Maple Class (Y4)

Dear All of Year 4 Children and Parents,

Well done on all your hard work and continued commitment towards your home learning! We couldn't be more proud of the way you adapted to remote learning and the enthusiasm you have continued to show.  We literally cannot wait to have you back on Monday 8th March at the new time of 08:40 and I know you are all keen to catch up with friends.  Alongside our usual curriculum, we will be having a focus on mental, physical and social well-being.  There are plenty of engaging, fun activities to look forward to in our first week such as Naan bread tasting, Indian Block Making, Indian Dancing, PE with coach Lucy, Digestion and Friday Fun day (baking and crafting). We will continue to share pictures of all our learning with you.

Please remember to have your PE kit in school everyday from Monday. 

Our day finished at the new time of 14:55 too.

Take Care,

Mrs. Harrison

Dear All Year 4 children,

We cannot believe how quickly and well you have adapted to the remote learning.  You have really risen to this new challenge and we couldn't be prouder. You are amazing!

USE THIS LINK TO SEE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TOP 100 READS FOR YEAR 4 CHILDREN

https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year4

Reading

As last year, the children will be given plenty of opportunities to read within school. We are placing a strong emphasis on group guided reading activities, which will take place 3 or 4 times a week.  This will ensure that all children in the class will be listened to by the Teacher and also another adult throughout the week.  Here, the focus is on exploring a variety of texts at a deeper level in order to develop inference and deduction skills for reading comprehension.  Also there is daily reading of text within Active English sessions as well as engagement with Class Books.

Parents/carers still have a huge part to play in their children’s reading development, so all the help you can continue to give is greatly appreciated. Children will have a chance to renew 'Home' books every Monday and it is requested that any returns be made on Fridays in order for books to be reissued after the weekend. If you need to keep a book for a few weeks that is absolutely fine.  We have given each child a book already but will be reviewing reading challenge over the next couple of weeks.

Homework - Posted each week on this website

Homework has to be set by the class teacher each week in accordance with whole school homework policy. In Year 4, and throughout Key stage 2, we have a strong focus on learning times tables as there is a new government test on these in Term 5 and so we ask that children practise these at home as well.  Each week I will post an online multiplication link or a worksheet to complete. Last year, all children in the school became used to our system of spaced learning for spellings.  Their personalised spelling list shows you the spellings that they will focus on each week until the end of week 5 when when they will be tested again.  Lastly, the children will have a short ‘topic’ based task that should not take more than 20-30 minutes.   The only exception to this homework routine in when the children are asked to do ‘Homework Projects’ which is part of school policy for KS2 children too.  These occur later in the Autumn term and in the Summer.  Plenty of time and explanation will be given in advance.  With any of the homework given, if there is any confusion or concerns please pop in to see me.

Website Page:

This is regularly updated and contains termly overviews of learning, homework and weekly updates on our learning and progress. It also contains useful links which will support your child’s learning.

FONS CHRISTMAS CARDS

Below is a template from FONS for you to use if your child wishes to design a Christmas card over half-term.  I will be emailing you individually a copy of a design done by you child at school this week if you would like to use this one instead.  

There is a very quick turnaround for these FONS orders as they have to be sent back to school by Monday November 2nd.  

If anyone needs me to print off their child's Victorian Marbling Design in colour, please email me to arrange.

I have added an example below

Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell, renown for inventing the forerunner to the modern telephone, was actually a sound expert?

We have been developing our knowledge about sound too.

Spring Term

Our Spring Term has certainly seen our classroom transformed once more with vibrant burst of colour as we compare and contrast life in Navenby to a village in India, Chembakoli.  Whilst tackling location and climate, we will also be unpicking the processes at work in the water cycle, creating explanatory text to show our understanding. This learning will be enhance be further investigation into the nature of solids, liquids and gases!  Our India topic is also centred round respecting and celebrating differences as we investigate the beliefs and practises of the Hindu Faith, decorating our own classroom shrine with images of Hindu Gods and artefacts.  The walls will also be adorned with the steps towards successfully designing Indian Block Print Cushions and the creation of Indian Music Samples as we explore Rag, Tala and Drone!!  We looked forward to visit from a range of people in our community to support our learning such as a local gardener explaining how to grow our own herbs, Sunita Patel returning with the Indian Experience, a Dental Practitioner advising us on tooth care and a number of local authors discussing the writing process during World Book Week.  Plenty to look forward to!

Summer 2020

CONSERVE AND PRESERVE

Creative Writing Day

It's a Mystery