Rabbit Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Hello and a huge welcome back to Summer1 in Year4!

I hope you all enjoyed the Easter break and are ready to start the summer term with us. As we enter into the final term, there are still so many exciting topics to learn , as shown in our curriculum newsletter, and I hope you’re all looking forward to discovering the next chapter in your Year 4 journey as much as I am.

Best wishes,

Mrs Hayes

** Please note, our PE days for the following term will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Roman coil pots We used traditional methods to make these!

Curriculum news

At a glance – The following link will show you information regarding what we are learning about in all subjects during Summer 1 in Year 4.

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Home Learning 

All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class Geography and/or Science learning. The projects are designed to run alongside the learning for a half-term and we hope to invite parents into school at the end of the term to share the children’s projects if there are enough to show off! There have been some amazing projects brought in so far, it has been a pleasure to see the time and effort taken on these.

Ideas for projects are on the Year 4 Curriculum Newsletter but you these are just a few options, let your child’s imagination run wild!

Spelling

At All Saints’ Primary School, we follow the Read, Write Inc. spelling scheme in Key Stage 2. This Spring term, we will continue to learn the Year 4 spelling rules, as well as revisiting previous spelling patterns in order to fully imbed the children’s understanding of each spelling rule.

Spelling patterns will be taught over a two weekly basis for the most part, with consolidation added. The following are spellings for Summer 1.

Week	Focus	Example Words
13th and 20th April	Adding the suffix -ion	discussion, admission, impression
27th April	Adding the suffix -ous	dangerous, fabulous, generous, jealous
4th May	Adding the suffix -ure	fixture, adventure, creature, capture
11th May	Words with the ‘sh’ spelt ‘ch’	brochure, chef, chute, chandelier
18th May	Adding the suffix -ian	electrician, magician, musician, politician
Half term

Dates for the diary

PE days: Tuesdays pm (Mrs Siddons), Thursdays am (Mrs Hayes)

Parent Consultations: Tuesday 24th February and Thursday 26th February

Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts ‘Singing Together’ event – 11th March at The Kings Hall

Links to support learning

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 10 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.

Read more about English in Y4 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Maths

Your child in Year 4 will be taking the statutory multiplication tables check (MTC), in June this year. It is an online test, completed in school, for all pupils in Year 4. Pupils are asked to answer 25 questions on times tables from two to 12. They are given six seconds per question, with three seconds rest between each question. To help prepare your child for this check, we recommend using Times Table Rock Stars (login on inside front cover of Reading Record) – Y4 introduces 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12, as well as building on 2, 3, 4 5, 8and 10 multiplication tables (from Y3 & Y2).

Moreover, written methods for addition, subtraction and multiplication are taught as in the pictures below.