Welcome to Year 4
Our three classes are known as Eagles, Owls and Hawks, all based around a ‘Birds of Prey’ theme. We hope to inspire and engage our pupils during the year, teach them good study habits and foster a kind approach to those around them.
Homework Guidance
This year we are starting to set all our homework tasks on Google Classroom.
This will be set on Friday and should be handed in online on the following Wednesday. Some homework will be discrete activities and some will be ongoing practice of basic skills like spellings and times tables.
Fab 4
The children are encouraged to read for a short time 4 times a week. We ask parents or carers to sign the reading record book to say that this has been achieved. Children then hand in their reading record on Friday morning to earn their ‘Fab 4’ (see reading record book for details).
Bug Club
The children have login details so that they can access a wide variety of books on this online resource. They can read these books as part of their Fab 4 reading achievements. The questions that are asked about the texts provide very useful comprehension practice.
Times Tables
Children need to build in weekly rehearsal of tables up to 12 x 12. The aim is that all children will know multiplication and division facts for all tables up to 12 x 12 by the end of the year; this is of particular importance this year as 2021 will be the first year that all Year 4s will take part in the National Times Tables Test (or MTC – Multiplication Tables Check). A wide range of tables games and activities take place regularly in lessons. We would welcome any help you can give your child with this learning – short, sharp bursts of practice are often the most effective.
Spellings
Spelling activities involve the learning of words a) belonging to the high frequency list, b) on the Y3/4 word list from the Primary Curriculum and c) with particular patterns.
The initial spelling work will focus around recapping on high frequency words, after which we will move on to using zappers to either rehearse HF words not already learnt or learning Y3/4 words.
As term continues, children will be given sets of words with specific patterns to learn for tests every 2 weeks on a Friday. The children will be given time at school to practise and should reinforce their learning at home.
MyMaths
The children will be able to access this online homework site for maths. It is self-marked for immediate feedback and teachers can see that the work set has been completed. MyMaths is not set every week but is often set to reinforce the current maths lessons. Separate information will be provided. Their password from Y3 will continue to be used in Y4.
P.E
Indoor P.E is on a Friday and outdoor P.E. is on a Monday afternoon. We would like all children to come dressed in their PE kit on those days. This obviously needs to include leggings / jogging bottoms and jumpers so children are warm enough for outdoor break and lunchtime. If for any reason your child needs to be excused from the session, we just ask that you write a note to hand in on the day. We try to do outdoor P.E. in most weathers so please ensure that your child has extra layers, hats and gloves for colder days!
Kind regards,
The Y4 team
2020-21
- Y4 – Spring 2 – 2021 – Curriculum Jigsaw
- Y4 – Spring 2 – Sorcerer’s Apprentice (states of matter).
- Y4 – Spring 1 – 2021 – Curriculum Jigsaw
- Y4 – Spring 1 – 2021 – Key Vocabulary – Lorax
- Y4 – Spring 1 – 2021 – Digestion
- Y4 – Spring 1 – 2021 – Sorcerer’s Apprentice (states of matter)
- Y4 – Autumn 2 – 2020 – Curriculum Jigsaw
- Y4 – Autumn 2 – 2020 – Let it Glow
- Y4 – Autumn 2 – 2020 – Good Vibrations
- Y4 – Autumn 1 – 2020 – Curriculum Jigsaw
- Y4 – Autumn 1 – 20202 – Key Vocabulary – Science
- Y4 – Autumn 1 – 20202 – Key Vocabulary – Romans
March – August 2020 Home Distance Learning
Summer Term 2
- Week 6 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 6 2) Countdown Viking maths challenges
- Week 6 3) Maths lesson 1
- Week 6 4) Maths lesson 2
- Week 6 5a) SPAG assessment part 2
- Week 6 5b) SPAG assessment part 2 answers
- Week 6 6) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 6 7) Spelling lists (Summer 2 overview)
- Week 6 8) Spelling activities
- Week 6 9) wordsearch adverbs of frequency and manner
- Week 6 10) wordsearch homophones and near homophones
- Week 6 11) The saga of Leif Erikson outlaw’s son
- Week 6 12) Topic Viking longhouses
- Week 6 13) Topic Viking longhouses links
- Week 6 14a) Topic longhouse game instructions
- Week 6 14b) Topic longhouse game pieces
- Week 6 14c) Topic longhouse game questions and answers
- Week 5 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 5 2) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 5 3) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 5 4) Maths lesson 1
- Week 5 5) Maths lesson 2
- Week 5 6a) SPAG assessment part 1
- Week 5 6b) SPAG assessment part 1 answers
- Week 5 7) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 5 8) Spelling lists (Summer 2 overview)
