Welcome to Year 4
Summer Term in Year 4
The inspirational texts on our bookshelf will inspire our learning across the curriculum.
During the Summer term in Year 4, we will read a variety of inspirational and carefully curated texts that explore the character traits of kindness, citizenship, integrity, curiosity, bravery and gratitude. We will start the term by exploring the book Tigress, a unique non-fiction and fiction hybrid which focuses on a tiger family in Asia. We will use this to highlight the plight of this endangered species as we create persuasive leaflets around deforestation and the impact of humans. This will link with our Geography learning on the impact of humans on the environment, as we discover more about the effect of humans on the Earth and answer the endpoint question: “What are the global consequences of human activity?”
We will explore poetry; looking at how some celebrated poets – such as Michael Rosen and Joseph Coelho – use metaphors, word play and similes effectively.
Pride: The story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag will inspire our writing as we become journalists to report on the historical events that shaped LBGTQ+ rights.
Our Maths learning this term will largely focus on geometry and measurement, including: money and time.
Our work in Art over the term will see us explore the media-based artwork of David Hockney and children will get the chance to design and publish some of their own artwork that has been inspired by his style of ‘joiners’.
We are also excited to be concluding the summer term with our Year 4 residential to Malham. This will tie together lots of key knowledge from the Science, Geography and History curricula as well as supplementing our work in PSHE, PE and further oracy skills the children have been working on.
Year 4 Summer Term Highlights!
We look forward to enhancing our learning with our residential visit to Malham.
Children will have the opportunity to compete in different sporting events and we look forward to more outdoor learning as the days get warmer.
Meet the Year 4 Team
Mrs Maddison – Class Teacher
Mrs Illidge – Class Teacher
Mr Talbot – Class Teacher
Mrs Stonier – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Sannwald – Learning Support Assistant
Mr Watts – Learning Support Assistant
Important Information
- Please make sure your child’s book bag or backpack containing their reading books and reading record is brought into school every day
- Please continue to sign your child’s reading record book regularly and encourage your child to read daily
- Home Learning alternates between Maths/Arithmetic and English/Reading Comprehension and should be completed in your child’s Home Learning book. These are sent home on a Friday and are to be handed in each Wednesday.
- Other online platforms are available for the children to use either as part of the weekly Home Learning or as additional resources to further embed learning from in school. In Year 4, this includes Spelling Shed and Times Tables Rockstars. Logins can be found in the front of the children’s Reading Records.
- A spelling quiz will be held every Friday
- Pupils in Year 4 wear their PE kits in place of regular school uniform on their PE day (Wednesday & Thursday)
- Year 4 will be taking part in swimming lessons during the Autumn term.
The following fruit snack choices will be allowed: a piece of fruit, raw vegetable sticks, dried fruit or a plain breaded snack. Products containing chocolate are not permitted, nor are products containing nuts. - Your Child’s class teacher will be available every day before and after school to receive messages, celebrate successes and answer any questions.
As always, there will be lots of learning and exciting activities going on in Year 4 this term!
Please speak to our admin team for access to the Year 4 Instagram feed @chps_year4