Welcome to the Year 4 Curriculum event.

Mrs Healey (4H) – HedgehogsMiss Bache (4B) – Bears

Mrs Brown – Year 4 TA/works with groups/covers 4H PPAMrs Broadhurst – TA/teaches 4B every Wednesday

We are here to help you understand a little bit more what your children will be learning about this year

ReadingPlease try to hear your child read as

often as you canThe children can change their book

any day as long as their diary has been signed by an adult

In KS2 the focus is on reading comprehension - which children can find tricky. We use prompt cards/questions to help the children.

WritingIn Year 4 we do one in depth piece

of writing each week.This will take place on a Thursday

and then children will self and peer assess their work on the Friday

The new Curriculum focuses heavily on SPaG –in Year 4 we work on good sentence construction, using speech marks correctly and using paragraphs

SpellingsSpellings will be given out on a

Monday morning for the children to write down in their reading diaries. We are now marking their spellings to ensure that there are no mistakes.

The children are then tested on their spellings on the Friday morning.

MathsIn Year 4 the children are split into two

groupsWe have put together some packs to help

you to understand some of the formal methods we teach your children – it is available on the school website too.

End of year expectations for Year 4 is to know their timestables to 12x12. The children have regular input but any thing you can do to help will be beneficial.

A useful website – http://www.math-aids.com/

TopicIn Year 4 we cover some very

interesting topics which have a predominantly geography, history or science focus.

We welcome any books or resources that are based on our topics and we will share these with the class, things brought in from home add extra value to our learning.

Our current topic is Mighty Mountains

This topic is mainly geography based.

The children have been learning about how mountains are formed, some of the different types of mountains and the layers of the Earth which leads to our next topic… Violent Volcanoes.

Year 4 Topics

Violent Volcanoes/Rotten RomansFood Fabulous FoodCircuits, Conductors and

Computing (CCC)Raging RiversSound Sensations/Bugs and

Beasts

HomeworkChildren will usually get one piece of

maths homework a week. This is given out on a Friday and returned on the Monday.

New spellings on a Monday/tested Friday and we try to show children their scores on the Friday afternoon.

Each half term there is a topic based piece of homework. This is usually a free choice piece of writing.

WHITE HALL CENTRE

White Hall is in the heart of the Peak District, 3 miles north of Buxton.

When? Wednesday 23rd March 2016 for one night

Why come to White Hall?

To improve children’s teamwork skills

To help with speaking and listening skills.

To help children gain greater independence

• To help build more confidence.

When we arrive there is time to settle in with:

• An introduction to the course and staff.

• Time to settle into dorms and make beds.

Some of the activities available:

• Caving• Rock climbing

(indoors)• Canoeing• Orienteering• Wet stream

scrambling• Abseiling

Frequently asked questions.

. Are the children insured? Yes under public liability insurance. Extra insurance can be bought.. Is the centre licensed? Yes through Adventure Activity Licensing Authority.. Are staff qualified? Yes all staff hold NGB qualifications for each activity they instruct.. What if a child is really frightened? No child is forced to do anything although they are encouraged to overcome their fears.

• Will it be just our school?

No we may be sharing with another school but it will be children of the same age – maybe a chance to make new friends.

. What if the weather is bad?

If it is safe to we carry on with the programmed activities but sometimes we have to change e.g. if it snows we go poly bagging.

. Do we have the same instructor all the time.

Yes where possible.