Tuesday 12^th November 2024

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 4 pupils,

Welcome back. We hope that you had a lovely half term week.

Our topic this term is ‘Farm to Fork’. In Geography, our learning will be focused on answering the question, ‘Where does our food come from?’ As part of this learning, we will be visiting Surrey Docks Farm in Rotherhithe. More information about this trip will follow shortly. In Science, we will be learning about the human digestive system and teeth. Our work in English will be focused around two texts, ‘Weslandia’ by Paul Fleischman and ‘How to Live Forever’ by Colin Thompson. Our main writing outcomes will be a non-chronological report and a story. Our first Whole Class Reading text will be ‘Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf’ by David Almond. In Maths our main focus will be Addition, Subtraction, Measurement and learning the times tables. Please be reminded that the goal is for the children to know all of the times tables off by heart by the end of Year 4.

P.E. Lessons

Please ensure your child wears the appropriate kit to school on PE days (white T-shirt, dark bottoms, trainers/plimsols).

PE lessons will be on the following dates:

Azure and Turquoise Classes – PE will be on Monday 11^th , 18^th & 25^th November, 2^nd , 9^th & 16^th December. 

Cobalt Class – PE will be on Wednesday 13^th & 20^th , Thursday 28^th November, Wednesday 4^th , 11^th & 18^th December. 

On the following Tuesdays (PPA days) – 12^th Nov, 26^th Nov, 10^th Dec

Home Learning

Maths

You can help your child to recap the times tables that were covered in Year 3 (x3, x4 and x8) and those learnt in KS1 (x2, x5 & x10).  Please encourage your child to count regularly at home, in different amounts, e.g. 0, 3, 6, 9 etc or 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 etc. They should also go online to use Times Tables Rock Stars (https://ttrockstars.com/) as frequently as possible. Your child has been provided with their own login details. Additionally, we will continue to set weekly maths tasks using Mathletics. If your child has lost their login details, please let their teacher know. 

Reading

Reading is essential to help your child make progress in all areas of the curriculum. We would like children to read at home each day. It is best for an adult to check how they’re getting on, either by listening to them read or by asking them questions to check their understanding. This will help your child make faster progress with their reading. Please ensure that your child brings their reading book and their reading record book to school every day.

Other information

Please ensure that your child brings a filled and labelled water bottle to school each day. They may also bring a healthy snack to eat at playtimes, e.g. a piece/small pot of fruit or some vegetable sticks.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to our Celebration of Learning session on Wednesday 6^th November. We look forward to holding more sessions like this next term.

Thank you for all your support.

Ms Whyte, Miss Drewe & Miss Saglam