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Year 4 Newsletter (April 24)

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Year 4 Newsletter  

Summer 2023


Welcome Back to Summer Term! |

Welcome back!

We hope everyone had a lovely Easter break and enjoyed lots of chocolate! We would like to say again a huge well done to all the children for all their hard work and effort last term, they were all superstars!  We’re sure their hard work and fantastic attitudes will continue throughout the Summer term. 


Curriculum Overview

Summer

Last term in literacy, we enjoyed reading ‘Gobbolino’ and completing lots of activities linked to this text. This term we are starting off with the non-fiction text ‘Our Planet’ which is part of the David Attenborough series.

Our Planet - Wikipedia

 

In maths, we will continue with our curriculum, this includes new topics not yet covered but also revisiting and revising topics we have already covered. Also, as I am sure you are all aware of, the children have their times table check in June, so any extra practise will benefit the children greatly!

National Curriculum Times Tables: Test Yourself - Scholastic UK -  Children''s Books, Book Clubs, Book Fairs and Teacher Resources

In theme, we will continue work on The Romans (we are also looking forward to our trip to Norwich Castle linked to this topic). so far, we have been very impressed by the enthusiasm and knowledge shown by the year group!

The Roman army - BBC Bitesize

 

In science, we will be moving onto habitats, looking and exploring around our wonderful school and the local area In PE will be starting off with some athletics!

Kids Running Race Vector Art, Icons, and Graphics for Free Download

Lastly, we have lots of exciting Opera workshops and lessons to look forward to this term! We finish the term with, what we’re sure will be, amazing final performances – a busy term to look forward to! 

Into Opera | Opera and Creative Education | United Kingdom

 


Homework

Homework

Some children will be pleased to hear (some perhaps not!) that homework will continue this term. Over the course of the year, most of our homework has been focused around maths, specifically using the MyMaths website.

This term we are going to switch our focus to spellings and literacy or theme-based homework and, of course, we would still like the children to continue with their times tables practise and daily reading.

We saw a real improvement in the amount of reading completed and many more children recording their reading in their journal - keep it up, Year 4!

Clubs

Finally, it’s a new term which means new clubs! There are a wide range of after-school activities to choose from, if your child hasn’t signed up yet but thinks they would like to, please speak to the office about spaces available.

 


We look forward to an enjoyable and hopefully sunny Summer term!

Mr Ingham, Mrs Pearce and the rest of the Year 4 Team.

Hello Sunshine Poster - Smiling sun - Desenio.co.uk