YEAR 4
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Welcome to Year 4
This term our project question is ‘How can we learn about the past?’ We will be using our skills as historians to answer 
this question and to find out about life in the Stone Age. We will be reading Stone Age Boy and Wolf Brother as well as other texts. Our published work will be exhibited in a venue outside of school (more details to come). The big ideas we will be exploring are: community, sustainability, resilience and adversity.
Homework
In Year 4 homework will include:
- A spelling rule to investigate. The rule will have been taught in our SPAG lesson on Monday and will be tested on Friday. Children will record their scores in their homework books.
- A grammar or punctuation question to answer
- Times tables practice
Homework will be given out on a Monday and is due in on a Friday. Merits will be awarded for super effort and great work.
Spelling: Spellings will be set as part of your child’s weekly homework. Each week will focus on a specific spelling rule/pattern.
Autumn Term 1
|
Week |
Rule |
Words |
|
1 |
homophones |
mail/male flour/flower berry/bury great/grate plain/plane |
|
2 |
words with ‘a’ sound spelt ei, eigh or ey |
vein, neighbour, weigh, eight, they, obey, grey, reindeer, beige, veil |
|
3 |
words with the ‘s’ sound spelt ‘sc’ |
science, scene, discipline, fascinate, crescent, fascination, scenery, ascend, decent, scissors |
|
4 |
words ending with the ‘g’ sound spelt ‘gue’ and the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘que’ |
league, antique, tongue, unique, cheque, mosque, fatigue, plague, technique, vague |
|
5 |
words with the ‘sh’ sound spelt ch |
chef, chalet, machine, brochure, parachute, champagne, chute, moustache, quiche, crochet |
|
6 |
words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ |
scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character, ache, anchor, monarch, stomach, mechanic |
Maths Homework
In Year 4 we focus on learning all of the times tables up to 12 x 12. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Class Blog
A message from Year 4
What is the Big Plastic Pledge? ‘We are a movement within sport that will grow into something un-stoppable when it comes to achieving our goals. As athletes and fans united, we are a group that are determined, passionate and driven by our nature, and will persist...
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Parent’s Evenings
Don’t forget appointment sheets are available every morning and home time with your child’s class teacher to sign up for parent’s evenings on Tuesday 1st & Wednesday 2nd October. We hope you will come along and speak to your child’s teacher about how they have...
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Year 4 Swimming
Swimming begins again on Friday 20th September for all Year 4 children. Please ensure school has your child’s completed SV5 form before then to allow them to take part. Thank you. Swimming Letter Sept. 19 SV5 Swimming Booklet
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Parent’s Evenings
We will be holding Parent’s Evenings on Tuesday 1st & Wednesday 2nd October, this is a chance to speak to your child’s new teacher and find out more about what they will be learning in school and how you can support them at home. Appointment sheets will be...
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Dates for the Diary
We will be holding Parent’s Evenings on Tuesday 1st & Wednesday 2nd October. Appointment sheets will be available from Monday 16th September.
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Super Splash Heroes
The Super Splash Heroes is an innovative, educational pantomime performance and interactive follow on workshop developed in partnership with Northumbrian Water. The aqua savvy Super Splash team have been spreading the message to ‘Get Water Wise’ far and wide, and now...
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