Year 4

Mrs Sayer 4S
sayerl@leighton.cheshire.sch.uk

Mrs Willis 4W

willisz@leighton.cheshire.sch.uk

Other familiar faces to our classrooms:

Mrs Lucas	Mrs McDonough
4S Class Councillor:	Deputy:
4W Class Councillor: Jorgie Edwards	Deputy: Reuben Cook

Year 4 Autumn Overview

What are we learning?

Subject	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Subject	Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Maths	Power Maths Place Value Adding and subtracting	Power Maths Measurement - Area Multiplication and division	Art	Daniel Mackie Habitat Water colours	Daniel Mackie Habitat Water colours
English T4W	The Whale Setting description Newspaper report	Leaf Outsider narrative	D and T	Healthy Food	Rationing
Science	Living things, including humans	The digestive system	Humanities	Countries in Europe	Countries in Europe World War II Mary Seacole
Computing	Coding	Online Safety Lesson	Religious Education	Why do we give to charity?	What do Christians believe God is like?
P.E.	Outdoor adventure Hockey	Basketball Handball	Music	Guitar Lessons	Guitar Lessons
Personal Development	KiVa No Outsiders	KiVa No Outsiders Families and relationships	German	Comparing our school with a German school. Days of the week and months of the year	German schools Instructions

Reminders

P.E. will now be on Monday P.M. (Handball) and Friday P.M. (Bsketball) - please send your child into school wearing full PE kit. A hat and/or sun cream protection may be needed in this summer term.

Water bottles
Please clean the bottle each evening and send in with fresh water daily - not juice.
This helps us adhere to current safety regulations. Sun cream may now need to be applied in the morning as the weather improves. A hat will also provide some protection from the sun.

Supporting your child’s learning

Our Year 4 webpage contains links and guidance to involve you in your child's school learning journey. We very much view you as our team. Without your support, our aims are harder to achieve. This can be done through practising times tables, spellings and reading together.

Reading

We ask that children read for at least 30 minutes five times each week. Books sent home do not have to be completed all at once, and we strongly encourage an equal amount of questioning to ensure the text and vocabulary has been understood. If you are not sure how you can do this, please ask and look at this link https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-comprehension/ .

We have added a document that contains recommended reads for Year 4 children. We will do our best to update this as the year progresses. Please let us know if there is a book that your child has really enjoyed and wish to have added to this document.

We have found a website that contains a large number of book recommendations for all year groups. It is called 'The Reader Teacher' and can be located at https://www.thereaderteacher.com. Please let us know what you think of the recommendations.

Remember that when your child has read a book that they can complete a reading comprehension quiz on Accelerated Reader.

If you feel your child needs more books than given, please look at the Cheshire Libraries catalogue of online books. Membership will be required.

Reading Online

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

eResources (cheshireeast.gov.uk)

Freckle and Online Platforms

The Multiplication Check will take place in June 2024. Please ensure your child spends at least three minutes on Times Tables Rockstars EVERY day. Focus on times tables in this order: x2, x5, x10, then x3 and x4, followed by x6 and x8, and lastly x9, x11, x7 and x12 times tables. Regular practice will ensure success.

Each week we ask that your child uses Freckle. Daily use is recommended, with Adaptive Maths, Fact Practice and Focus Skills accessed across the week. Tasks set by your teacher will appear in Rucksack. These will often need completing before any other Freckle questions can be answered. Times Table Rockstars is a great learning platform for practising times tables.

Spellings

As well as looking out for spellings in our weekly email and the page section at the bottom of this webpage, by the end of Year 4 pupils are expected to read and spell the words listed below. Please give your child the best chance at learning these by choosing a few each week and practising how to read and spell these. The Year 1 and 2 Spelling List is also available to view in the Documents section at the bottom of this page.