Year 4 | Knowl Hill CE Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!

Miss Yapp - class teacher

Mrs Tull - teaching assistant

This term we have lots to look forward to! Our Topic this term is Africa which links nicely to our school play The Lion King. English and Topic will be closely linked this term to get the best writing from the children.

Summer term - Africa.

Christian Values

The value for this term is Friendship

Please can children have a full PE kit in school everyday. (t shirt, joggers/shorts, trainers) thank you.

Please encourage your children to hand in their Partnership Books.

Please can children remember to have water bottles in school!

What Year 4 will be covering this week: 1st July 2019.

Maths:

This week we will be completing some maths challenges.

English:

This week children will be allowed to write their own text.

SPAG:

This week we will be doing some SPaG games.

Guided Reading:

We will be reading Journey to the River Sea this term. Children will be asked a variety of questions whilst we are reading. We will also use this book to add to our vocabulary wall to extend children's vocabulary knowledge.

Homework and Key Dates:

week com 24th June - Testing week

Thursday 11th July 6pm - School Play

Friday 12th July - reports home and prize giving

week com 15th July - transition week

Wednesday 17th July - sports day pm

Maths homework will be handed out on a Monday and is due back the following Monday (Booklet).

Spellings will be handed out on a Monday (in partnership books and on the website) and children will be tested on the Friday.

We encourage you to still use DoodleMaths and Spelling Frame.

www.spellingframe.co.uk

www.topmarks.co.uk - times table practice.

Reading for Pleasure:

Reading is an important skill and can bring us lots of enjoyment. At Knowl Hill CE Academy we promote reading and want to develop a love of reading for all of our pupils. To encourage this, we award a termly reading certificate to those children who read at least 4 x a week over a 10 week period. Please record any reading in the Partnership book. Any children that have been listened to during this period will be asked for their Parent Partnership book - pleasure ensure these are in school daily.

Here are some websites linked to poetry. Discuss what they feel the poem means, what they think the author's intended impact on the reader is, how it differs from another poem and whether or not they like the poem.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/children

https://interestingliterature.com/2017/02/03/10-classic-childrens-poems-everyone-should-read/

http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poetry-for-children/

https://www.childrenspoetryarchive.org/