Welcome to Year 4

In Year 4, you will find Mr McLeod, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Aleksic and Mrs Clarke.

We have an exciting year planned which starts with our weekly swimming sessions. These are on Thursday afternoons; don't forget your kit (including your swimming costume, towel and swimming hat) as well as your £1 donation towards the coach.

Mr McLeod’s class has outdoor PE on Wednesdays and indoor PE on Tuesdays.

Mrs Palmer's class has swimming on a Thursday afternoon and outdoor PE on a Friday.

For cold weather please ensure your child has appropriate PE clothing, such as tracksuit bottoms and a suitable jumper.

Literacy and Maths homework will be given to the children on Mondays and it is expected to be handed on Fridays. Spelling and times tables tests will take place on a Friday. There may also be creative homework tasks set throughout the year which we hope the whole family will get involved in.

Children are expected to read at least five times each week, with an adult commenting once a week, and hand in their Reading Challenge books every day.

Below is what we will be learning each term:

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Literacy	Myths and Legends Discussion	Story (What if…?) Persuasion	Discussion Poetry	Stories from other Cultures Explanation	Suspense Non-Chronological Report	Myths and Legends Recount
Maths	Number and Place Value Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Measurement	Fractions Statistics Geometry (Position and Shape)	Number and Place Value Addition and Subtraction Geometry (Symmetry)	Multiplication and Division Fractions	Multiplication and Division Measurement Geometry (Position and Shape)	Statistics Geometry (Position) Addition and Subtraction Fractions Measurement
Science	Scientists and Inventors	Electricity	Living things and their Habitat	States of Matter	Animals including Humans	Sound
Computing	We are Software Developers E-safety – gooseberry planet	Create a Weather Report/Travel Commercial E-safety – gooseberry planet	We are Musicians E-safety – gooseberry planet	Produce a Wiki E-safety – gooseberry planet	We are Toy Designers E-safety – gooseberry planet	We are HTML Editors E-safety – gooseberry planet
Art	Mosaics	Painting	Collages	Painting	Digital Media	3D
DT		Alarms		Fajitas / chocolate	Food Tech	Structures
Geography		Local Study/Comparison	Rainforest		Hill End
History	The Romans and the impact on Britain			Non-European Society (Mayans/Aztecs)	Ancient Greece (Influence on the Western World)	Ancient Greece (Influence on the Western World)
Music	Exploring Rhythmic Patterns	Exploring Signals	Exploring Melody/Scales	Digital Music	Exploring Descriptive Sound	Painting with Sound.
PE	Swimming Football	Swimming Hockey	Swimming Netball	Swimming Tennis	Swimming Rounders	Swimming Athletics
PSHE	New Beginnings

If you would like any further information regarding you child's learning, please speak to your child's class teacher.