Year 4
Welcome to Year 4's class page! I am Miss Clive, the Year 4 Teacher and I work alongside Mrs Stanley our lovely Assistant Educator.
This page will have lots of useful information for you to refer to, including our key information and dates, as well as, regular updates of what the children are getting up to in and out of the classroom. It's going to be a year full of adventure, experiences and opportunities.
Key information:
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PE days - Wednesday and Friday
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Swimming - Group 1 this term, Group 2 next term
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Homework due in – Monday
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Homework set – Tuesday
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Spelling test - Thursday
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New spellings - Thursday (In school) / Friday (In reading log)
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Book check – Children will be allocated a day for book checks
Term 1
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be reading...
Key Dates:
02/09/24 – Staff development day 03/09/24 - Return to school 25/09/24 – Parent forum
30/09/24 – Science day/workshop
01/10/24 - FLU Immunisations 11/10/24 – Individual and sibling photos
17/10/24 – Harvest Church Service
25/10/24 – Last day of term/Year 4 class assembly/Autumn silent disco
This week the children having being learning the art of instructions. Firstly, instructing their friends in a back-to-back drawing activity, before teaching Miss Clive to make a sandwich... It was harder than it looked!
We also began the topic of Electricity in Science, where we explored various toys, deciding if they ran on electricity or not. Next, we discussed what affect electricity had on the item and whether they are powered by mains or stored energy.
Key information:
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PE days - Wednesday and Friday
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Swimming - Group 2 (Friday pm)
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Homework due in – Monday
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Homework set – Tuesday
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Spelling test - Wednesday
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New spellings - Thursday
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Book check – Children will be allocated a day for book checks
Term 2
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be reading...
Key Dates:
04/11/24 – Staff development day
05/11/24 - Return to school
08/11/24 – Group 2 return to swimming
11/11/24 – Nurture session for year 4
13/11/24 – Parents Evening
14/11/24 – Cinema Trip
15/11/24 – Children in Need
18/11/24 – Nurture session for year 4
05/12/24 - Nativity Dress Rehearsal
09/12/24 - Mrs McMullon Award
13/12/24 - Last swimming for Group 2
13/12/24 - Academy Awards
18/12/24 - Pantomime/Christmas Dinner
19/12/24 - Christmas Church Service
20/12/24 - Last day of term.
Our favourite - Football this term! Miss Clive has promised to teach us the skills we need to have the greatest control of the ball.
Continuing our topic of Electricity in Science, we explored circuits in different ways. Firstly, we took to the playground and created a human circuit to understand the concept of how electricity works, before we applied this to making our own working electrical circuits using components. We were then able to later apply this knowledge to our light-up Christmas cards in D&T, as well as, scientifically answer the question 'Are humans electrical conductors?'.
In French, we are focusing on speaking and listening this term. Today we took part in an activity where we had to engage in conversation, as well as, listen to pre-recorded clips to see if we could understand the concepts of conversations in French.
Key information:
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PE days - Tuesday and Friday
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Homework due in – Monday
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Homework set – Tuesday
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Times tables test - Friday
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Spelling test / New Spellings - Tuesday
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Book check – Children will be allocated a day for book checks
Term 3
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be reading...
Key Dates:
06/01/25 – Return for Term 3
15/01/25 – Parent Forum
23/01/25 – Young Voices
27/01/25 – Science Workshop (Change and Adapt) - RESCHEDULED
03/02/25 – Mrs McMullon Awards
13/02/25 – Drum Workshop - TBC
10/02/25 - Science Workshop (Sound)
14/02/25 – Last day of term
17/02/25 – 23/02/25 – Feb Half Term
24/02/25 – Staff Development Day
25/02/25 – Return for Term 4
This week, we started our new English topic of 'Dialogue'. Miss Clive asked us to do different activities to understand the text, one of which was to act out the scenes in the story - Some of us took this very seriously...
We had a role reversal this week! Our animation master took the reins and taught the rest of the us how to animate! We imagined how the scene would look, when Peanut Jones (from our guided reading book) reunites with her dad.
We had Dan back from 'The School of Noise' to carry out a sound workshop with us. We got to explore sound in many different ways - Who knew you could create artwork with sound!
Key information:
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School Walk/Happy Mind - Monday
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PE days - Thursday (Forest School)
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Homework due in – Monday
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Homework set – Tuesday
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Spelling test/New spellings - Thursday
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Times tables test - Tuesday
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Book check – Children will be allocated a day for book checks
Term 4
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be reading...
Key Dates:
24/02/25 – Staff Development Day
25/02/25 – First Day Back
26/02/25 – Science Workshop – Change & Adapt
05/03/25 – AR Talk (Online)
06/03/25 – World Book Day
07/03/25 – International Woman’s Day
14/03/25 – Red Nose Day
19/03/25 – Parents Evening
27/03/25 – Year 4 Stay and Play
28/03/25 – Academy Awards
02/04/25 – Easter Concert
03/04/25 – Easter Service
04/04/25 – Last Day of Term 4 / Easter Silent Disco
07/04/25 – 18/04/25 – Easter Half-Term
The first week in Forest School has been kind to us, the sun may not have been shining but the rain stayed away! We recalled the rules, we discussed risks in different scenarios and even had time to build dens with our friends.
Kindly, one of our parents came in to share his expertise inline with our Computing topic to enable us to be 'Hardware Investigators'. It allowed us to see first hand the different components which make up the parts of a computer.
We had a beautiful moment which we have to share for World book day. This week, we have participated in a number of activities, including escape rooms, working out who the masked readers are, sharing books with a mystery reader (aka a parent), etc. But the most magical moment is when we met our reading buddies in the sunshine to share our love for books!
Key information:
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PE days - Thursday (Beach School)
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Homework due in – Monday
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Homework set – Tuesday
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Spelling test/New spellings -
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Times tables test -
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Book check – Children will be allocated a day for book checks
Term 5
This term we will be learning...
This term we will be reading...
Key Dates:
21/04/25 - Bank Holiday / Art Week
22/04/25 - First Day Back
25/04/25 - Art Exhibition
28/04/25 - Mrs McMullon Award (Last terms prize)
05/05/25 - Bank Holiday
07/05/25 or 14/05/25 Cleaner Coast W/S
16/05/25 - First Aid Training
23/05/25 - Last Day of Term