Welcome to Year 4 Otters!
The class teacher is Miss Abrahams and we are very lucky to be supported every morning by Miss Wintersgill!
We are expected to read, at home, three times a week and books will be changed when children have finished them. Children are expected to bring their reading packs in to school every day.
Homework will be sent through our Google classroom, every Friday and will be expected to be returned by the following Wednesday.
In Year 4, we will be carrying out the Multiplication Check. This is a test, towards the end of the year, that challenges children by setting them numerous times tables questions. In Otters class, we are practising hard for this by learning a new set of tables each week and practising on Times Tables Rockstars each day. We would love it if this part of our learning journey could be continued at home! The login page can be found using the link below and all children’s login details can be found in the back of their home reading journal.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth
Our Daily Routine:
In the morning we have:
Spelling, Guided Reading, Literacy and Maths
In the afternoon we have:
Worship and Wider Curriculum (Science, Art, DT, French, Music, History, Geography, PSHE and RE)
Our PE lessons will be on a Tuesday afternoons. Please ensure that full PE kits are in school on this day and that all jewellery has been removed, including earrings.
On Thursday mornings, we have Junior Jam to help us with our learning. In Junior Jam we do Computing. On Thursday mornings in the second half of the Spring term, we will be going swimming.
Child-led Class Worship
Every half term, three children are chosen to be on the worship team. Every other Wednesday, these children plan a worship to deliver to the class the next day. Any thoughts, feelings or points to remember are recorded in the class worship book that belongs in the reflection area.
We love to see what you have been up to outside of school. If you have received any achievements in your out of school activities, please feel free to bring them in for our celebration assembly on a Friday!
Year 4 Curriculum Map 24/25
Our Learning Journey:
We have had a very busy Autumn term in Year 4.
In History, we have looked at The Roman Empire and The Anglo Saxon invasions. We discussed what each period of time changed in Britain and discussed whether they were actually invasions after all.
In Science, we have been learning about Living Things and their Habitats, as well as Animals including Humans. We went into our outside Reflection Area to see what mini habitats we could find and what creatures lived there. In our second topic, we focused on the digestive system and even used tights, bread and orange juice to create our very own digestive system!
In Literacy, we started our term by researching all about the Loch Ness Monster. We really enjoyed this topic and discovered lots of new facts about Loch Ness and the mysterious aquatic beast that lives there. Our second topic in Literacy was a modern fairytale retelling called Rumaysa. Rumaysa was kidnapped by a wicked witch as a child and spins straw into gold to make a golden hijab to escape. We really enjoyed this story and got to know the main characters really well. We ended this topic by writing our own version of the story but with a different villain.
In Maths, we have been recapping and extending our Place Value knowledge, as well as adding and subtracting four digit numbers using our formal written method to aid us with exchanging. We have been building our confidence with our times tables and have made super progress on our TTRockstars Soundchecks.
Miss Fenwick has been teaching us all about developing our drawing and printing skills in Art. We used different techniques to create tone texture. We then used these skills to create prints by pressing onto the foam harder or lighter. This all resulted in our Christmas cards that used different shades of wax colours, covered in black paint, which we scratched festive designs into to create different tones and textures.
In RE, we have looked at Prayer and what it means and how it can mean different things for different people. We looked at prayer in different faiths and compared how all religions pray. We also took a closer look at Christmas and how Christians believe that Jesus is the light of the world. Following on from this we also looked at the Jewish festival of light, Hanukah. We looked at the story of Hanukah and how Jewish people celebrate during this time.
In November, it was our Interfaith Week. During this week we took a closer look at Judaism and also visited the Manchester Jewish Museum. It was amazing! We got to experience a real synagogue and see lots of different things relating to Jewish history. Our guide was very impressed by our remembering of the story of Abraham and Sarah.
This year, Miss Abrahams is teaching us PE! We have developed our skills in Tennis and Handball. We have used our equipment to pass the ball to our partners and even managed to hit the ball back!