Year 4 2023 - 2024

Mr Mason

Mr Cole

Meet the Team

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

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 4 staff or email year4@almapark.manchester.sch.uk


Welcome

Welcome to Year 4! In Year 4, children continue on their journey through KS2, learning and growing each and every day. As a class, we promote resilience, positive thinking and high aspirations, ensuring every child works hard to ensure they progress and achieve their full potential.

 

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 4 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

 

What’s happening this half-term?

 Maths:

In maths we will be learning about fractions. This includes partitioning fractions, counting in fractions and studying mixed numbers and improper fractions.

 

In Year 4, the children sit a national multiplication test in June. To support your children, you can gain access to practice tests here.


English:

  • Fiction - Defeating a Monster Tale - click here for a copy of the text

  • Poetry - The children will be writing haikus and cinquain poetry.

 


Gegraphy: Manchester or Venice

The children will explore two famous cities. We will discuss simlarities and differences between the two and what characteristics each one has.

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Science: The Water Cycle

We will explore the water cycle and how important it is to all life on Earth. The children will conduct experiments to find out what processes happen to water.

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Computing: We are HTML editors

Year 4 will be learning how to use code to design websites. The children will learn how to use HTML tags and css to manipulate websites.


RE: Why are festivals important to religious communities?

This half term we will be looking at the importance of festivals and celebrations in the major religions of the world.

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PSHE:

We will be learning about the importance of balance in our lives - whether diet, sleep or lifestyle. We will also be discussing dental health.


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 learning how to play the recorder.


P.E:

This half term Year 4 will have Dance on Wednesday. Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on those days.

Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt.

 

Swimming - Thursday

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:

In class we are currently reading The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman.

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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:

Spellings will be sent out every week on a Friday to learn for a spelling test the following Friday.

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here

TTRockstars – click here