This week's Learning in Year 4 at a glance!
Year 4
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Learning Link: All Roads Lead to RomeWe hope the children will enjoy their trip back in time when we learn about the Romans and their country of origin. We will be learning about the location of Italy within Europe, its main regions and cities and making comparisons to Britain. Through these comparisons, we will be able to understand why the Romans invaded Britain and the lasting impact of this today. Alongside the History and Geography, we will also be studying stories with a historic setting including ‘Escape from Pompeii,’ and “Across the Roman Wall.” In Art, we look at Roman murals, statutes and mosaics and the development of Italy as a centre of artistic excellence, and a source of historical evidence. As part of our learning in D&T, we will be baking Roman style bread and taking inspiration from this to design our own signature loaf! |
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St Gemma: Mrs Grove St Wilfred: Mrs C Williams |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 7th September Week B Monday: PE for both classes Tuesday: Wednesday: No PE due to Whole School Mass Thursday: Friday: Looking further ahead: Wednesday 16th September - Curriculum Evening Thursday 24th September – Year 4 will go to Mass at St. Pius at 11am Thursday 8th October – Year 4 Trip to Fishbourne Palace Friday 16th October – 4G Class Worship at 9am Thursday 22nd October – Roman S=P+A+C+E Day PE for Year 4 will be every Wednesday and on a Monday in WEEK B. Reminders: Please ensure all your child’s uniform is named and they bring in a healthy snack for break time. |
Homework |
Please make sure your child has their school reading book and homework diary every day in school. Reading - please continue to read for up to 20 minutes each day and record in the reading record. There are questions in your child’s homework diary to support their comprehension further. Please record the questions you have asked in your child’s reading record, e.g 4a, 6c, 8b. CGP Maths and English Books This will be set on a Wednesday and due in the following Wednesday. Autumn Workout 1 – due in 16th September |
Reading for Pleasure |
Book of the Week voted by the children: 4G: The Thieves of Ostia 4W: |
RE |
CREATION AND COVENANT We will begin to learn about who Abraham was and what life was like in Abraham's day. To celebrate we will describe and explain what a virtue is with a focus on the virtue of faith. |
English |
RECOUNT We will be looking at the features of recount text before planning, writing and editing our own. Master Readers: Across the Roman Wall by Theresa Breslin Monday: Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book Club Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Independent comprehension Friday: Review and vocabulary focus Focus vocabulary this week: |
SPAG |
Spelling The children will be completing a diagnostic spelling text this week and they will be applying the Year 3 spelling rules to their writing. Grammar Adverbs of time |
Maths |
PLACE VALUE This week, we are learning about 4-digit numbers, including how to partition numbers into thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. We are also using a number line to 1000 to find and place numbers accurately, and identifying multiples of 1000. |
Science |
MOVING AND GROWING This week, we are learning about the human skeleton and identifying bones such as the skull, ribs, spine, and femur. We are exploring their names, locations, and functions. You can support your child at home by talking about the role of bones in protecting our organs and helping us move. |
DT |
FOOD TECHNOLOGY - BREAD We will be learning about how the Romans baked bread. |
Computing |
ONLINE SAFETY Thinking about our responsibilities online and ensuring we have the right balance between the online world and the real world. Your child will bring some homework linked to this for you to reflect on as a family. |
History |
ROMANS We will be learning about the Roman Empire and why it was so important to Rome. |
French |
We will rediscover what we learned about in year 3 and learn some classroom instruction. |
Music |
We will be introduced to Samba music and will use it to practice our skills in finding the pulse and recognising the first beat of the bar. |
PE |
Hockey Control the ball when receiving. Move with the ball. Begin to tackle effectively. Dodgeball Learning the rules of the game and begin to use them to play honestly and fairly. Communicate with my teammates to apply simple tactics. Throw with some accuracy at a target. Return to the ready position to defend myself. Basketball Dribble the ball accurately. Shoot from D zone. Pass to team members after creating space. |
Learning for Life |
S=P+A+C+E FOR ME We will discuss what makes a good learning partner and why it is important to work with different people. |