8th September 2017
Year 4 - Autumn Curriculum Newsletter
A warm welcome back to the Autumn Term from the Year 4 team! We hope you find this letter
informative; please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions relating to the curriculum.
Homework:
Our expectation at Mead is that every child should do the following every night:
● 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult (signed in the reading record)
● 15 minutes practising spellings
● 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)
If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Learning Challenge
for children to attempt this Autumn Term. All of the activities are based around a significant person, poem or painting relating to our topics. Children do not have to attempt every activity, but instead select the activities that they are most interested
in and compile a project that reflects the extra time and effort that they have put into their challenge. We hope that children will take their time with the challenge and be proud of the work they produce. The children should hand this into their teacher
at the end of the Half Term.
Spellings:
Spellings will be given out at the beginning of every half term, they will also be put
onto the blog weekly. The children should practice their words every evening. Spelling tests will take place on a Friday.
P.E and swimming
All classes will have PE on a Thursday. Please ensure that your child is in possession
of a full, named PE kit with plimsolls for their lessons. The children in Year 4 also attend weekly swimming lessons. Italy and Greece classes session is every Monday and Germany class will attend swimming every wednesday.
Parental help:
It is always extremely valuable to have parents who are able to volunteer time to help
hear the children read, or support them with their times tables. If you think that you are able to give a small amount of regular time to support the children then it would be warmly welcomed.
Curriculum Information
We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term.
If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please inform your child’s class teacher. We welcome any suggestions you may have.
We look forward to meeting you over the next few weeks; please do come and see us if
you have any questions at all or if you would like to offer yourself as additional support on any upcoming trips.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Spinks Miss Woodgate Miss Doherty
Italy Class Teacher Greece Class Teacher Germany Class Teacher
Year 4 Lead
Literacy and Language Lead
Autumn Term
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1st Half Term
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2nd Half Term
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Literacy
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Fiction: Dilemma Story
Non-Fiction: Information Texts
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Fiction: Poetry
Non-Fiction: Balanced Arguments
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Please fill in the reading journal after hearing your child read. For a good selection
of children’s books, visit your local library. Useful web links: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/ http://durham.schooljotter.com/coxhoe/Curriculum+Links/Literacy
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Maths
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Place Value
Addition and subtraction
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Measurements - Length and perimeter Multiplication and division
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Please practice the times tables with your child. The school is continuing to focus on
Mental maths this year and it would be of great help if your children could learn them. Useful websites:
www.mymaths.co.uk (login to follow)
www.mathszone.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
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ICT
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Coding
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Science
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Environment, Ecology and Evolution
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History/Geography
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What was life like in the Roman, Greek and Anglo Saxon Army?
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RE/PHSE
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Hinduism
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Being valued
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PE
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Tag rugby and gymnastics
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Music
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Music around the world
Rhythm and Pitch
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Christmas production
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Art/Design and Technology
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Collage and 3D
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French
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Greeting someone
Numbers
Days of the week
Colours
Equipment
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Trip
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Roman army inspiration day (date to be confirmed)
Moana Cinema trip - 9th November
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