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Year 4

Welcome to Year 4

Meet the team

Miss Mills - Class teacher

Mrs Peart - Teaching assistant

Miss Hardy - 1:1 support

 

Spring 1

Class Saint - St. Joan of Arc

RE

 

Sharing the life of Christ: The Church as a community 

Christmas  

  • · Know about the announcements made by angels in the stories associated with the birth of John the Baptist and the birth of Jesus.  

  • · Understand that angels are heralds of important messages and will be able to consider ways in which Christians today are heralds of the message of Christ.  

  • · Know and be able to explain some of the Church’s customs for celebrating the birth of Christ. 

Sharing the life of Christ: The Church as a community 

  • · To know that the Catholic Church is spread throughout the world.  

  • · To understand that the Eucharist celebrates the unity of God’s People throughout the world.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Texts

The Secrets of a Sun King – Emma Carroll 

We will be using our class text to support our writing. We will be writing a persuasive travel brochure about Egypt, an informal letter from the perspective of a character in the story and a myth. 

 

PE

PE will take place every other Wednesday. 

Gymnastics 

  • · Develop knowledge of gymnastics balances 

  • · Develop ability to hold a balance 

  • · Develop ability to travel in a variety of ways 

  • · Develop knowledge of Mirror/Match & Canon & Unison 

Swimming on Tuesday.

Homework

Daily Homework

  • Daily Maths homework will be four questions practising the four basic operations. They should be completed and returned daily.
  • Daily English homework will support the development and enrichment of vocabulary. Words will be taken from class texts or stories read in school. They should be completed and returned daily.

Weekly Homework

  • Children will receive two pieces weekly.
  • One piece of work will be English or Maths and rotated on a weekly basis.
  • One piece of homework will be based on learning in the wider curriculum. It will focus on either Science, History, Geography, Art, DT, French, Computing or PSHE (these subjects will be rotated on a weekly basis).
  • This homework will be handed out on Thursday and to be handed in on the following Tuesday.

Reading Diaries

  • Children are encouraged to read at home daily (for at least 20 minutes) and are expected to have their diaries signed by an adult at least 3 times a week.

Times Tables

  • Times Tables should be practised regularly. Children are tested on their times tables every Friday.

 

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