Year 4
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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.
Welcome to Year 4!
We hope you’ve had a fantastic summer break and are feeling refreshed and ready for an exciting new school year! We’re thrilled to welcome you to Year 4 with Miss Dabell and Mr Dutton.
This term, our main topic is Ancient Egypt, with a special focus on the fascinating life of Tutankhamun.
We’ll be exploring the mysteries of the pyramids, mummies, and gods, and learning how the River Nile shaped Egyptian civilisation in our geography lessons. In history, we’ll be creating a timeline to help us understand the key events and people of this incredible era.
Our class text to start the year is the much-loved Flat Stanley, Egyptian Adventure, which we hope you enjoyed over the summer. We’ll be using it to inspire our writing and reading discussions.
In art, we’ll be getting creative by designing and making our very own Egyptian Death Masks—a fun and colourful project to bring history to life!
PE will take place every Tuesday, so please remember to come in your kit.
We’re really looking forward to a brilliant year of learning and discovery. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us via Class Dojo.
Many Thanks
The Year 4 Team
Mr Dutton & Miss Dabell
Newsletters
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.
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
T Shirt Folding Instructions
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..