Year 4 2024 - 2025
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Welcome to Year 4
Contacting us
Parents can contact teachers through the blue organiser - make sure your child knows there is a message to hand in. You can also use our e-mail addresses, which will be monitored on weekdays during term time and we will endeavour to reply within 72 hours. Please may we remind you that verbal messages at collection and drop-off times are welcome if brief. If you need more time to discuss something, pop a note in the organiser to let us know you need a longer appointment or drop us an e-mail to say so and we can ensure your query gets our full attention.
Mrs Curzon (Mon-Tue) & Mrs Walsh (Wed-Fri) - 4CW.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk
Mrs Smith - 4S.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk
English
We will finish our persuasive writing unit based on the Day the Crayons Quit book. The next text we will use to inspire and support our writing is The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
Maths
Maths will continue to build on our knowledge of multiplication and division by delving deeper and applying our knowledge to solve problems and justify our answers. The children will also be doing daily practice of timetables through 99 Club and TTRockstars. The children are used to this club and most find it fun to challenge themselves to keep moving up the clubs. If your child shares any worries or concerns with you at home, please let your child's teacher know because we want learning times tables to be a positive experience and we are here to help.
By the end of Year 4, the children are expected to know all multiplication facts to 12 x12 and so this key knowledge will also have considerable emphasis throughout the whole year. Children will need to make this a priority in their homework. TT Rockstars will be set weekly and it is expected they complete the minutes. If you have trouble accessing the app or website, please let your child's teacher know.
Science
The children will continue learning about Electricity before moving onto States of Matter.
Geography
We will be learning all about volcanoes this term, including how they formed and where they are located in the world.
Art & DT
In art, we will explore artwork by Jim Dine and use it to inspire our next masterpieces. We will also continue to build and improve our sketching skills and explore different materials to work with.
P.S.H.C.E
We are learning about basic first aid skills and healthy relationships.
P.E Days
Monday & Friday
On these days only, the children should come to school in their P.E. kit. Please ensure the correct school kit is worn. Earrings removed, please.
Computing
We begin the term with coding more complex scenes on Purple Mash, building on skills and knowledge from last year. Don't forget you can log on at home and use Purple Mash!
Homework
Weekly homework is now set using the orange homework books, with the half term's activities glued in. It is given out on a Friday and should be handed in to the teacher by the following Wednesday. A copy of the homework grid is also published on teams. You can, of course, submt completed homework to us on teams or in your orange books. If you have difficulties in accessing homework this year, please let class teachers know so we can help. Homework is not set in the first week of half term. TTRS is your child's maths homework and they should aim to complete 21 minutes of Garage sessions over the week.
Reading
Please, please do continue to read to your child and to hear them read aloud. Your child has been given a day of the week on which they should bring their books for changing, which is written in their organiser. In class, there is a wide selection of books available for their reading pleasure and children also are able to borrow books of their choosing from the KS2 library to read at school. It is fantastic to hear children telling us what they read at home and even that they have been inspired by our class book choices to find the same or similar books in the library or bookshop. Please send organisers and reading books in every day.
Year 4 Statutory Times Tables Assessment
This year, all children will complete the times tables assessment. They will have the opportunity to see how the test works by first having a practice session. To prepare for this test, we will set times tables as homework all year long, whilst keeping tables a priority in class at school as part of the Maths curriculum and having some time allocated in school for using TT Rockstars or Purple Mash. The Purple Mash times tables app has the most similar format to that of the test itself and it is worth using this to practise.