Welcome to Year 4
Miss Padhiar - Clover Class
Mrs Colt - Heather Class
Miss Helme - Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Autumn 2 - 2024
Welcome back to the second half of our Autumn Term. We hope that you have all had a good break and are ready for an exciting lead up to Christmas. We have lots of engaging learning planned for the weeks to come and are sure that the children will be just as excited as we are to start our new topic on Roman Britain. This half term, our topic question is:
"How did Britain change under Roman rule?”
Our class text this half term is:
‘Roman Diary, The Journey of Iliona, Young Slave by Richard Platt'
Along with preparing for our end of term performances, over the half term, we will also be learning about:
- Maths - Addition and Subtraction; Multiplication and Division; Measurement and Area; Roman Numerals
- Science - Sound
- Computing - Audio Editing/Podcasts
- History – Roman Britain
- DT – Light-up Christmas Decorations
- Spanish - All about School - PE/Locations/Christmas
- PSHE - Online relationships and respectful communication
- PE - Football and Gymnastics
- RE – The Christmas Story - Christianity
- Music - Learn to play Ukelele.
Key Dates
Please note the following dates for your diary:
Monday 4th November - Return to School
Tuesday 12th November - TTRS Parents Meeting
Friday 20th December - Last Day of Term
Monday 22nd December - Friday 3rd January - Christmas Break
Monday 6th January - Return to School
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. 
In the Autumn term, PE takes place on MONDAYS and TUESDAYS (alternate weeks). See below for details.
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.
| WB 4.11.24 | WB 11.11.24 | WB 18.11.24 | WB 25.11.24 | WB 2.12.24 | WB 9.12.24 | WB 16.12.24 | |
| Clover |
Mon - PETues - OL |
Mon - PETues - PE |
Mon - PETues – OL |
Mon - PETues - PE |
Mon - PETues - OL |
Mon - PETues - PE |
Mon - PETues - OL |
| Heather |
Mon - PETues – PE |
Mon - PETues – OL |
Mon - PETues - PE |
Mon - PETues - OL |
Mon - PETues - PE |
Mon - PETues - OL |
Mon - PETues - PE |
Outdoor Learning is on alternate Tuesdays.
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)
All the kit should be clearly named and in a bag which can be hung on your child’s peg on the day. Please could we ask that outdoor learning kits are not left in school. 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 Homework Books:Beginning this half term we will be sending home a Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling homework book and a Maths homework book. Each week we will ask the children to complete one section of each book as practise for the work we are doing in class. This will be set on a Wednesday for collection and marking the followng Wednesday when new work will be set. We would ask for your support with this new initiative. Please do get in touch if you have any questions. 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 with their learning and enjoyment. Spelling:We also ask that children practise their weekly spellings which can be found inside the Communication Diary. We conduct a spelling quiz each week as part of a dictation lesson, and children are encouraged to use the words in their writing each week. Times Tables:A vital aspect of Maths is that the children have a secure recall of times tables up to 12x12, 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. PLEASE note the Year 4 Multiplication Check takes place in the Summer Term.
