Year 4
Autumn Term
Welcome back to Sacred Heart! I hope you all had a relaxing and refreshing holiday, and you are ready for an exciting first term in Year Four. The Year Four staff and I can’t wait to see the interesting and engaging work you will produce.
Our main theme this term is Ancient Egyptians! We will be looking at the achievements of the Ancient Egyptians, from the Great Pyramids to Mummification. We will discuss the importance of Egyptian gods and pharaohs in society and how the civilization ended. In English, we will be using the knowledge from our topic lessons and the book “The Ancient Egyptian Sleepover” by Stephen Davies to create incredible pieces of writing in different genres.
In Math’s, our topics for this term we will be starting with Time and then moving to place value, before moving on to addition and subtraction and finishing off with multiplication and division.
In Science, we will be learning all about animals including humans and in RE, we start with the topic of Creation and Covenant.
Homework
The children will be given new spellings every Monday, with a spelling test on the Friday. Please make sure your child practices their spellings every day.
Children will be bringing reading books home and it is still really important that the children are reading every day. We will be logging children’s reading in school every Friday.
The times tables expectations for Year Four are that they know all the facts for rapid recall, in preparation for the Multiplication Check at the end of Year Four. This means recall of 5 seconds. Each child has a log on to TT Rockstars to practice the multiplication and division facts. Please ensure your child spends 10 minutes every school day making sure they are increasing their tables fluency.
PE
Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. On these days, we are asking the children to come into school in their full PE kit, including trainers.
Water bottles
Please can all children make sure they have a water bottle with them each day; they are welcome to fill their bottle up throughout the day at school.
The Year Four team will be working hard to ensure the children have a happy, productive and successful term.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Ward and the Year 4 team
