Year Four Weekly Blog- Week Beginning 16th December 2019

December 13, 2019

A huge thank you to those parents and children who supported our school fayre this year. We would also like to say that the behaviour was impeccable on our very exciting visit to Fairfield Halls Pantomime of Cinderella this week.

The week ahead:

Rehearsals at St Andrew’s church will take place on Monday for the final performance on Tuesday 17th December 2019. We look forward to seeing you there if you can.

Maths-We will be consolidating our learning this term with a progress check for arithmetic, problem solving and reasoning.

English-We will be completing our focus on Reading, exploring inference and prediction through different genres of text.

Topic-We will be exploring the journeys in R.E.

Class parties will take place on Wednesday afternoon. Children can wear their own clothes for the whole day.

Can we take the chance to wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy 2020 from the Year Four Team.

 

Year Four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 9th December 2019

December 6, 2019

Our Learning This Week:

English-Reading Focus. We will be looking at different styles of text and answering prediction and infer style questions

Maths-We will be looking at 3-d shape, exploring the number 6 and tessellation.

Topic-We will be completing our fascinating topic on Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.

Wednesday 11th December Pantomime Visit 

Dates for the Diary:

7th December-Christmas Fayre

11th December-Year Four Trip to the Pantomime

11th December-Year Four Zumba group performing at Fairfield halls

13th December-Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day

16th December Christmas rehearsal (Children will be visiting St Andrew’s Church-no audience)

17th December Christmas Performance (yr 3 and 4 only) 10.15am at St Andrew’s parents welcome

18th December Christmas party-Year 4 have our class parties together Millennium please bring in sweet treats for the party. Southwark class please bring a savoury treat. Please be aware we have several severe nut allergies this year and food without label or stating may contain nuts cannot be used and will be sent home.

Year 4 news 2nd December

November 29, 2019

We are learning:

 

Maths-We will be looking at strategies to help with times tables up to 12×2.

Literacy-We will be continuing our explanation text based around a video explanation by Tony Ross of how to draw Horrid Henry.

Topic-we will be investigation the period of Viking and Anglo Saxon history involving Danegeld and moving on to village life

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dates for the Diary-7th December-Christmas Fayre

11th December-Year Four Trip to the Pantomime

11th December-Year Four Zumba group performing at Fairfield halls

13th December-Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day

16th December Christmas rehearsal (Children will be visiting St Andrew’s Church-no audience)

17th December Christmas Performance (yr 3 and 4 only) 10.15am at St Andrew’s parents welcome

18th December Christmas party-Year 4 have our class parties together Millennium please bring in sweet treats for the party. Southwark class please bring a savoury treat. Please be aware we have several severe nut allergies this year and food without label or stating may contain nuts cannot be used and will be sent home. [/dropshadowbox]

Year Four Blog Week Beginning 25.11.19

November 22, 2019

We are learning:

 

Maths-We will be solving word problems with addition and subtraction using estimation and inverse operations.

Literacy-We will be writing an explanation text based around a video explanation by Tony Ross of how to draw Horrid Henry.

Topic-we will be investigation the period of Viking and Anglo Saxon history involving Dangeld

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dates for the Diary-29th November-Mufti/own clothes day if you bring a bottle to donate for the tombola

7th December-Christmas Fayre

11th December-Year Four Trip to the Pantomime

11th December-Year Four Zumba group performing at Fairfield halls

13th December-Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day

16th December Christmas rehearsal (Children will be visiting St Andrew’s Church-no audience)

17th December Christmas Performance (yr 3 and 4 only) 10.15am at St Andrew’s parents welcome

18th December Christmas party-Year 4 have our class parties together Millennium please bring in sweet treats for the party. Southwark class please bring a savoury treat. Please be aware we have several severe nut allergies this year and food without label or stating may contain nuts cannot be used and will be sent home. [/dropshadowbox]

 

 

Year Four Blog Week Beginning 11.11.19

November 8, 2019

Thank you for all parents who helped their child dress up for an amazing day of History. See the extra blog named Viking Visitor to photos of your children enjoying their learning.

We will be learning:

Maths-We will be subtracting using formal (abstract) methods as we as using concrete and pictorial representations to understand column subtraction.

English-We will be writing our innovated version of the Robin Hood Golden Arrow story.

History-We will be taking a short break from our topic of Anglo-Saxons and Vikings to learn about and celebrate Remembrance Day.

R.E-We will be continuing our unit on discrimination. This topic is also covered in guided reading. Children have a project based homework to complete in their choice of ways.

Year Four-Black History Month Research Homework (to be completed over two week-due in 22nd November)

As you may know, people across the country celebrate Black History Month. For your homework over the following two weeks, we would like you to choose a famous person who has contributed to equality and anti-discrimination and research their life. You can choose how you present this information but should prepare to present what you have found out to your class mates.

Some examples for you to choose from could be:  Nelson Mandela, Mary Seacole, Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali or a local personality like Stormzy.

