Welcome to Team Neptune

Year 4

Teacher:  Ms Bisson

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Waring

Maths In Maths, year 4 children will be learning about place value in 4-digit numbers.  We will also be learning addition and subtraction methods. We will learn about area in measure before moving on to learn multiplication and division.

To further support our learning in maths, we will also complete core skills tasks each week which will include consolidation and pre-teaching of maths concepts. We will also be taking part in daily arithmetic challenges (Tough Ten) and Mastering Number which will enable the children to begin to learn their times tables to 12 x 12 to automaticity.

English In English, we will continue to build on our prior grammatical knowledge to expand noun phrases for description, using fronted adverbials propositions to express time, place and cause, using inverted commas for direct speech and organizing paragraphs around a theme.

We will be applying our skills on work based on these 2 quality texts: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin and Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura.

Projects

How did inventions in the Stone Age help people survive and thrive?

This term, we will be exploring the inventions that helped Stone Age people survive and thrive.

In History, we will be learning about the Stone Age. We will explore the three different periods of the Stone Age and how farming and inventions impacted people of the stone age. The children will use primary sources of cave paintings to inspire them in art to produce their own cave paintings using charcoal and a range of tools the stone age people would have used. We will also be using our culinary skills to design and create a Stone Age Stew incorporating a variety of vegetables that were available and typical of that era. 

In our science project, we will be focusing on two areas – Living things and Light.

Living Things

We will be exploring how living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. The children will learn to use a classification key to identify plants and animals.

Light

We will be learning that dark is the absence of light, light is reflected off surfaces and that light from the sun can be dangerous. Further to this, we will learn how shadows are formed and how they can change in size and why. We will learn how shadows were important to the art of story telling for the people of the Stone Age.

PE Please can all PE Kits be in school throughout the school week. Our PE sessions will take place on a Monday and Friday throughout this term. All children are to come to school wearing their PE tops on their PE days. Please can all items be clearly labelled.

Water bottles Please can all children bring in a labelled water bottle for them to use throughout their day at school.

Homework

Spelling homework will continue to be set on EdShed, as well as alternating weekly grammar or maths quizzes.  Times Tables Rock Stars is set weekly for all children as well.

All homework will be set on a Friday and due on a Wednesday. Spelling tests will also take place each week.

Reading It is expected that children will read at home 20 minutes every day, please support children to log this in their planners. Children are encouraged to read to an adult, sibling or friend often as well as read independently. Planners will be checked regularly so please do support the children to make a note of what they have read each evening. 😊

Planners/ Messages

At any time, if you need to speak to me, please either write a note in your child’s planner or contact the school office by telephone or e-mail. I will get in touch as soon as possible.

Thank you for your support,

Ms Bisson and Mrs Waring