Year 4 2022 - 2023

Welcome to Year 4!

Adults who work here:

Mr Mason, Mr Cole, Mrs Kinnear, Mr Rios, Mrs McGurrin, Mrs Bennett

Welcome to our year group page. Here you can find out what is happening in our classrooms each half term.

You can use the information below to discuss with your child what they are learning.

For an overview of Year 4's Curriculum click here.

This half term:

English:

Fiction - Defeating a monster tale  - Theseus and the Minotaur

Non-fiction - Non-Chronological Report

Maths:

Decimals, Measurement - Money, Measurement – Time

In Year 4, the children sit a national multiplication test in June. To support your children, they can carry out tests similair to the real test. Click here to access the tests.

History:

Ancient Greeks. We will be looking at the key events during the Ancient Greek time, whilst comparing their housing and culture to the other ancient civilisations that we have looked at this year (Egyptians and Romans). Click here for the knowledge organiser.

Science:

Sound. We will be looking at how sounds are made and the different parts of the ear. Click here for the knowledge organiser.

Computing:

We are co authors. We will be learning about how wiki pages work and then working together to create a group piece of work using google docs.

DT:

Mechanisms Levers and linkages. We will be exploring different levers and linkages, looking at how they are used to create different affects and then selecting ones to use in a final project. Click here for the knowledge organiser.

RE:

How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people? Click here for the knowledge organiser.

PSHE:

We will be learning about how we can keep safe and how to respect ourselves and others.

French:

Learning to ask questions and give answers. Sentence building, further adjectives and vocabulary for a game. Masculine nouns and feminine nouns.

Music: 

We will be looking at composotion of music and using African drums.

P.E:

This half term 4M will have PE on a Monday and 4C on a Wednesday.

It will be gymnastics this half term so the children need indoor PE kits. We will creating our own routines using different actions.

Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on those days.

Swimming will be on Thursday in both classes. Your child needs to bring in a separate bag-a towel, swimsuit or trunks and a swimming hat if your child has long hair. Please do not bring goggles or wear ear-rings on this day. 

Reading books:

In class we are currently reading How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.

Please read with your child every day and comment in their reading record when you do. Reading books should be in school everyday for independent reading and can be changed everyday.

Homework: 

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here

Year 4s spellings will be sent out every Friday to learn for a spelling test the following Friday. 

Reading Eggs - click here

A video on how to use Reading Eggs/ Eggspress is here

Mathletics - click here

TTRockstars – click here

Please email year4@almapark.manchester.sch.uk if you have any questions.