Stoat
Welcome to Stoat Class!
Welcome to Stoat Class!
I hope that you all had an amazing summer holiday and is ready to take on Year 4. I can't wait for all the new adventures we will be taking together.
To start off the year we will be learning all there is to know about our class animal, Stoats. We will then continue to dive into our first adventure, in our new English reader, starting week 2. Our art this term is linked to out English topic, where all learners will be encouraged to showcase their artistic talents and creativity.
This week in guided reading we will be starting our new text, 'Butterfly lion' by Michael Morpurgo.
Starting from day one, we will be revising all time tables. We strongly encourage parents to assist in helping their children learn their time tables, as this makes the learning in Maths a lot easier. In Maths, we will be starting off the term with place value and then continue with addition and subtraction and area.
In our wider curriculum we will be starting with RE by looking at what texts and stories reveal about people’s beliefs and worldviews. In Geography, we will be exploring our European neighbours and lastly in Science we will looking at Electricity.
Our PE lesson will be held every Tuesday. Please assure all learners have the correct PE attire on for this day. We will be starting this term off with Gymnastics.
As the weather is cooling down, we encourage learners to at least have a light rain coat or jumper with them. Children must also bring a named water bottle to school every day.
There will be a weekly spelling quiz, please assist your children in studying for this. Don't forget spellings and Mymaths homework will set every Friday, starting week 2.
Please ensure that your child is:
- Reading at least three times a week
- Completing their Mymaths homework
- Practising times tables daily
- Visiting Rockstars at least twice a week
- Practising Year 3/4 spelling words
- Learning and practising the Autumn 1 KIRFs
I am looking forward to our first term in Year 4!
Many Thanks
Mrs Keppler
Spelling words
Homework
Year 4 - Multiplication test
In June, your child will need to take a short online test to make sure their times tables knowledge is at the expected level, answering questions up to 12x12. As well as practicing times tables and Rockstars at school, please ensure your child is recalling multiplication facts at home too. You can find further information about the test at: Information for parents about multiplication check
Below I have attached a link to what the Year 4 times tables test will look like, this will be very useful for children to use at home: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Guided Reading
This week in guided reading we started our new text, 'Butterfly lion' . After reading the blurb, we will be mading predictions about the book. We also used inference to start to build up picture of the main character.
Parent Information
- Year 4 End of Year Expectations
- Year 4 Parents Information Powerpoint
- Writing Progression at College Town Primary.pdf
- Y4 Scheme of Learning Small Steps Autumn.pdf
KIRFS
We will be sending home KIRFs sheets with their homework. These are Key Instant Recall Facts that the children need to know to support other areas of maths. There is a set stuck in their homework books and a second set of the same facts to display somewhere at home to help you with regular practise. They will get a new set each half term.