Year 4
Autumn Term
Year 4 Newsletter December 2024
We have had a very busy and productive half term! We hope that you all have a very merry Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!
This Half Term
Always a very busy and exciting half term, culminating in all our Christmas events! We hope you were impressed by the children’s fabulous adventure stories and their Christmas themed board games. It has been wonderful to see their ideas take shape and we have been really impressed by some great teamwork.
In maths, we explored multiplication and division in greater depth as well as looking at area.
In our writing, the children first wrote in role as a raindrop in the Water Cycle before creating their own characters and setting for a Christmas adventure story inspired by our class reader “The Midnight Guardians”.
We will continue our focus on spelling and focus on learning the next set of Year 3 and 4 words next half term.
In science sessions, we have been exploring electricity, making different circuits and investigating how to create a switch. We have applied this knowledge in DT where we created paper circuits for our light up Christmas cards.
Through our history lessons, we have looked at the changes brought about by the discovery of bronze and iron. The children investigated theories about Stonehenge and looked at bronze and Iron Age settlements such as Skara Brae.
In PE, all the children have been working hard on their skipping skills. In April, some children will be taking part in a Skipping Festival with other local schools. More information will follow on this next term.
Next Half Term
- Our writing and whole class reading focus will be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- In maths, we will continue to look at multiplication and division, leading into work on fractions.
- Our science topic is Sound.
- In art, we will explore the work of Alexander Calder and create our own sculptures.
- In geography, we will look at Europe, contrasting countries in the north and the south.
- In computing, children will be looking at internet safety running up to Internet Safety Day on 11th
We will be continuing to work on our skipping skills and Willow will be swimming. Acacia will do PE on Tuesday and will be focusing on hockey.
Important Reminders
If you need to contact us, please use the following emails:
david.alston@stf.newlaithes.co.uk
clare.lavelle@stf.newlaithes.co.uk
- Don’t forget to check the Homework Slip each week for homework and weekly reminders.
- Please make sure that homework books are handed in by WEDNESDAY morning at the latest each week.
- PE Days will be TUESDAY and THURSDAY for both Willow (swimming) and Acacia.
- Please continue with your daily 10 minute reads at home. This really does make all the difference.
- Remember to use TTRS and the 1 minute White Rose Maths App to practise quick retrieval.
- Work on a few spellings at a time from your highlighted list (new lists will come home in Week 1)
- Children should have a named water bottle in school daily and a coat – particularly in the changeable weather we are having. Remind your children to stay off the grass and stick to paths around school to avoid muddy feet coming into school.
- Please make sure reading books and bookmarks are kept in their plastic wallets and are in school daily.
Key Dates
6 Jan School opens to pupils
9 Jan Karate for Y4 and Y6
27 Jan Open the Book assembly by Churches Together
11 Feb Safer Internet Day
14 Feb School closes for half term break
PTA non-uniform day
24 Feb School opens to pupils