.Welcome to Year 4!.
Hi Everyone!
The teachers in Year 4 this year are Mr Shipley and Ms Smith. We also have two teaching assistants in our year group - Miss Whitmore (4RS) and Ms Sweeney (4JS).
4JS's PE Slot is on Wednesday afternoon - please make sure PE kits are plain and unbranded.
4RS's PE Slot is on Thursday afternoon - please make sure PE kits are plain and unbranded.
Spelling tests are on a Monday.
Homework and new spellings given out on a Friday, and are due back the following Tuesday.
If you have any problems with your homework please let us know on Monday.
We also have our recorder lesson every Wednesday morning.
A recorder is provided for every child, but you are welcome to purchase your own if you would like to.
We will be learning lots of new and exciting things this year.
Check out our Dojo pages to see what is going on in our classrooms! (Dojo)
Thank you,
The Year Four Team.
In Year 4 we are
ADVENTURERS!
In the mornings we learn Reading, English and Maths. In the afternoons we learn Spellings and SPaG, Science, French, PSHE, PE and RE. All other subjects are taught in thematic cross-curricular units under the Dimensions curriculum. You can find out more about all subjects across the school on the curriculum page.
Our current Dimensions theme is Cry Freedom.
‘Cry Freedom’ is a based around the history of slavery. We start by learning what slavery is, looking at some of the reasons behind it and examples of it, before moving on to find out about slavery in Europe, Asia, Africa and America throughout history. Then, we learn about two key people who were instrumental in making slavery illegal, before investigating modern day slavery and what we can do to stand against it, like the courageous abolitionists of the past.
In Year 4 the Adventurers themes are:
'Lightning Speed' - The World Wide Web (Communication)
'Autumn in Canada' - Geography
‘Law and Order’ - Rules and Rights (Conflict)
‘Cry Freedom!’ - All About Slavery (Culture)
‘Out and About’ - Geography
‘Picture Our Planet’ - Photo Stories (Conservation)
‘Viking Warrior’ - The Story of Ragnar Lothbrok
At the start of a new topic we send a WhISK (What I Should Know) sheet home in homework books. If you have lost any, the previous WhISK sheets are here:
Our current class novel is Hacker by Malorie Blackman