Welcome to Year 4
We are looking forward to continuing our journey in Key Stage 2. Please check out the ‘Planning for Parents’ to see the topic information for this half term.
Your children are at the centre of all we do, and so communication is so important to give them a secure and happy experience in school. We will keep you regularly updated with news and events. Regular homework, in the form of reading , spellings and times tables, will be set weekly and we would value your support with this at home.
Please use the link buttons lower down to access useful websites.
We look forward to work with you and your child this year.
The Year 4 Team
The staff working in the Year 4 team:
Mrs Fryer (Juniper Class)
Miss Evans (Maple Class)
George De La Rue
Help at home:
· Enjoy books and reading. Find new places to read, find different things to read.
· Practise telling the time.
· Practise handling money.
· Login to Power Maths and complete different challenges.
· Measure things around the home and garden!
· Measure out ingredients for a healthy meal.
· Spot 2D and 3D shapes.
· Work on a project together and get creative.
· Go against each other in a fitness challenge - how many star jumps, how many goals, how many step ups...
· Enjoy an experience on a trip somewhere - what can you see or find? Follow it up with some sketching and writing!
· Write a story, poem, newspaper, explanation page, diary, cartoon...the possibilities are yours!
Autumn Term 1: Here Come The Romans.
A gripping Roman adventure told by a young North African girl who sets out on a danger-filled journey to Britain.
When, Camilla, a young North African girl travels with her mother and father from Leptis Magna to Rome in 207 AD, she believes that she is going to the centre of the world. But just a few months later, the little family is dispatched to the very edge of it: Britannica. Tragedy strikes and, left alone with the Empress while her father travels north, Camilla has to navigate the tricky world of of secrets and danger in this cold place she must now call home.
Autumn Term 2: Ancient Greeks.
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction — Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.
Spring Term 1: To infinity And Beyond.
Be inspired by the lives of trailblazers past and present in this fun and factual biography series!
How did Neil Armstrong become the first person to set foot on the moon? Long before that astonishing day in 1969, Armstrong was already dreaming of journeys above the clouds, visiting air shows and gaining his pilot’s license aged just fifteen. Find out how this flight-obsessed astronaut went on to take one of the most momentous steps in history.
Spring Term 2 Earth Bites Back.
Intrepid explorer Professor Liedenbrock leads a dramatic expedition to an Icelandic volcano, where a secret tunnel leads to the very centre of the earth... A rip-roaring retelling of Jules Verne’s classic sci-fi adventure story.