Dear Parent/ Carer
Welcome back everyone to another exciting school in year 4. I am very excited to teach your children again and to see all the progress they have made since year 2.  This term is going to be all about settling into year 4! We have many exciting topics to cover across the year, which I hope the children will be looking forward to. Below is some information about what we will be covering this term.

English

This term in literacy year 4 are going to be focusing on a model text of ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’, which links in with our history topic next term Ancient Greece. The children will be learning lots of different skills such as conjunctions, paragraphing and adverbials, as well as covering some familiar skills from year 3. 
 

Maths

The first maths unit that children are going to be learning about is Place value and should begin the adding and subtracting unit too by the end of term.

Geography

This term in geography, the children will be learning all about Mountains and volcanoes. 

Computing

Mr O’Neon will teach computing on a Friday and this term is all about ‘Unpacking hardware and software, and Effective Searching. 

RE

This term we will be studying ‘Creation’ with the key question being ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation story?’

DT

This term in DT, year 4 are going to be looking at cooking and nutrition: adding a recipe. 

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PSHE

The topic for PSHE this term is ‘all about me’ and ‘understanding right from wrong’.

 
Art

The topic in art for this term is drawing and sketchbooks along with storytelling through drawing.

Music

Again, music will be taught on a Friday with Mrs Hume and the focus will be ‘body and tuned percussion’ 

French

The children will be learning about Greetings and numbers as well as learning about the cultural knowledge and celebrations. 

PE

This term in PE, the children are going to be learning how to play handball and then on a Friday they will be partaking in football. 

Homework
There will be a homework grid given out at the start of each term, with a variety of activities to choose from. There is no fixed deadline for these; once your child has completed an activity, they can bring it in to show me. 

Spellings will be completed at school so please do not expect weekly spellings to be sent home. 

Reading is important and should be completed each day. Please can you make sure that an adult writes in your child’s yellow book to show that they have been reading at home.

The children must learn their timetables in year 4 and be fluent with reciting them back because there is a Multiplication Tables Check towards the end of year 4 (I will provide more information later on). Have fun with learning them (songs, games, in the car)!

 
I hope this gives you a further insight into your child’s education. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Miss Giles

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