Welcome to Year 4
Mr. Hayward-Mitchell - Clover Class
Mrs. Colt - Heather Class
Miss. Birch - Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Miss. McDonnell - Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Spring 2 - 2024
Welcome back to the second half of our Spring Term. We hope that you have all had a great break and a ready for fantastic half term. We have lots of exciting learning planned for the weeks ahead and the children are all geared up to begin our new history based topic on the Anglo Saxons. This half term, our topic question is:
"What effects did the Anglo Saxons have on Britain?”
This half term, the children will be diving into a historical study of the Anglo Saxons. They will be learning about who the Anglo-Saxons were, why the came to Britain, the life of a typical Anglo-Saxon and how the Anglo-Saxons brought Christianity to Britain. In English, the children will be learning to write 'defeating the monster' narratives, using our class novels as a stimulus, and in maths will be learning about fractions.Our class text this half term is:
‘Anglo Saxon Boy' by Tony Bradman
Over the half term,. we will also be learning about:
o Maths - Fractions, Decimals and Statistics
o Science - Living Things and their Habitats
o Computing - Data Collection and Analysis
o History – Anglo Saxon Britain
o Art – Sculpture using Clay
o Spanish - To speak and write in Spanish around the theme of our home town, Beeston
o PSHE - Living in the Wider World (Digital Safety)
o PE - Gymnastics and Netball
o RE – Christianity linked to Easter
o Music – Understanding and playing chords in tune
Key Dates
Please note the following dates for your diary:
Knowledge Organisers Below you can find our knowledge organisers for our subjects this half term. These can be used to quiz at home about topics or to revise key concepts. PE & Outdoor Learning
In the Spring term, PE takes place on a TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. PE kits consist of PLAIN black shorts or jogging bottoms, PLAIN white t-shirt, and trainers. Please pack an extra warm top for outdoor PE lessons.
In the Spring term, Outdoor Learning takes place on alternate weeks on a TUESDAY. Please see the weekly timetable below:
Outdoor Learning kits consist of:- Warm clothing
- Black jogging bottoms or leggings
- John Clifford jumper, cardigan or warm plain jumper
- Waterproof coat, trousers or all in one
- Extra layers
- Warm socks
- Hat, scarf, gloves
- Wellies or old trainers (brought to school in a named bag and preferably to be left at school)
All the kit should be clearly named and in a bag which can be hung on your child’s peg. Children have the opportunity to build dens, explore the mud kitchen, look after our animals and can get messy. Please send in clothes that you do not mind getting messy or wet.
Homework in Year 4 Reading: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. Spelling:We also ask that the children practise their weekly spellings which can be found inside of the Communication Diary. We conduct a spelling quiz each week as part of a dictation lesson, and these words form part of our English teaching for the week. Times tables: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. Log in details can be found in your child's Communication Diary.