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Welcome toSt Oswald'sC of E AcademyChurch, School, Community

Year 4

Welcome to Year 4's Class Page

 

 Teacher: Mrs Stringer

  Support staff: Mrs Eagle (Mrs Roxby - PPA cover)

Our Routines

 

Reading books will be changed on a Monday.  Please make sure your child brings their reading book and signed reading record on this day. Children are encouraged to read at home at least three times per week to develop fluency and comprehension skills. Please also ensure your child has their reading book and record with them each day as the adults in class will read with the children throughout the week.

 

Our PE days are Monday and Friday this term. This half term we will be focusing on Netball and Gymnastics.

 

 

Homework

 

Reading at least three times a week

TT Rockstars - children to access this as much as possible please.  Keep a watch out for battles!

Weekly dictation sentences - these will be sent out via Class Dojo each Friday

Mental Maths sheets - these will be sent out each half term.  Please practise with your child and highlight each objective as they reach it.

Any opportunities the children can have to use maths in their everyday life, for example telling the times, adding up items at the local shop and working out their change etc will all be really beneficial for them as we progress through Year 4. 

 

Reading

Our class text this term is The Firework Makers Daughter by Philip Pullman

Why do you think there are so many different front covers? What do they tell us about the story? 

 Have you read any other books by this author? What do you predict the story will be about?

We will be reading this book together and as well as predicting how the story may unfold, we will also be looking at the vocabulary the author has used, using our summarising skills and increasing our personal dictionaries with lots of new words. 

Geography

 

We are going to be investigating land use. We will start by looking at the land use around our school and then start to look at our local area.  We will then move onto comparing land use across the county and further! We will be using our IT skills by using digimaps to help us.

History

 

Welcome to our journey back in time as we discover what happened when the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain. Why did they come?  How did they changes change Britain? We will also be looking for evidence of how the Anglo Saxons impacted out lives today. 

Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zq2m6sg

Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to Britain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/z23br82#zst3bqt

 

Science

Our topic this half term is Human Impact on the Environment.  We will be looking at the impact of litter, microplastics and oil spills on our world. We will be setting up an investigation to see how long it takes for different materials to decompose!

 

 

Computing

This term we will be familiarising ourselves with a different area of PupleMash and looking at how to create shapes and logos. We will also be trying our hand at animation.  These units will help to increase our knowledge of coding ready for our next unit. 

Recommended Reading List LKS2

Helping your child at home:

Fabulous websites!

We really enjoyed looking at Top Marks Daily 10, and learning how to improve our arithmetic skills.  So many of the class wanted the link putting on the web site, so here it is - click on the image of the clock!

 

 

You also might want to try some of the other learning games on the Top Marks web site - click on the logo below to go to the menu page.

 

 

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