4S - Year 4
Hello!
Welcome to 4S
Mrs Smith - Class Teacher
Mrs Hardy - HLSA
Mrs Cornell - LSA
Our class are enthusiastic learners. We ask questions, retrieve information and share our knowledge. Oracy (talking, listening, questioning and challenging) plays an important part in our classroom. We work as a team and look out for each other.
We are looking forward to an exciting year!
Things to remember:
* P.E days are Thursdays.
*Water bottles are needed in school every day
*Reading books and reading records should also be in school daily
*PPA day is on Thursday - children will be having P.E, ICT and R.E lessons.
*Spelling tests will take place on Fridays
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Meet the Teacher Presentation
English
Writing
For English we are going to be creating our own fantasy stories and writing a set of instructions. We will be looking at vocabulary choices, varied sentence structure and how to develop stories. We have chosen the story of Moon Dragons to innovate and adapt.
Reading
We love reading in year 4! Each day, children have time for sustained quiet reading in class. Alongside this, all children read to an adult at least once a week. Guided reading takes place weekly and regular reading comprehension occurs. We refer to VIPERS when asking questions and checking for understanding. We teach pupils that questions usually fall into these types of question headings. The questions in the grid below are great to use when your child reads to you at home too.
VIPERS examples of questions
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Maths
In Maths this term, we will be starting with place value. We will be following the Power Maths scheme of work and finding different ways to work out problems. Children will be articulating their learning and thinking processes.
Year 4s need to know all of their tables. Please encourage your child to learn all of their tables on a daily basis. Times Tables Rockstars is a brilliant way to get lots of practice. See the link below.
Maths Information
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Science
Our next Science unit will be States of Matter. Key vocabulary can viewed below.
Knowledge Organiser
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