Pupils
Cedar – Mrs Trafford-Haigh (Year 4)
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| Mrs S Price
Senior Teacher and SENDCo |
Mrs S Wright
Teaching Assistant |
Miss M McGuinness
Teaching Assistant and ELSA |
Welcome to Year 4!
Mrs Price and the rest of the Year 4 team are really excited for Spring 2 and all the fantastic learning that will take place. We are looking forward to continuing to work in partnership with parents to get the best outcomes for the children. We can’t believe we are half way through Year 4 already!
As we enter Spring 2, the class will continue to focus on developing independence.
You can find out more about the learning we will be doing by looking on our curriculum flyer for the term or our curriculum map for a yearly overview.
Year 4 Autumn 1 Curriculum Flyer
Year 4 Autumn 2 Curriculum Flyer
Year 4 Spring 1 Curriculum Flyer
Year 4 Spring 2 Curriculum Flyer
Year 4 Multiplication Check
In year 4, the children will take part in a multiplication check. The expectation is that all children in Year 4 should know all of their times tables by the time they finish the academic year. The multiplication check is an online test were the pupils are asked 25 questions on times tables 2 to 12. For every question you have 6 seconds to answer. This takes place in June. With this in mind, we will have a huge focus on times tables. Mrs Price has created maths bags that can be taken home that have a times table focus. They are filled with maths games and they can be lent for a week at a time.
Mrs Price has held a parent information session about the multiplication check and this will be repeated on Tuesday 8th March at 9am in the hall.
Home Learning
Our home learning is on Google Classroom. Login details to access this can be found inside each child’s reading record.
If you have any problems with this contact Mrs Price for support.
stephanie.jackson@theoaks.cheshire.sch.uk
Homework
- Please support your child to ‘Strive for 5’ by listening and encouraging your child to read five times a week. We will be keeping a record in class and there will be rewards for reading at home from our ‘Starbooks’.
- Spellings
- TTRockstar
- Mrs Price will also set homework on a Friday that is due in the following week. This is set via Google Classroom.
Reminders
- PE will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday and children should come to school in their PE kit. This saves valuable lesson time. Children should come to school on their PE days in their white PE t-shirt, their school jumper/ cardigan and either plain black leggings or plain black jogging bottoms (these can be purchased from local supermarkets and should not be branded). They may come in their red shorts if the weather is warm.
- Children should remember to bring their reading records and spelling books to school daily.
- All children should bring a water bottle daily, this will be sent home at the end of the day to be washed.
The Core Subjects in Year 4
Reading
Some children will access daily phonics sessions using Read Write Inc (RWI). Children who don’t access RWI will have reading, handwriting and spelling, punctuation and grammar lessons. This will consolidate learning that takes place during the English lesson.
Read Write Inc – How to say the sounds.
Children will continue to access daily, whole class, reading lessons through Steps to Read. In these lessons, all aspects of word reading and comprehension are modelled, practiced and used through accessing high-quality fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts.
All children will also have access to Accelerated Reader, an online learning platform which supports their reading comprehension. They will also have access to ReadingWise supporting vocabulary development.
Writing
Writing lessons will be structured around a vehicle text, which changes each half term. The vehicle texts comprehensively link with the National Curriculum objectives that are taught in Year 4. The children will be exposed to a wide range of activities.
Maths
Each maths lesson begins with Rapid Recall – in which children answer 5 questions, based on previous learning. Recapping prior learning in this way helps children to understand maths concepts better and get to the answer faster. During maths lessons, new concepts will be introduced and scaffolded using concrete, pictorial and abstract approaches. As a class, we will continue to use a mastery approach, embedding maths concepts, in order to ensure that every child develops a deep understanding of maths. The children will have access to TTRockstar to support home learning and their basic fluency. This year we will also be introducing Doodle Maths, this is an online platform that the children will access daily in class for 10 minutes. This aims to plug any gaps in learning.
For parents math guidance, please click here to be redirected to a page on the school website.
Science
Weekly science lessons provide the foundations for understanding the world. Throughout Year 4, children will be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, to predict how things will behave, and to analyse causes. During lessons, children will work scientifically, as they set up simple comparative tests, make careful observations, record and evaluate their findings.
Useful websites
The majority of communications between school and parents will be sent by email. Please ensure that you check this regularly.
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @TheOaksCPCedar to get frequent updates about what we have been doing in class.