Year 4
Year 4 - Watch the video to find out about Year 4 at Hucknall National Primary School.
Year 4
Welcome to Year 4, the home of Merlin and Kestrel classes!
We always have lots going on in school and this page aims to give you an insight of what we will be getting up to.
Our P.E days this year are on Mondays. Please send your children to school dressed in their P.E kits with ear piercings and jewellery removed.
If you have any questions, please contact us through Dojo and we will be happy to help.
Miss Dabell, Mr Dutton, Mrs Hunt, MIss Jacques.
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Mornings and Afternoons.
Please line up next to your classes signpost on the large playground in the morning where you will be met by the class teacher. At home time, we will walk our classes to the same location.
Summer Term Topic
This term our central topic is the Coal Mining Industry in Hucknall, up to the closure of the mines. We will be exploring the impact of the coal mining industry on the local community, the working conditions of the miners, and how the closure of the mines affected the town. Our guided reading book for the term will be "Children of the Mine," which will provide us with insight into the lives of children in the mining industry.
Science
In Science, we will be learning about Animals including Humans, with a focus on the digestive system, teeth, and food chains. Our students will be conducting experiments and observations to learn more about the human body and how different animals obtain and process food.
Art
In Art, we will be exploring the works of L.S. Lowry, a famous British artist known for his industrial landscapes. Our students will be creating their own artworks inspired by his work.
Design Technology
In Design and Technology, we will be learning about gears and pulleys by recreating cranes. Our students will design, build, and test their cranes to see how they function.
We hope our students will enjoy this term's topics and continue to grow academically and personally. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.
Victorian Coal Mining
Your task is to make notes around the pictures on your group pages.
Use the links below to find out about what life was like for Victorian Coal Miners.
Look at the pictures on pages and find those images on the websites. Once you have found the picture, make notes on the page about the lives of the Victorian Coal Miners.
Remember that you are making notes, not copying word for word. Summarise what you are reading.
Main Website:
This website has lots of images but it also has important text that you will need to read.
This page has a 2min video that you will need to pause and make notes from.
This is a more text based page that shows you extracts of statements given be children who actually worked in the mines. Read this carefully to get more detail from a primary source of information.
Year 4 Homework
Homework will be in two main forms. The first will be the ongoing set of regular tasks:
- Nightly reading followed by quizzing books, when completed, through Accelerated Reader.
- Times Table Rock Stars. This is best approached with shorter sessions multiple times a week to achieve the easier and most effective progress. The children will need to get 50 correct questions a week on TT Rockstars to maintain progress towards the official test to be taken in the Summer Term.
- Spelling Practice through Spelling Shed. The children will be monitored through the website and in their outcomes in the regular spelling tests. The work will be differentiated for children working at different levels.
The second will be occasional homework tasks to back up and assist class work that will be posted through Class Dojo and sent out on paper when appropriate.
We will also issue tasks related to the half terms RE themes that the children can produce Art and other work to express their understanding of these themes thorugh the year.
Please get in touch if your child will have difficulty accessing the different homework activities.
Useful Documents and Links
Volcano Language Sources
Click the links below to go to the different videos
Work in pairs to play and pause the videos to locate and capture language that you might use in your writing.
Aim to take words from the narration and also from the images and put them into your paired notes.
Once you have found a range of language, use the given link below to go to Thesaurus.com to then extend your language and find further words that might be even more powerful.
Happy Hunting!!
Video Three (Hint: 2:15 is a WOW)
Enjoy
Spellings
This is the page that will give the children access to the spelling activities for the week and allow them to practice their spellings for the tests.
Accelerated Reading
The children are intended to read most nights of the week from a book in their assigned range. They are also encouraged to read from a book of their own choice for pleasure. This book can be at any level but we would suggest it should only take up to three weeks to complete. This will help the child to better retain the meaning of the book.
The children should be aiming to complete two to three quizzes a week if they are reading simpler books below 3.5, through to weekly quizzes for books up to 5.5. With longer books being quizzed at a rate of once a fortnight for longer or more complex books (Level 5.5 and above).
The children can read books from any source: school, home or libraries. But the children should always have a book that is in their range to read as a priority.
Internet Safety
We will teach the children about being safe online every half term. Please help us with this by being mindful of children's internet access at home..