Adel St John The Baptist

Love - Serve - Support - Succeed

Welcome to Year 4

Year 4 Essential Information

Year 4 Curriculum Map

Year 4 Essential Information - Autumn 1

Welcome to Year 4! It has been such a pleasure to see the children all back from their summer holidays refreshed and raring to go.

If you have any questions, please contact us both  on 

kirsty.moleele@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and chloe.dakin@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk and one of us will reply as soon as we can.

Miss Dakin and Mrs Moleele

Homework In Year 4

Reading:  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 and return the reading record to school each Tuesday. In Year 4, it is still extremely beneficial for your child to carry out some of their home reading with an adult, either reading aloud, being read to, or a combination of the two. This allows for you to discuss the book with your child too which will help boost their comprehension skills.

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, 7 of the words will be tested as standalone words, and 3 will be tested through a dictated sentence.

Mathletics: This is to be completed every week – there will be new Mathletics tasks set each Friday 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

Our PE days will be Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday mornings. Appropriate kit (trainers, black trousers/shorts with a white t-shirt and plain black jacket/jumper) must be worn on these days. 

 

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 in the Autumn term. 
  • 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

Year 4 Ukulele Christmas Magic

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog

This week, Year 4 ended their term of learning to play the Ukulele with a wonderful Christmas performance for parents and the whole school. Their fantastic playing got the whole school in the Christmas spirit as they congaed around the hall to the Christmas Conga and joined in with Jingle Bells. Everyone was super impressed with their ukulele and percussion skills. Well done Year 4!


Christmas Cards

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog

We had a very festive afternoon in Year 4 today making Christmas cards. Don’t they look beautiful?


Science - Sound

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog

We have been carrying out a pattern-seeking investigation in science, in which we looked at what kinds of objects make high pitched sounds and what kinds of objects make lower pitched sounds. We tested a variety of objects, making observations, drawing comparisons and seeking patterns. Well done Year 4!


YMCA Gymnastics

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog

We enjoyed our last in a sequence of ten gymnastics lessons this week with the brilliant Amy from YMCA. Year 4 have worked hard to develop their skills in rolling, balancing, travelling and jumping, as well as combining these elements to create paired sequences.


Inter-Faith Week

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog

This week was inter-faith week, a particular high point being our whole school inter-faith day on Tuesday. Afterwards, we created artwork in response to what we had learned, as well as writing explanations to go alongside it.


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