Welcome to Year 4!
The Year 4 Team
Our Class Teachers:
- 4P- Mr Murray
- 4L- Miss Griffiths (Monday and Tuesday) & Mrs Reed (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
- 4T- Miss Goswami (Monday - Thursday) & Miss Griffiths (Friday)
Our team also includes:
- Mrs Hussain
- Mrs Maqsood
- Miss Plarkou
On Thursday afternoons, your child will be taught by either Señora Cameron (Spanish), Mrs Palmer (RE) or Mr Cook (DT), on a four week block rotation.
Our Parent Curriculum Video
Should you need to contact us about your child and their learning, please use the year four email address year4-teachers@heymann.notts.sch.uk. Please note that we will try to check these emails two or three times a week and respond when we are able to. If you need to contact school about a more urgent matter, please contact the office as usual.
Our Current Topics:
English- Suspense Text
Maths- Decimals
Science- Electricity
Geography- Extreme Weather
PE- Swimming (Monday) and Cricket (Tuesday)
Art- Photo Collages
Jigsaw (PSHE)- Relationships
For a look at the rest of our curriculum for the Summer Term, have a look at our Summer Overview which is uploaded at the bottom of the page.
Homework
Each week, children will be given a list of spellings to learn plus a task to complete with these words. They will also be expected to use Spelling Shed to practise these words. There will also be a weekly MyMaths task to complete online. Some weeks there will also be additional topic homework in order to enhance their learning in areas like art, history or geography.
Homework will be set every Friday and should be completed and handed in by the following Thursday.
Please support your child in completing homework and returning their homework book on time each week.
Maths:
Children have a 'MyMaths' online homework to complete. This is set every Friday and children have one week to complete. MyMaths log in letters have been stuck in homework books.
KIRF stands for Key Instant Recall Facts and the main focus of these is mental calculation. Children have an Autumn term 1 sheet in their homework books with key mental arithmetic facts that they can practice at home and refer to throughout the half term.
Spelling:
Children have been shown a range of different strategies to practice learning the days of the week, months of hate year and numbers to 100 in words. We will also be practising spellings in class. Spelling shed passwords have been given out to children.
Handwriting Practice
We will be having focused handwriting sessions in school to aid the children in their learning of this key skill. Any support you can provide at home is much appreciated.
PE
This term, PE will be on Mondays (swimming) and Tuesday (outdoor):
- On Mondays, please can children come to school in their uniform, and bring their swimming kit & bag.
- On Tuesdays, please can children come to school in PE kit, in their correct house coloured t-shirt.
Useful Websites
Maths
MyMaths- https://www.mymaths.co.uk/ As well as the tasks we are setting you, don't forget there is a whole bank of games to play to practise your maths skills. Plus, you have the option to repeat previous homework tasks in order to improve on your score.
Maths Frame- https://mathsframe.co.uk/ Interactive maths resources e.g. moveable clock, weighing scales, capacity etc. Choose your topic and then play the game to have a play with reading scales and learning maths interactively.
Times Table Rockstars- https://ttrockstars.com/
Hit The Button- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Daily 10- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
English
Spelling shed - https://www.spellingshed.com/ - Spellings will be set weekly for the children to practice. You could get the children to write their spellings in sentences to show understanding and practice spelling rules.
General/Other
BBC – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize and the normal BBC website - great for lots of things and video clips relating to the topics of the Anglo-Saxons and Ancient Egyptians.
YouTube- www.youtube.co.uk - don’t underestimate this one!
Top Marks – Interactive games (Maths & English) – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Links