational thinking and online safety.
PE - We will be doing cricket/tennis on a Tuesday and Swimming on a Thursday.
ART & DT - This term we will look at the artist William Morris and design prints like him.
Music - We continue our Wednesday morning music lessons with the Diocese of Leeds music lessons. These teach singing, performance and parts of music theory.
- Swimming will be on a Thursday.
- Homework will be set on a Friday due in for Monday.
- Spellings will be set on a Friday for a test the following Friday.
- There will be ad hoc times tables tests in lessons so please make sure you are learning all your times tables at home.