Spring Termly Letter

Tuesday 19th January   

                              
Dear Parent/Guardian,

Firstly let me apologise for how delayed this letter is! I hope you all had a super Christmas and New Year.
Here is some important information for this upcoming term.
P.E.                 

Monday, children will need outdoor kits and suitable footwear e.g. trainers or pumps.

Swimming

Friday, children will need a swimming costume, towel and goggles if wanted. Can I recommend that girls tie their hair up and boys wear swimming trunks instead of baggy shorts.
Spellings and Learn its        

New spellings and Learn its will be given every Monday and tests will be on the Friday of the same week. The spellings given are words related to the class theme and words with a focus on a particular word rule e.g. suffixes, prefixes, singular, plural rather than the actual words. So when practicing them please emphasise the rule e.g. adding -ing.

Big Talk

Big Talk will be sent home on Tuesdays to be discussed in preparation for Big Write, which will now take place on Thursdays due to swimming.
Homework    

Homework is the learning logs, a new learning target will be put into the books every fortnight and your child will have 2 weeks to fill the 2 pages with anything they think relates to the learning target, the deadline date will be at the bottom of the target.
I would be very grateful if you could encourage your child to complete every piece of homework and to hand it in on time. It is essential for your child to get into a routine before they start high school.
Reading         

Please make sure your child reads their school reading book at home. I would like them to read everyday, and if you could please write a small comment about what they have read and sign it in their reading journal. We will aim to listen to your child read at school once a week so please ensure your child brings their book and reading record on their designated reading day. Your child can change their own book mid week if necessary, the time for this is between 8.50 and 9am (your children are aware of this).

We are now working from the newly revised National Curriculum (details of which you can find on the school website).

This term our class theme is Ancient Egypt, so all our subjects will be related to this. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this term;

Literacy
We have started a novel study, the novel we are studying is Iron Man by Ted Hughes, throughout the term we will be reading the whole book together and our writing will be linked to the text, we are going to be writing setting and character descriptions, diary entries, newspaper reports, instructions, letters, predicting the story and maybe even an essay style piece! I am very excited about this and hoping to read some fantastic pieces of writing.

Maths
Addition, subtraction, fractions, time, coordinates and position, division, multiplication and perimeter.

 

Science

Skeletons, digestive system and food chains and living things and their habitats.

 

Computing
Programing and using technology to make a presentation.

 

Geography
The geography of Egypt.

 

History

Ancient Egyptians.

 

Art

Egyptian drawing, hieroglyphics and artifacts.

Design Technology (D.T.)

Designing and making canopic jars and a sarcophagus.

Physical Education (P.E.)
Dance, swimming and outdoor and adventurous activities.

Mrs Kendrick will be teaching Wednesday afternoons to cover my PPA time.

Finally, can you please check your child has a safe and wearable pair of indoor pumps!

 

I am aware that there is a lot of information included in this letter! If any of the

information is unclear, or if you have any further queries regarding your child, please do not hesitate to see me.

Kind regards,

Mrs M L Quinn
Year 4 Class teacher

 

Welcome Back!

Wednesday 9th September                                     

Dear Parent/Guardian,
Welcome back and welcome to Year 4! I hope you all had a super summer.
Here is some important information for this upcoming term.

P.E.                

Monday, children will need outdoor kits and suitable footwear e.g. trainers or pumps.

Swimming

Friday, children will need a swimming costume, towel and goggles if wanted. Can I recommend that girls tie their hair up and boys wear swimming trunks instead of baggy shorts (swimming will start Friday 18^th September)

Spellings and Learn its        
New spellings and Learn its will be given every Monday (starting from 14^th September) and tests will be on the Friday afternoon of the same week. The spellings given are words related to the class theme and words with a focus on a particular word rule e.g. suffixes, prefixes, singular, plural rather than the actual words. So when practicing them please emphasise the rule e.g. adding -ing.

Big Talk

Big Talk will be sent home on Tuesdays to be discussed in preparation for Big Write, which will now take place on Thursdays due to swimming.

Homework    
Homework is the learning logs, a new learning target will be put into the books every fortnight (starting from 14^th September) and your child will have 2 weeks to fill the 2 pages with anything they think relates to the learning target, the deadline date will be at the bottom of the target.
I would be very grateful if you could encourage your child to complete every piece of homework and to hand it in on time. It is essential for your child to get into a routine before they start high school.

Reading         
Please make sure your child reads their school reading book at home. I would like them to read everyday, and if you could please write a small comment about what they have read and sign it in their reading journal. We will aim to listen to your child read at school once a week (reading timetable attached) so please ensure your child brings their book and reading record on their designated reading day. Your child can change their own book mid week if necessary, the time for this is between 8.50 and 9am (your children are aware of this).

We are now working from the newly revised National Curriculum (details of which you can find on the school website).

This term our class theme is Homes, so all our subjects will be related to this. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this term;

Literacy
Information texts and stories from other cultures and traditions / Poetry and persuasive texts

Maths
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape, area, data handling and fractions.

Science

Electricity and states of matter.

Computing
Introducing Microsoft Office

Geography
Comparing the UK to Sao Paulo.

Design Technology (D.T.)

Making own Sao Paulo home model.

Physical Education (P.E.)
Invasion games and Gymnastics and swimming.

Mrs Gray will be teaching Wednesday afternoons to cover my PPA time.
Finally, can you please ensure your child has an indoor pair of pumps.

I am aware that there is a lot of information included in this letter! If any of the

information is unclear, or if you have any further queries regarding your child, please do not hesitate to see me.

Kind regards,

Mrs M L Quinn
Year 4 Class teacher