Welcome to Year 4

Chile Class

Mrs Jo Mujik

(Year Leader)

Brazil Class

Mrs Rebecca Hatrick

Argentina Class

Mrs Jane Gregory

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Sue Spurling

Mrs Amy Rogers

Our Aims In Year 4 we aim to:

• Ensure a smooth transition from Year 3

• Inspire the children with exciting learning experiences

• Develop greater independence in learning

• Give the children greater responsibility to make their own choices

• Encourage team work and collaborative learning

Routines

• The timetable for the day is the same as Year 3

• Merits

• Houses and house points

• Home school books (blue books)

• Homework: choice of tasks – topic related, times tables, My Maths tasks, Reading

Rumpus in the Rainforest Geography: maps, rainforest exploration, athletics, music composition, water cycle, cookery, textiles, living things, handling data

Topics Time travellers journal

Roman history, local area study,

(Science: states of matter, ICT: internet safety, PE: Dance/Swimming, Art: Collage

Metal monsters The Iron Man, The Tin Forest, Environmental impact, sound and electricity, 3D model making pneumatics, pencil drawing, Scratch programming, Gym

How to support from home

• Homework (reading, mental maths, spellings, optional tasks)

• Breakfast, snack & lunch

• Good night’s sleep

• PE kit

• Coat

• Water bottle

• Book bags – no rucksacks please

• Communication – blue books

Rainforest experience, Kew Gardens

Rumpus in the Rainforest production

Trips & Special Events

History day – archaelology

Trip to Bignor (local Roman sites)

Lodge Hill

Location writing in the woods

We welcome parent help!

Birdhouse design

Lodge Hill

November

The children are given the opportunity to participate in many activities such as shelter building, natural sculpture and orienteering.

We play plenty of team games which is a real opportunity for the children to learn leadership skills, team work and just to bond and play with different children.

Team games

One of the most popular activities is the sandkarting.

The children drive with an instructor for the first lap.

Children are then given the opportunity to drive by themselves or with an instructor next to them.

Health and safety guidance is given beforehand and all the children wear helmets.

Karting

Please help your child practise putting on their swimming cap.

• Lessons are for 2 terms, each for 11 weeks.

• Your child will need a swimming cap.

Swimming

• Swimming each week (for 2 terms)

• Indoor and outdoor session

• Must have PE kit in school

PE

Read all about it! Find out about 2 animal stories that have made the news. Write your own version of one of these stories to tell the class. Explain how these stories made you feel.

Music Time Watch some adverts on TV and decide on your favourite ‘jingles’. Use their ideas to write your own jingle to promote a ‘rainforest’ drink. Perform your jingle to the class.

Story time Choose a well known story about a plant or an animal. Rewrite the story in your own words but with a twist – perhaps a different ending? Or change a character? Your classmates will read your story.

Animal Habitats Draw and compare two animals which live in extreme conditions. For example a penguin and a camel. Label your drawings to show how they are adapted to their environment. ‘Discover’ a new animal which lives in the rainforest, draw your new animal and label their adaptations.

Model making Research different environmental problems humans have caused to our environment. Make a model to represent a habitat being affected or destroyed by humans, for example an ice cap melting.

Poetry Time Write your own short collection of poems (maximum three) about habitats, plants or animals you have been learning about. You could write it as an acrostic poem, a shape poem or a descriptive poem. Remember your poems don’t always have to rhyme!

Quiz Time Research different mini beasts and choose one you are particularly interested in. Create a short quiz about your mini beast for the class to complete. You must make sure your facts are true! You can use a variety of questions such as true or false or multiple choice.

Plant Habitats Look around your garden and house to find two plants that need different conditions to survive. For example a cactus and a clematis. Find out about how they are adapted to survive in their environment. You can choose how you present your findings!

Comic Strip Create a comic strip for a rainforest adventure. Remember to use speech bubbles and write what is happening in the story under each picture. Make the adventure exciting!

Similar format to Year 3, due in every fortnight.

Homework

We are all looking forward to a great year ahead full of exciting

learning experiences!

Any questions?

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Thank you!