4M - Mr McGowan
4V - Miss Vance
4P- Mrs Piper
Support staff - Miss Bennett, Mrs Newey, Mrs Seymour, Miss Lewis, Mrs Hunter.
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If you have any queries or need to speak to a class teacher please email on:
y4@abbey.sandwell.sch.uk
and we will to get back to you as soon as we can
Welcome :)
In Year 4 we are looking forward to a super Summer term in 2024!
English
The units of writing this term will be a wishes story, newspaper, letter writing and balanced argument. The children will practise different sentence types which will include: de: de, superlatives, 2A sentence, verbs (-ing and –ly), BOYS sentences (but, or, yet, so), time conjunctions and causal conjunctions. There will be opportunities to identify and use adverbs, similes, alliteration, metaphors and personification. In comprehension and guided reading lessons, the children will be reading a range of text types to practise inference, summarising, retrieval and word meaning skills in both independent and group tasks. The children will continue to practise SPaG skills, by using the following correctly: pronouns, apostrophes for possession/contraction and proof-reading to make sure that words make sense in their sentences.
Mathematics
During the summer term children will be developing their reasoning, thinking, explaining and problem solving skills. Areas of coverage are: Decimals/Money- comparing, ordering and rounding decimals; Dividing by 10 and a 100; Knowing what 0.1 and 0.01 mean; Understand fraction and decimal equivalence; Knowing pounds and pence; Geometry-Identifying, comparing and ordering different angles; Recognising regular and irregular shapes; Classifying triangles, quadrilaterals and identifying lines of symmetry; Understanding quadrants and coordinates.
The children will continue to use ‘Times Table Rockstars’ to develop their fluency. There is daily opportunity for fluency and catch up for children. The children will be developing their explanations and reasoning.
Here is a link to:
If you have any questions please ask.
Our topic is ...
This topic is about is about having a good knowledge and understanding of the Romans, Anglo Saxons and Vikings and their relationship to early British history. Through out the topic we aim to encourage the children to think critically about different perspectives and ask relevant questions to further their knowledge.
Through this topic we will be linking our history knowledge of early invaders and settlers, to our art work and DT work. We will be creating Roman shields in art and looking at Italian food.
Our educational visit will be to ‘The Lunt’ Roman Fort. This will provide children with the opportunity to recognise and understand what life was like for a Roman soldier. They will have the opportunity to explore the Roman Fort and participate in parade ground drills.
Homework
The homework each week will be:
Maths Flex - your child will have a maths flex log in, please log in each week to complete the set work which builds on the learning your children have been doing in class.
Spellings tests. The children will have spellings within the spelling booklet provided and these will be tested on a Thursday. If you find they have forgotten them, there is always spare copies in the classroom. Just ask the class teacher. There is a copy of these attached, along with ways to learn to spellings at home. (see below)
You can also practise your spellings on 'Spellingframe' using your log in, follow the link here - 'Spellingframe'
Reading books. The children have school reading books. Please read with your child at home and record in the reading diary. All children are responsible for changing their own reading book during Guided Reading sessions, story time or first thing in the morning. Reading diaries will be checked by the class teacher on Wednesday, so please ensure your child has their reading record in school.
TT Rockstars. Please log on as frequently as possible to practise and earn points. Certificates will be given out weekly for those making the most progress and effort.
Swimming
Swimming will be every Friday. The first class swimming will be leaving at 9.00 prompt so please ensure your child is at school on time.
Please ensure your child has the correct kit with them, a swim cap is a good idea as we do no have any hair drying facilities.
PE
Please ensure that your child has the appropriate kit, these can be brought into school and left in lockers.
4V - Wednesday
4M - Thursday
4P - Friday
P.E Kit
Plain white t-shirt
Royal blue shorts
Pumps
Hair tied back
No jewellery
Statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC)
In June, Year 4 pupils will be required to take the statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). The check is to test if children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is important for fully accessing many areas of the Mathematics curriculum throughout Key Stage 2, and beyond. The MTC is an on-screen check with 25 times tables questions. Children will have six seconds to answer each question. The check should take around five minutes to complete. Children have been practising their times tables on a regular basis with their class teachers using a range of teaching and learning tools such as games, songs and www.ttrockstars.com, which they can also access at home too.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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