Summer Term 1

Welcome back Class 4!

I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday and enjoyed being out and about in the sunshine.

This half term we will be learning all about -

• History - Ancient Egyptians  
• English - a newspaper report on plastic pollution then our own article on deforestation             
•  - a biography on Hatshepsut and then writing our own on a different pharaoh 
• Science - Habitats, focusing on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest 
• Art - looking at colour mixing and the artist Mark Rothko
• PSHE - healthy bodies
• Maths  - decimals and money
• RE - sacrifice
• Computing - animation

PE days are Mondays, Thursdays (tennis) and Fridays. On Monday afternoons the children will be having Mrs Lawrence for PSHE and then CSF PE and on Wednesday afternoons they will have French and Maths with Mme Pandit. Ms Webb will be teaching on a Friday as usual. 

Attached are this term's topic web and knowledge organisers for Science and History.  It is really helpful if you could look at the knowledge organisers with your children throughout the term, as it gives you an idea about what they will be learning so you can have some interesting discussions and you also see the expectations for the end of the topic.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Best wishes, Mrs C😊

As part of our History learning about The Silk Road, we explored spices from India and North Africa which would have been traded along the Silk routes. We used some of the spices in making couscous as cross curricular learning in D&T.

We all had such a fabulous time at Barton Turf. Here are some photos, more to follow when I've found the ipad!

We used branching diagrams to identify invertebrates we found in the woodland habitat and in our dyke dipping. We also found out information about the plants and animals that live in the Broads in clues which we had to find geocaching. The weather was perfect too.

20.2.22

Hello everyone!

I'm very glad to be back to school after being ill all last half term. I wanted to thank the children for their cards and kind messages which really cheered me up. I also wanted to say a belated thank you for my generous Christmas gifts - Christmas seems such a long time ago now!

This half term our topic is 'Mission - to trade'. We will be learning about the Silk Roads and Early Islamic Civilization and cooking using spices that came from the East over a thousand years ago! 

Here you will find the topic web for this half term and knowledge organisers for both History and Science. Please look at these carefully with your child as they contain all the important learning they need to know by the end of the topic. 

Forest school will continue on Wednesday mornings and PE will be on Mondays and Fridays as last half term.

Parent/teacher consultations with myself and Miss Webb will be rescheduled soon.

I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing (if a bit windy!) half term and I look forward to teaching my lovely class again tomorrow!

Best wishes,

Mrs C😊

MFL: Year 4 French

Salut et Bonne Année! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are ready for the new year!

This is the coverage for this half term: 

Spring Term 1 – Understand a familiar story using animals and colours.

Pupils will:

• Understand a simple story with some familiar vocabulary
• Understand the position of colours when describing something.
• Understand how the spellings of some colours change  when used with masculine and feminine nouns.
• Write simple sentences about pets giving details of colour and size.

Here are the spelling for this week.

31st October

Hello everyone!

I hope you have all had a lovely half term. Did many of you manage to go on the Spooky Trail or go Trick or Treating?

Our topic next half term is 'Let there be light'. 

I am attaching the topic web so you can see what you will be learning and knowledge organisers for Science and Geography.

I'm looking forward to welcoming you all back tomorrow.

Best wishes,

Mrs C😊

MFL: Year 4 French

This is the coverage for this half term: 

Autumn Term 2 - Talk about what they have in their pencil case.

Pupils will:

• Understand and use phonic knowledge to read number words to 60 aloud
• Understand simple questions and answer in simple sentences
• Use the indefinite article with singular and plural nouns.
• Write a simple description of the contents of their pencil case
• Demonstrate knowledge of culture and customs.

25th October

Happy half term everyone!

We hope you are all enjoying your holiday. Here are some photos of what we have been up to before we broke up.

Best wishes from

Mrs C and Ms Masterson😊🎃

Spellings for the week beginning 11/10/21

Group 1

enough

though

although

thought

through

throw

Group 2 

box

boy

can't

car

cat

clothes

7.10.21

Hello everyone!

Y4 have been busy finding out about Roman rule in Britain. We pretended we were tribal Celts and debated whether to give in to Roman rule or to fight. We also found out about how the Romans broke a deal and how Boudica's rebellion almost succeeded. In science we built on our learning about simple food chains in Y3 to learning about producers and consumers, predators and prey. 

We voted in George and Mia as our class council representatives - well done you two!

Next week we are going to be making sock puppets as part of D&T week. Please can your child bring in a long sock into school - any size or colour will do! 

Thank you and enjoy the weekend!

Best wishes,

Mrs C😊

Spelling for next week 27/09/21

Group 1

caught

naughty

eighth

reign

weight

height

Group 2

bad

bear

because

bed

been

before

10.9.21

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

Here is some hopefully helpful information for you all.

Attached is your welcome letter, topic web, timetable and knowledge organisers for this half term.

Best wishes,

Mrs C😊

4th September 2021

Hi New Year 4!

I hope you have all had a fantastic summer holiday.

I am really looking forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday. Doors open at 8.45 and you can come straight in to the classroom through the junior entrance - staff will be there to direct you!

Of course you all know me from last year and we have a few new faces joining our class who we can all welcome too. Ms Masterson will be teaching you on Thursdays and Fridays and Miss Kemp is continuing to be our class TA so the old team is back to teach you once again.

Y4 PE days are on Thursday and Friday afternoons so you'll need to bring your PE kit on those days. Remember your art aprons or an old shirt to wear - art will be on a Wednesday.

Things are slowly getting back to normal so we are sitting in table groups and not rows and we are no longer in class bubbles.

Our first topic is 'Once Upon a Time' and we will be learning all about the Romans in Britain amongst lots of other fun things. 

So, see you on Monday morning everyone!

Best wishes,

Mrs Conway😊

Spelling for the week beginning 13/09/2021

Group 1

Accidentally

Actually

Occasionally

Probably

Knowledge

Knowledgeable

Groups 1

Across

After

Again

Air

Along

Am