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Year 4

Mrs Williams  - Year 4 class teacher

Mrs Milner  - Year 4 class teacher

A warm welcome back to Spring term 2024! We hope you had a fantastic break. We're excited to dive into a new term of fun and learning with the children, including our whole school trip to Chester zoo and our residential to Anglesey in February.

Please find a brief overview of this term’s activities below. 

English 

Mrs Williams will be using the book ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker, and also ‘Tilly Mint Tales’ by Berlie Doherty leading to the children writing an adventure story based on the story and vocabulary discussed throughout the learning. 

Mrs Milner will be using the book 'Leon and the Place Between'  we will use this book to write setting descriptions, how language and structure is used to affect meaning and we will write a diary entry. 

In handwriting we will continue to use the cursive style to practise the correct letter formation to ensure that children correctly join their letters when writing.

In order to support your child’s learning we ask that your child is heard to read by someone at least 3 times a week and a note made in their reading record books.  Books will be changed once your child has completed their Accelerated Reader quiz.

Maths

This term Mrs Williams will be focusing on Geometry. We will:

·        compare and classify geometric shapes

·        identify, compare and order angles

·        identify lines of symmetry in 2d shapes

·        learn about co-ordinates on a 2d grid

·        describe how shapes have been translated using co-ordinates and positional language

 

Mrs Milner will be focusing on multiplication and division 

 

  • Learning the 6,12, 9, 11 and 7 times tables
  • Multiplying and dividing by 1, 10 and 100
  • Scaling known facts
  • Doubling and having 
  • Written methods of multiplying and dividing 

 

Children need to know their times tables up to 12 x 12 by the end of year so these will be practised daily.  Please continue to practise times tables at home and to complete their homework.  This will help to prepare them for their multiplication tables check, which will be administered nationally at the end of the year.

Geography: In geography, your children will be exploring their knowledge of Nantwich, considering both human and physical features gained from previous years to develop a broader understanding of the UK. The focus will extend beyond our local area as they learn to identify Nantwich on a map and explore its location within the Northwest of England. Additionally, they will compare it to the Catalan region in Spain, and identify other countries within Europe. The exploration continues with a study of settlements, comparing the populations of cities like Barcelona and Liverpool and examining the trade between these two regions. The students will also enhance their mapping skills by labelling human and physical features on maps of Spain, understanding how maps convey different information, and using symbols and keys on topographical maps. Lastly, they will delve into the natural environment, comparing the weather, vegetation, and coastlines of Nantwich and the Catalan region to gain a comprehensive understanding of geographical features.

Science: In Science,  our focus will be Electricity.  We will learn: 

  • Identify common appliances that run on electricity
  • Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers
  • Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery
  • Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
  • Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Computing: This half term, the children will be learning to create programs by planning, modifying, and testing commands to create shapes and patterns. They will use Logo, a text-based programming language. 

P.E:  Our PE lessons will take place on a Monday and Thursday. Please ensure your child is wearing the correct school PE kit, this includes a plain or school logo blue or white t-shirt, dark blue shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a plain blue jumper or school jumper. 

Spellings: will be sent out on a Friday and tested on the following Friday. Please spend some time each week with your child learning these spellings as they are linked to the work we have been doing in school.

Homework: Please focus on daily reading, practising spellings and multiplication homework tasks.

Water bottles: Please could you ensure that your child has a named water bottle every day.

If you have any questions, please call in to speak to any member of the year 4 teaching staff or email us swilliams@millfields.cheshire.sch.uk (Monday to Wednesday)  or lmilner@millfields.cheshire.sch.uk (Wednesday to Friday) and we will do our best to help.