Welcome to Class 4
Class 4 is made up of 30 fantastic children who love to learn!
Mrs De Becker is our class teacher and we are lucky enough to have Mrs O'Neill and Mrs Mills teach us on a Thursday afternoon and to have Mr Handford lead our PE lessons on Tuesday afternoons, we also have PE on a Monday morning. We even get some extra support from the wonderful Mrs Cripps, Mrs Stenhouse and Mrs Kalawsky.
Mrs De Becker is our class teacher and we are lucky enough to have Mrs O'Neill and Mrs Mills teach us on a Thursday afternoon and to have Mr Handford lead our PE lessons on Tuesday afternoons, we also have PE on a Monday morning. We even get some extra support from the wonderful Mrs Cripps, Mrs Stenhouse and Mrs Kalawsky.
Things to remember
Homework- Homework is handed out at the beginning of each half term. The children will have the half term to complete 3 pieces of homework which they can choose from 9 different options. This will create a '3 in a row' effect on their homework grids. Spellings and a multiplication challenge will go out weekly and will need to be completed by the following week. These need to be practiced at home throughout the week.
Don't forget that each child has an individual log in to Spelling Shed which is full of loads of fun ways to practice the spellings we are focusing on this year. They can also scan their personal QR code to login easily. Here is the link to the website:
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/index.html
Times tables - By the end of Year 4, all children are expected to know their times tables up to 12x12. Learning times tables is therefore a really important part of the children's weekly homework. We will provide lots of opportunities for the children to practice their times tables at school but it is really beneficial for them to also practice them regularly at home. Here are a few great games that the children can play online to help with this, all children have their own login to times tables rockstars and is a great way to practice, there is also an app available to download:
https://ttrockstars.com/
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Reading books- Children are asked to try and read a short amount every day with somebody at home. If the children read at least three times per week to an adult, they will get a sticker, after 7 stickers they get a prize! There are opportunities for children to read in school with an adult throughout the week so please can children have their reading records with them at all times.
PE- PE takes place on Mondays and Tuesdays so they will need their PE kits in school on these days. Please make sure the children have kit for both indoor and outdoor PE.
Homework- Homework is handed out at the beginning of each half term. The children will have the half term to complete 3 pieces of homework which they can choose from 9 different options. This will create a '3 in a row' effect on their homework grids. Spellings and a multiplication challenge will go out weekly and will need to be completed by the following week. These need to be practiced at home throughout the week.
Don't forget that each child has an individual log in to Spelling Shed which is full of loads of fun ways to practice the spellings we are focusing on this year. They can also scan their personal QR code to login easily. Here is the link to the website:
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/index.html
Times tables - By the end of Year 4, all children are expected to know their times tables up to 12x12. Learning times tables is therefore a really important part of the children's weekly homework. We will provide lots of opportunities for the children to practice their times tables at school but it is really beneficial for them to also practice them regularly at home. Here are a few great games that the children can play online to help with this, all children have their own login to times tables rockstars and is a great way to practice, there is also an app available to download:
https://ttrockstars.com/
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Reading books- Children are asked to try and read a short amount every day with somebody at home. If the children read at least three times per week to an adult, they will get a sticker, after 7 stickers they get a prize! There are opportunities for children to read in school with an adult throughout the week so please can children have their reading records with them at all times.
PE- PE takes place on Mondays and Tuesdays so they will need their PE kits in school on these days. Please make sure the children have kit for both indoor and outdoor PE.
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Ancient Egyptians |
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This half term we will be learning all about the Ancient Egyptians. We have done a little bit of investigation into our topic already and we are all really excited to find out more!
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Here is our knowledge organiser that shows what we will be learning about throughout this term. Below are some useful websites to find out more about the Ancient Egyptians!
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/egypt/ten-facts-about-ancient-egypt/ https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-egypt.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb |
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Science
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States of Matter |
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In Science, we will be investigating and learning about states of matter. We will learn about solids, liquids and gasses and take part in investigations to understand how, and the temperature at which things change state.
English
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In English, we will be looking at The Egyptian Cinderella. This is an alternative, Egyptian, version of the traditional tale. There are lots of opportunities to make inferences and predictions about the story, and make comparisons between the Cinderella story we know, and this one.
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