Welcome to Year 4 Otters!
The class teacher is Miss Gallagher and we are very lucky to be supported by Mrs Chowdry!
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, Maths and Literacy
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 Friday afternoons. Please ensure that full PE kits are in school on this day and that all jewellery has been removed, including earrings.
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!
Our Learning Journey:
We have had a very busy Autumn term in Year 4.
In History, we will be looking at The Roman Empire and The Anglo Saxon invasions. We will discuss how each period of time changed in Britain and whether there were actually invasions after all.
In Science, we will be learning about Living Things and their Habitats, as well as Animals including Humans. We will take our learning outside of the classroom to make it exciting and engaging. In our second topic, we will focus on the digestive system and complete experiments to help us to visualise our learning!
In Literacy, we will start our term by researching all about the Loch Ness Monster. We will be creating our own magazine article which we will bring home to teach our friends and family with. We will then be focussing on a modern fairytale called Rumaysa. We will end this topic by writing our own version of the story but with a different villain.
In Maths, we will 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 will build our confidence with our times tables and aim to make super progress on our TTRockstars Soundchecks.
In RE, we will look at Prayer, what it means and how it can mean different things for different people. We will look at prayer in different faiths and compare how all religions pray. We will also took a closer look at Christmas and how Christians believe that Jesus is the light of the world. Following on from this we will also look at the Jewish festival of light, Hanukkah.
This year, Miss Gallagher is teaching us PE! We will start by developing our skills in Tennis and Handball. We look forward to competing with our class members!