- Week 5 9) Spelling activities
- Week 5 10) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 5 11) The saga of Leif Erikson outlaw’s son
- Week 5 12a) Thor and the Magic Hammer part 1
- Week 5 12b) Thor and the Magic Hammer part 2
- Week 5 12c) Thor and the Magic Hammer part 3
- Week 5 13) Topic Viking gods and goddesses part 1
- Week 5 14) Topic Viking gods and goddesses part 2
- Week 5 15) Topic Viking gods and godesses task 1
- Week 5 16) Topic Top trump card template
- Week 5 17) Topic Viking gods research
- Week 5 18) Topic Vikings topic links
- Week 4 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 4 2) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 4 3) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 4 4) Maths lesson 1
- Week 4 5) Maths lesson 2
- Week 4 6a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 4 6b) SPAG bootcamp answers
- Week 4 7) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 4 8) Spelling lists (Summer 2 overview)
- Week 4 9) Spelling activities
- Week 4 10) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 4 11) wordsearch ous suffix (part 2)
- Week 4 12) wordsearch tion suffix
- Week 4 13) Reading Leif Erikson booklet
- Week 4 14)The saga of Leif Erikson outlaw’s son (full story)
- Week 4 15) Writing task Comic strip Beowulf (cont. from week 3)
- Week 4 16b) Links for week 4 Vikings topic 1
- Week 3 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 3 2) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 3 3) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 3 4) Maths lesson 1
- Week 3 5) Maths lesson 2
- Week 3 6a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 3 6b) SPAG bootcamp answers
- Week 3 7) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 3 8) Spelling lists (Summer 2 overview)
- Week 3 9) Spelling activities
- Week 3 10) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 3-4 11) Writing Story of Beowulf- detailed version
- Week 3-4 11 a) Writing Beowulf part 1
- Week 3-4 11 b) Writing Beowulf part 2
- Week 3-4 13) Topic Vikings – runes & longboats
- Week 3-4 14) Topic Make a Viking longship
- Week 3-4 15) Topic video links
- Week 3-4 16) Topic Viking runes
- Week 3-6 17) Reading Leif Erikson booklet
- Week 3-6 18) Reading text part 1 The saga of Leif Erikson outlaw’s son
- Week 2 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 2 2) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 2 3) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 2 4) Maths lesson 1
- Week 2 5) Maths lesson 2
- Week 2 6) Maths lesson 2 Properties of quadrilaterals database
- Week 2 7a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 2 7b) SPAG bootcamp answers
- Week 2 8) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 2 9) Spelling lists (Summer 2 overview)
- Week 2 10) Spelling activities
- Week 2 11) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 2 12) wordsearch ous suffix (part 1)
- Week 2 13) wordsearch ness-ful-ly suffixes
- Week 2 14a) Viking longships reading comprehension (1 star)
- Week 2 14b) Viking longships reading comprehension (2 stars)
- Week 2 14c) Viking longships reading comprehension (3 stars)
- Week 2 14d) Viking longships reading information page
- Week 1 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 1 2) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 1 3) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 1 4) Maths lesson 1
- Week 1 5) Maths lesson 2
- Week 1 6) Maths lesson 2 amber activity ordering angles
- Week 1 7a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 1 7b) SPAG bootcamp answers
- Week 1 8) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 1 9) Spelling lists (Summer 2 overview)
- Week 1 10) Spelling activities
- Week 1 11) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 1 12) Viking reading comprehension
- Weeks 1-2 13a) Writing task – a monk’s diary
- Weeks 1-2 13b) Writing task word mat
- Weeks 1-2 14) Topic – The Vikings
- Weeks 1-2 15) Topic video links
- Weeks 1-2 16) Topic storyboard pictures
Summer Term 1
- Week 6 – 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 6 – 2a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 6 – 2b) SPAG answers
- Week 6 – 3) Spelling lists (Summer 1 overview)
- Week 6 – 4) Spelling activities
- Week 6 – 5) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 6 – 6) Spelling wordsearch auto & ex suffixes
- Week 6 – 7) Spelling wordsearch zh sound spelt with s
- Week 6 – 8a) 60-Second Reads Guidance
- Week 6 – 8b) Reading text 1 – Layers of the Rainforest
- Week 6 – 8c) Reading text 2 – People of the Rainforest
- Week 6 – 8d) Reading text 3 – Gary’s Big Adventure
- Week 6 – 8e) Reading text 4 – The Ultimate Jungle Survival Guide
- Week 6 – 9) Topic what’s happening rainforest
- Week 6 – 10) Topic rainforests links
- Week 6 – 11) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 6 – 12) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 6 – 13) Maths lesson 1 – digital time
- Week 6 – 14a) Maths lesson 2 – 24hr clock
