Year 4
Welcome to Year 4!
Welcome to Year 4, where lots of fun and exciting learning takes place. Miss Pennington is our class teacher and in the mornings we are joined by Mrs Tinsen and in the afternoons we work with Miss Hunt. On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we are getting up to.
Autumn 2018
This half-term our topic will be Our Local Area. We will be comparing our local area to different cities and seeing how it has changed over time. In Literacy, we will be reading The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, focussing on description and setting. In maths, we will be getting to grips with number and place value. Science will involve looking at states of matter and how it is possible to change between them. To do this we will be doing investigations and experiments. This term we will be looking at the Bible and Trust in God in RE. We will be looking at both testaments—the stories and lessons included.
More information can be found on the curriculum map.
Swimming
On Friday mornings we all go swimming to Kendal Lesiure Centre, Rob our instructor has sorted us into groups and we get to work on our skills each week. Please ensure you remember your towel, costume and goggles, as well as a snack to eat afterwards. This will run until the end of Spring term.
Reading and Homework
Children will be awarded a gold star for reading at least three times a week. They should bring in their home-reading books everyday, which will be checked weekly. It is important that we develop a love of reading, we want them to enjoy reading and sharing books with you. Please can parents write a message in their records to confirm they have been reading.
Homework will be handed out on a Friday each week and should be returned the following Tuesday. It will be something they have covered in the week or may be to prepare them for the following week, if your child needs help please ensure they see me on Monday so I can help them. There is also the Rmeasimaths programme and Timestables Rockstars website, which they can use at home, it would be very useful if they could log on at least once a week and do a session.
Rewards
Rewards will be given out to children who are demonstrating good values and behaviour. Also, rewards will be given to those who are showing perseverance, team work and being a good friend, which are some of our class targets . We have a weekly prize box for those children who have earned 10 gold stars a week.