Year 4 Cedar Class 2023 - 2024

Mr Spann

Support Staff: Mrs Swindells and Mr Goodwin

 

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Mr Spann Mrs Swindells  Mr Goodwin

 

Curriculum Information for Spring 2

English

Writing: When the Giant Stirred by Celia Godkin. Within this unit of writing we are going to be writing a sequel. 

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Reading: Ariki and the Island Of Wonders by Nicola Davies

 

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Maths: Power Maths Units 10- Decimals (1), Unit 11- Decimals (2), Unit 12- Money

Science: States of Matter. In this unit, we will be looking at different states and how they're caused and whether it can be reversed.

Geography: 'Rivers and the water cycle'- Within this unit we will be exploring Rivers and the water cycle.

Art: Drawing power prints. 

RE: Christianity - How can I understand different Easter concepts?

Music: Musical Minds  

PE: Gymnastics

MfL: Remembering food and likes/dislikes.

PSHE: Inclusion and Belonging

Computing: Podcasts 

Enrichment Opportunties: Our residential to Tattenhall is happening in the Summer Term. 

Important Information for Spring 2 

PE- Cedar class will have their PE sessions on Friday.

PE Uniform: 

  • Team colour t-shirt
  • Plain black shorts
  • Black pumps for indoor PE
  • Trainers for outdoor PE
  • Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather 
  • Ear rings must be removed and long hair must be tied back

 

Reading Book Changes

Expectations

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read.

All children at Whitby Heath read daily in class whether it be on a 1:1 basis or working within group. As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week. 

Each child has an allocated day that their book/s will be changed, linked to their house teams:

Donaldson- Monday

Seuss- Tuesday

Dahl- Wednesday

Rowling- Thursday

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings. 

Homework Information

Mathletics Tasks: Set every week

English homework will be set every week on Class Dojo.

Times Tables

Please also practice the times tables that your child is on. Children are tested twice every week and cannot move on to the next times table until they have passed their current level three times. This includes multiplication and division.

ClassDojo

Should parents need to contact the Year 4 team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way. 

Other useful websites for learning at home

  • Mathletics

www.uk.mathletics.com 

  • Timestables Rockstars

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
All children have a login for this website.

  • Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
A great way to practice times tables at home.

  • Newsround

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
A place for children to keep up with current events!

  • National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
A lovely website for children to learn more about animals, wildlife and the world around them.

  • BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
A place full of information that covers the range of the subjects and topics we study in school.

 

 

 

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