Y4 Curriculum Information: November 2024

Welcome back to the second half of Autumn term. We have lots of fun learning planned. The termly forecast below gives you more detail about the learning which will take place within our topic which this term is based around Volcanoes, although this does also include lots of additional learning on the Romans. 

 Autumn Termly Forecast 2

A few practical matters for you to be aware of.

PE is on a Wednesday – Children can come into school in their PE kits. Appropriate school PE kit must be worn and labelled. As winter draws near, the weather will begin to turn cold and wet, so please ensure your child has jogging bottoms, jumpers, gloves and light waterproof jackets, as learning will take place outside as much as possible.

Homework

Multiplication Facts

Year 4 children will sit a compulsory multiplication test in the summer term, and so there is a big emphasis on learning both multiplication and division facts. We will be sending home a times table worksheet each Monday and expect all children to bring these in on the Friday where we will mark them as a class. The children also have ‘Times Table Rockstar’ logins in their home books. This website is a great way to practise and embed their table facts, so please set aside a few minutes each day to practise. If a screen is not your ideal way, please use cards, worksheets, booklets or games to support them. These key facts will help your child become more efficient and fluent within the lessons and as they progress through key stage 2.

Here are some other websites to support embedding these facts: 

https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Reading

The children are constantly reading throughout our curriculum and in our daily whole class reading sessions. However, to really help them progress and to support their enjoyment of reading, they should be reading at home most nights.  The children have chosen a book from our school library although please feel free to choose books from home or the local library.  We ask that you try and read with your child as much as possible. We know it is hard to fit everything in, but reading offers valuable models for sentence structure, fuels their imagination, improves their knowledge of the world and also offers them some much needed calm time. We recommended that, despite their fluency, children should read with an adult regularly to check their understanding of the text. Please make a small note or initial in the child's home book, once you have read with your child. 

Spellings

Spellings will be stuck in their home books each week from Monday 23rd September once we have finished our assessments. We will be learning these in class, including using them to support our handwriting practise. There will be no formal test, but it is vital that your child takes times to look at and learn these, so they become embedded into their work. Be creative with learning – writing out in chalk, repeating in the car, using pens in the baths – any way to engage them. Always check your child understands the meaning of their spellings as this will help to broaden their vocabulary.

So far, we have had a super start to the year and we are excited for the learning planned. We want all the children to be happy in school, so if you have any worries or concerns, please contact us on dojo.

Many thanks,

Mrs Ward & Mrs Barber

Current class reading book:

     

Home learning

These are optional worksheets if your child would like any extra learning to consolidate their classwork. 

SPAG 

SPAG 1

SPAG 2

SPAG 3

SPAG 4

SPAG 5

MATHS

Maths 1

Maths 2

Maths 3

Maths 4

Maths 5

Long term plan Y4 

Spelling:

Year 4 Spelling Scheme

National Curriculum Word List Years 1 and 2

National Curriculum Word List Years 3 and 4

National Curriculum Word List Years 5 and 6

Extra Information:

Year 4 English Guide

Year 4 Maths Guide

Reading at home questions booklet

Learning about fractions guide

Useful Links:

Times Table Rockstars

BBC Bitesize
Lots of interesting video clips and learning tools for a range of subjects

Classroom Secrets
Fun, interactive and practical home learning resources that are designed to be used by children. These include interactive games, video tutorials and downloadable home learning packs

Maths Chase
A fun website for learning times tables

NRICH
Great maths investigations

Oxford Owl
Entirely free website with lots of fun games and activities for you and your child - there is also a useful 'At School' section explaining the techniques used to teach reading within school