- Week 6 – 14b) Maths lesson 2 – 24hr clock powerpoint
- Week 6 – 14c) Maths lesson 2 amber activity – time conversions
- Week 5 – 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 5 – 2a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 5 – 2b) SPAG answers
- Week 5 – 3) Spelling lists (Summer 1 overview)
- Week 5 – 4) Spelling activities
- Week 5 – 5) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 5 – 6) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 5 – 7) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 5 – 8) Maths lesson 1 – time conversion (hours, mins, secs)
- Week 5 – 9a) Maths lesson 2 – time conversion (days, weeks, months)
- Week 5 – 9b) Maths lesson 2 amber activity – Mr. Smith’s allotment
- Week 5 – 10) Links to teacher videos weeks 1-5
- Week 5 – 11a) Rainforest – topic focus
- Week 5 – 11b) Rainforest – topic links
- Week 5 – 11c) Rainforest animals
- Week 5 – 12) There’s a Rang-tan in my Bedroom (video story)
- Week 5 – 13) Palm Oil reading comprehension
- Week 5-6 – 14a) Orangutans writing activity part 1
- Week 5-6 – 14a) Orangutans writing activity part 2
- Week 5-6 – 14b) Orangutans fact sheet
- Week 5-6 – 14c) Orangutans video link
- Week 5-6 – 14d) Orangutans planning sheet
- Week 5-6 – 14e) Orangutans vocabulary mat
- Week 5-6 – 14f) Orangupoints score card
- Week 5-6 – 14g) Caption competition for parents
- Week 4 – 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 4 – 2a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 4 – 2b) SPAG answers
- Week 4 – 3) Spelling lists (Summer 1 overview)
- Week 4 – 4) Spelling activities
- Week 4 – 5) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 4 – 6) Spelling wordsearch anti & inter suffixes
- Week 4 – 7) Spelling wordsearch er spelt with or & or spelt with ar
- Week 4 – 8) Roald Dahl reading comprehension
- Week 4 – 9) Countdown week 4 (calculations recap)
- Week 4 – 10) Countdown week 4 (concepts recap)
- Week 4 – 11) Maths links to White Rose and NRich websites’ home learning activities
- Week 4 – 12) Links to teacher videos weeks 1-3
- Week 3 – 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4
- Week 3 – 2a) SPAG bootcamp
- Week 3 – 2b) SPAG bootcamp answers
- Week 3 – 3) Spelling lists (Summer 1 overview)
- Week 3 – 4) Spelling activities
- Week 3 – 5) Spelling look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 3 – 6) Garden birds comprehension
- Week 3 – 7a) English reptile report week 3
- Week 3 – 7b) English reptile report week 4
- Week 3 – 8a) English report plan for reptiles
- Week 3 – 8b) English reptiles word mat
- Week 3 – 9) English links for weeks 3 and 4
- Week 3 – 10) Topic Kahoot quiz link
- Week 3 – 11) Topic video links
- Week 3 – 12) Topic Lets go Wild (2 week block)
- Week 3 – 13) Countdown (calculations practice)
- Week 3 – 14) Countdown (concepts recap)
- Week 3 – 15) Maths links to White Rose and NRich websites’ home learning activities
- Week 2 – 1) Weekly distance learning plan Y4 week 2
- Week 2 – 2)Home support sheet for Y4 English
- Week 2 – 3) Comprehension Alan Turing
- Week 2 – 4) Home support sheet for Y4 spelling activities
- Week 2 – 5) Spelling lists (Summer 1 overview)
- Week 2 – 6) Spelling week 2 activities
- Week 2 – 7) Spelling week 2 look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 2 – 8) Spelling wordsearch week 2 o sound spelt with a
- Week 2 – 9) Spelling wordsearch week 2 word families
- Week 2 – 10) SPAG bootcamp week 2
- Week 2 – 11) Home support sheet for Y4 maths
- Week 2 – 12) Maths links to White Rose and NRich websites’ home learning activities
- Week 2 – 13) Countdown week 2 (calculations practice)
- Week 2 – 14) Countdown week 2 (concepts recap)
- Week 1 – Y4 – Weekly distance learning plan- week 1
- Week 1 – Topic week 1 Water cycle collage
- Week 1 – Topic week 1 Water cycle links for home learning
- Week 1 – Comprehension week 1 Marie Curie
- Week 1 – Countdown week 1 (calculations practice)
- Week 1 – Countdown week 1 (concepts recap)
- Week 1 – Maths week 1 links to White Rose and NRich websites’ home learning activities
- Week 1 – SPAG bootcamp week 1
- Week 1 – Spelling lists (Summer 1 overview)
- Week 1 – Spelling week 1 activities
- Week 1 – Spelling week 1 look, cover, write, check sheets
- Week 1 – Writing week 1-2 Journey of a water droplet activity
- Week 1 – Writing week 1-2 Journey of a water droplet writing examples week 1
MARCH 2020
Home Learning
Fitness
Letters and Other Information
- Y4 – Curriculum Jigsaw – Summer 2 – 2020
- Y4 – Key Vocabulary – Here Come the Vikings – Summer 2 – 2020
- Y4 – Curriculum Jigsaw – Spring 2 – 2020
- Y 4 – Key Vocabulary – Spring Term 2 – Sorcerer’s Apprentice (States of Matter)
- Y4 – Curriculum Jigsaw – Spring Term 1 – 2020
- Y4 – Key Vocabulary – Digestion – Spring 1 – 2020
- Y4 – Key Vocabulary – Lorax- Spring 1 – 2020
- Y4 – Key Vocabulary – Let it glow
- Y4 – Curriculum Jigsaw – Autumn 2 – 2019
- Y4 – Key Vocabulary – Good Vibrations Autumn 2 – 2019
- Y4 – Curriculum Jigsaw – Autumn 1 – 2019
- Y4 – Key Vocabulary – Romans Autumn 1 – 2019