P.E-P.E continues to be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. One session a week will be outside weather permitting. Children will be asked to join in as this is a curriculum subject however, if they have an injury please write a note to the class teacher and your child will be asked to participate in different ways such as coaching, referring etc. Please provide your child with P.E kit as set out in the school uniform policy.

Year Four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 23rd September 2019

September 20, 2019
Thank you for allowing us to get to know your children and understanding that, due to our limited space and lessons starting at 8.50, we cannot allow parents and carers to enter the huts before or after school. Please leave your children at the end of the ramp behind the chain and any urgent messages, such as a different person picking your child up or illness, need to be delivered via the office or a written note. Queries about homework can be written in the homework diary which is checked daily by an adult.
Our learning this week;
Maths-We will be working on place value of up to four digit numbers, estimating and plotting numbers on an empty number line.
English-We will be beginning our Robin Hood unit. We are using Marcia William’s book-The Legend of Robin Hood. See below for a link to buy the text to follow along with us.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Robin-Hood-Marcia-Williams/dp/1406311375
Science-We will continue our unit on states of matter. Creating a unfair test to demonstrate the importance of fair testing.
Topic- We will continue our unit on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings by finding out what life was like in Britain.
PE-For the rest of the term P.E will take place on  Tuesdays and Thursdays. Children will be learning invasion games and gymfit circuits this term.
PSHE/Wellbeing-The whole school will be introducing zones of regulation. If you would like to find out more see the link below
https://www.zonesofregulation.com/learn-more-about-the-zones.html
Homework has been handed out and is due in on Friday 27th September

Year Four Week Beginning 16th September 2019

September 13, 2019
Welcome to Year 4!
Thank you for allowing us to get to know your children and understanding that, due to our limited space and lessons starting at 8.50, we cannot allow parents and carers to enter the huts before or after school. Please leave your children at the end of the ramp behind the chain and any urgent messages, such as a different person picking your child up or illness, need to be delivered via the office or a written note. Queries about homework can be written in the homework diary which is checked daily by an adult or on a letter until the books arrive.
Our learning this week;
Maths-We will be working on place value of up to four digit numbers, comparing and ordering 4 digit numbers.
English-We will be using video stimuli to explore a character’s feelings about starting school. This will link to our PSHE focus.
Science-We will begin our unit on states of matter. Please let your teacher know, via a letter or note in the diary if your child has a latex sensitivity as we will be using balloons.
Topic- We will begin our unit on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings by finding out what life was like in Britain 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 years ago.
PE-For the rest of the term P.E will take place on  Tuesdays and Thursdays. Children will be learning invasion games and gymfit circuits this term.
PSHE/Wellbeing-The whole school will be introducing zones of regulation. If you would like to find out more see the link below
https://www.zonesofregulation.com/learn-more-about-the-zones.html

Year Four Welcome Blog

September 13, 2019

Welcome to Year 4!
Thank you for allowing us to get to know your children and understanding that, due to our limited space and lessons starting at 8.50, we cannot allow parents and carers to enter the huts before or after school. Please leave your children at the end of the ramp and any urgent messages, such as a different person picking your child up or illness, need to be delivered via the office or a written note. Queries about homework can be written in the homework diary which is checked daily by an adult.
We understand that you are interested to see your child’s new learning environment and so have included pictures below;​
Our learning this week;
Maths-We will be working on place value of up to four digit numbers, representing them pictorially, in words and numerals.
English-We will be using video stimuli to explore a character’s feelings about starting school. This will link to our PSHE focus.
Science-We will begin our unit on electricity, exploring what electricity can do.
Topic- We will begin our unit on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings by finding out what life was like in Britain 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 years ago.
PE-For the present PE will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Children will be learning invasion games and gymfit circuits this term.
PSHE/Wellbeing-The whole school will be introducing zones of regulation.

Welcome to Year 4!

September 9, 2019

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Thank you for allowing us to get to know your children and understanding that, due to our limited space and lessons starting at 8.50, we cannot allow parents and carers to enter the huts before or after school. Please leave your children at the end of the ramp and any urgent messages, such as a different person picking your child up or illness, need to be delivered via the office or a written note. Queries about homework can be written in the homework diary which is checked daily by an adult.

We understand that you are interested to see your child’s new learning environment and so have included pictures below:

Our learning this week:

 

Maths-We will be working on place value of up to four digit numbers, representing them pictorially, in words and numerals.

 

English-We will be using video stimuli to explore a character’s feelings about starting school. This will link to our PSHE focus.

 

Science-We will begin our unit on electricity, exploring what electricity can do.

 

Topic- We will begin our unit on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings by finding out what life was like in Britain 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 years ago.

 

PE-For the present PE will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Children will be learning invasion games and gymfit circuits this term.

 

PSHE/Wellbeing-The whole school will be introducing zones of regulation.