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 so lovely to welcome the children back from their summer breaks, full of their summer stories and ready to learn.
Our Year 4 team this year is Miss White, Miss Dakin and Miss McNamara.
Miss Dakin is the class teacher on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Miss White is the class teacher on Tuesdays and Fridays.
On Thursdays, Miss Dakin will teach in the morning and Miss White will teach in the afternoon.
Miss McNamara is Year 4 teaching assistant.
If you need to get in touch, please contact us on:
anna.white@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 Miss White
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. Your child should record the books they have read in the green reading record and bring this to school for checking 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.
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 Wednesday 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.
- 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
Times Table Rock Stars Day!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
What a fantastic day we had dressed up as rockstars today! The effort everyone has put in to their outfits and in to their times tables, was wonderful to see. We have also completed our Roman Army!
Ukulele Lessons
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
We are very lucky in Year 4 this term to be having weekly ukulele lessons with Mr. Fletcher. We had a great lesson today in which we practised four different chords and played along to Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’! Well done Year 4, you sounded great.
RE
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
In RE, the children have been learning about The Gospel. They have thought about what God meant when He said "Be fishers of people," and have discussed our key question of 'What kind of world did Jesus want?' Ask us to find out what we thought!
A great start to the year!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
What a wonderful start we have had in Year 4 this week. The children have taken it all in their stride and we are very proud of them.
Amongst the learning of new routines and expectations for Year 4, the children have begun their topics of 'Place Value' in maths, 'Romans' in history and 'The Diary of Iliona' in writing.
To support our learning of the term 'chronology', the children placed themselves in chronological order, depending upon the day that they were born. We may have needed timings for James and Sonny, who were born on the same day!
That’s A Wrap!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 4 Class Blog
It’s a wrap on Year 4! What a wonderful year it has been, with a wonderful class. We all enjoyed Games Day today and Year 4 had a brilliant time playing with their friends.
A big thank you to all our Year 4 families for the extremely generous gifts, cards and kind words. We appreciate them all enormously and we wish each and every one of you a fun, relaxing and safe summer.
Miss Dakin, Mrs Quinn and Mrs Pullan
