Welcome to Year 4
Ms Roberts - Heather Class
Mrs Pounder - Heather Class
Mr Standen - Clover Class
Mr Barber - Year 4 Teaching Assistant
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A Very Warm Welcome to Year 4
Welcome back to the final half term of the year. We hope that you are all well rested and are ready for an action-packed 7 weeks! Along with our Hathersage residential, and our multiplication tables check we are really excited to jump into teaching and learning with our amazing geography led topic:
“Why did Beeston flood in 1947? How can we stop it happening again?”
This half term the children will be exploring the geography and science that helps us to understand rivers. They will studying the water cycle, the joruney of a river from source to sea, as well as how humans have learned to live with and utilise rivers for. We will be using the 1947 flooding of the River Trent as a stimulus for our learning. In DT they will link their learning to this by constructing mini flood defences. We will be using our class novel and local visit to the Beeston canal and river trest to help us to write our flood reports and poems about rivers and water.
Our class novel this half term is 'Song of the River' by Gill Lewis, a fantastic, heart-felt story which reflects the power of Cari’s emotions as she comes to terms with the loss of her dad and her new life in the countryside through the power of the river near her.
![Song of the River by [Gill Lewis, Zanna Goldhawk]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Or-X-S-BL.jpg)
Times are tough for Cari and her mum. A violent storm has flooded the valley where they live, destroying their home and café business.
Things seem bleak – but hope appears in the form of a plan to reintroduce beavers into the area, as the changes that these amazing animals make to the waterways might prevent another flood.
Cari knows that she has to get involved. But with the project facing resistance from locals, can she convince them to give the beavers a chance – and will it be enough to save her home from being destroyed for a second time?
Over the half term, we will also be learning:
o MATHS - Times tables, money and time
o SCIENCE - The water cycle
o COMPUTING - Programming and coding algorithms to create games on Scratch
o GEOGRAPHY - Rivers
o DT - Desiging flood defences
o SPANISH - Days of the week, months of the year and how to say when our birthdays are
o PSHE - Relationships
o PE - Athletics and swimming
We will continue to ask the children to read three times a week at home and to practise their spelling weekly. These will be given each Wednesday and tested the following Wednesday.
Key Dates for Spring 2
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Tuesday 7th June 2022 Trip to Beeston Canal and River Trent |
Wednesday 8th June 2022 Class Photographs |
13th-17th June 2022 Hathersage Week Heather Mon - Wed. Clover Wed - Fri |
Friday 24th June 2022 Sports Day |
Friday 1st July 2022 Trust INSET day |
13th - 15th July 2022 Transition days |
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PE and Swimming
In the Summer term, PE takes place on Wednesday whilst we are going swimming each Thursday afternoon. Please could all children wear their PE kits to school on Wednesday but bring swimming kit on Thursdays. PE kits consist of PLAIN black shorts or jogging bottoms, PLAIN white t-shirt, and trainers. Children should wear their school jumper too. Please see the timetable for this half term below:
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6th June |
13th June |
20th June |
27th June |
4th July |
11th July |
18th July |
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Clover |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday Sports day Friday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
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PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday Sports days Friday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
PE Wednesday Swim Thursday |
Homework in Year 4
Each week, we ask that all children read with somebody at home at least three times a week. This could be any adult or an older sibling or friend. Please sign their diary and add a comment. Every little bit of reading really does help children on the learning journey. We also ask that the children practise their weekly spellings which can be found below. We conduct a spelling quiz each week, and these words form part of our English teaching for the week. A vital aspect of Maths is that the children have a secure recall of times tables so we ask that they spend some time each week on TT Rockstars practising these. We also have half-termly homework challenges to complete with children being rewarded for their efforts of going above and beyond by up-levelling to a bronze, silver or gold card!
Check out our class blogs to see what we've been doing in school!
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Heather
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