Year 4
Welcome to our Year 4 page
Our classes are Badgers and Hedgehogs
Year 4 staff:
Teachers
Badgers: Mrs Hughes / Mr Sweeny
Hedgehogs: Miss Whitehead
ETAs
Badgers: Mrs King
Hedgehogs: Miss Holt
Teaching and Learning in Year 4
Take a look at our long term plan, to see what we will be learning throughout the course of year, in year 4.
Medium Term Plans
You can view our Topics in more detail, by looking at our Medium Term plans
Knowledge Organisers
We use our Knowledge Organisers throughout our topic to introduce new vocabulary and 'sticky knowledge' children will learn during Topic lessons.
Ancient Egypt Knowledge Organiser
Year 4 timetables check - government introduction
The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will help schools to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided.
This year, the children in Year 4 will be doing their timetable's check in June.
We recommend that the children practise at home with songs, chants, online games including TT Rockstars and Hit the Button.
The checks are nothing to worry about but if you do have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact your child's class teacher.
Class Countries
Every year group in our school learns about a different country. By the end of Year 6, the children have compiled a Passport to the World containing the learning they have done about each country. In Year 4, our class country is Egypt.
PSHE - Important
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economics education)
PSHE education in school is promoted through our wide and varied curriculum which is carefully planned to enhance the children’s personal, social, emotional and economic development.
At Golcar J, I & N School, we use the PSHE Association’s three core themes: Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World. These three themes form part of a developmental, spiral curriculum. This means that the same key principles are revisited each year but are taken a step further to build upon the children’s knowledge and understanding. They permeate school life and are discussed regularly in assemblies and lessons, forming part of our day to day vocabulary.
This half term's PSHE learning:
In PSHE (personal, social, health and economics), we will be studying the unit ‘Health and Wellbeing’. We will be focusing on positive ways we can keep our mind and body healthy. Towards the end of this half term, we will be learning about growing and changing which will involve the physical and emotional changes in puberty and will include identifying and naming the main parts of the body including external genitalia (e.g. vulva, vagina, penis, testicles). These lessons are in line with the new statutory framework, Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)and are an important aspect in helping to keep our children safe. The lesson objectives which we will be covering can be seen below, which we advise you to look at due to the topic of part of our PSHE lessons. If you would like to discuss the lesson content further, please contact your child’s class teacher.
Newsletters 2021 - 22
Year group newsletters are written each half term and contain information about current learning, reminders, how to support your child's learning at home and key dates. The newsletters are sent out via email, are uploaded to our Class Dojo class stories and can be viewed by clicking the links below.
Year 4 Newsletter Autumn 1 2021
Year 4 Newsletter Autumn 2 2021
Year 4 Newsletter Spring 1 2022
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PE days
Hedgehogs – Tuesdays and Wednesday
Badgers - Monday and Thursday
We hope to teach many of our PE lessons outside so an outdoor kit including a pair of trainers and a tracksuit top and bottoms is useful. Please make sure all kit is clearly labelled with your child's name. For safety reasons, if your child has pierced ears, please try and remove earrings on their PE days or ensure small studs are worn which can be taped over.
Useful Websites
Reading Plus
Times tables Rock Stars- https://play.ttrockstars.com/
White Rose Maths- https://whiterosemaths.com/for-parents/
Reading Plus- https://login.readingplus.com/
Super Movers- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4
BBC Bitesize-https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
Oak Academy- https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2