Welcome to Year 4
Year 4 Essential Information
Year 4 Curriculum Map
Year 4 Essential Information - Spring 2
Welcome back to another half term in Year 4! We have plenty to look forward to this half term, including World Book Day and our exciting upcoming Year 3 an 4 Easter Production. Please see our attached Long Term Plan for an overview of our upcoming learning in Year 4.
Our Year 4 team this year continues to be Mrs Quinn, Miss Dakin, Mrs McDonald, Miss McNamara and Mrs Starkey. Miss Percival, a student teacher from York St John University, continues to work with the class and will be with us until Easter.
Miss Dakin is the class teacher on Mondays and Thursdays.
Mrs Quinn is the class teacher on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Miss Dakin and Mrs Quinn alternate teaching on Wednesday mornings, and Mrs Starkey teaches during PPA time on Wednesday afternoons.
Mrs McDonald and Miss McNamara share the role of Year 4 teaching assistant.
If you need to get in touch, please contact us on:
grace.quinn@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and chloe.dakin@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk
It is always best to copy both class teachers into your communications with us, so that we are both aware of anything that is going on.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Dakin and Mrs Quinn
Homework In Year 4
Reading: Your child's reading book should travel to and from school with them every day, alongside their green reading record. Reading helps children’s learning in a huge number of ways, including improving their vocabulary, developing the quality of their writing and building their comprehension skills. We expect children to read at home at least three times per week. We ask that a parent or carer sign this off in the reading record to be checked in school each Monday.
Spellings: A new spelling list will be sent home each Friday and should be practised regularly, in short bursts throughout the week, ready for a test on the following Friday. The children will also have some opportunities in class to practise. In the Friday test, five of the ten words will be tested, as individual words, and the new spellings for next week will be taught in a spelling lesson.
Mathletics: This is to be completed every week – there will be new Mathletics tasks set each Thursday with trickier tasks (those scoring less than 50%) being re-set. Please check if your child needs support with any re-set tasks.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Using TTRS to practise times tables regularly at home is a very good idea. Just a three minute burst every day should see recall speeds continue to improve.
PE
PE Days this half term will be Thursday and Friday. Please ensure that your child comes to school on those days dressed in PE kit including a pair of trainers.
Things to remember:
- All children should bring a named flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.
- Named pumps must be worn in school. Children should be able to tie laces quickly if they have lace-up pumps/outdoor shoes and pumps should be checked by a parent every half term to ensure they are in good condition to prevent trip hazards.
- Named, appropriate clothing for the weather should be brought every day – please ensure your child has a coat in school every day. Gloves and hats are also a good idea at this time of year.
- School Policy is that, other than for religious reasons, children should not wear jewellery in school apart from a watch (smart watches are not allowed). These need to be removed for PE lessons.
Year 4 Class Blog
Black History Month
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
As October is Black History Month, this week we have gone a little off-topic to learn about the incredible impact of Nelson Mandela on black history and his efforts to stamp out racism. At the beginning of the week, the children didn't really know anything about Mandela, although some had heard of him, but with all their hard work, they are now absolute experts! This afternoon they have put together their learning and produced some fantastic rhyming poetry, which some performed too! The rhyming was clever and the poems were full of historical facts. What a great end to a busy half term - well done, Year 4!
Happy half term, everyone :)
Roman Sandals
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
This week, the children have been creative and made their very own Roman sandals! They studied what authentic sandals would have looked like and followed instructions to measure, cut, bend, fold, attach, decorate and display their fabulous footwear! What a lot of skills! And I'm sure you'll agree, they make our writing display in the corridor look extra special! Well done, everyone!
Rockstar Writing
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
Firstly, can I say how amazing the children looked for TT Rockstars Day yesterday?! They absolutely rocked the look and loved seeing each other dressed up so thank you all for your efforts!
For the last few weeks, the children have been working hard on their sentence stacking in English, ready to write a diary of a ‘Roman day out’ this week. The children's focus was excellent and we have had some amazing vocabulary and suspense writing – perhaps the rock costumes helped the creative flow! Here are some examples to whet your appetites before you will able to read their full pieces of writing at parents’ evening in a couple of weeks’ time.
11/12/23. This was the date we had all been waiting for. - Abigail
I felt more excited than a dog. - Dexter
I suddenly realised a full grown tiger was in the cage and then the tiger was released and the unexpected happened… - Fredrik
Suddenly I felt fuzzy. A drum beat in my ear and I fumbled for my water. - Annabeth
There was the sound of swords clashing together and thumps of people falling to the ground. - Sehaj
I saw with my own two eyes blood everywhere! – Seren
I was amazed not just at what I was seeing but how they ran in heavy armour! - Alex
Two knights on horseback started charging at each other like a bull and almost hit each other with some long sticks. THIS. WAS. WAR. - Sebby
It was man vs. man. They were both unarmed. One man grabbed a rock! – Daniel
The tiger pounced with all that he had left, claws reaching out, and finally it was over. - Freya
I told my mum about my day and the mind blowing things that happened like the gladiator fight and the coach that took forever! - Zach
Maths Minds!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
We have worked hard on our place value learning so far this half term and have focused on rounding numbers this week; we are now ready for a new topic on Monday. Today we had a carousel of activities to help us consolidate our learning of Roman numerals, rounding and times tables. It was quite noisy in Year 4 but it was great to hear all the maths chat happening and to see the children gaining confidence in these tricky areas! Perhaps you could check how they’re getting on with it at home this weekend!
Roman Society
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
We’ve had fun this afternoon learning about Roman society. We learnt about the word ‘hierarchy’ and about the different roles people had within it. Sadly, women didn’t feature too highly although some of our girls were super actors! The row at the back are ‘patricians’, in front of whom were ‘plebeians’ before the ‘freemans’ sat at the front, and the ‘slaves’ doing their chores at the sides! I’m sure the children will be able to explain what each of those roles meant!
