Dolphins & Orcas (Year 4)

Teachers: Mrs Winslade, Mrs Connors and Mr Latham

Teaching Assistants:  Mrs Chambers, Mrs Hocking, Mrs Hunt

Welcome to the year 4 pages on the school website! We are Orca (Mrs Winslade & Mrs Connors) and Dolphins (Mr Latham).

Mrs Hocking (Monday - Friday), Mrs Chambers (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings) and Mrs Hunt (Thursday and Friday) work with both classes to support the learning.

Multiplication Tables Check - June 2023

The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is a short online multiplication tables check for all children in year 4. This will take place in June, and takes approximately 5 minutes per pupil. Results will be published by the end of the academic year. There is no pass mark assigned to the test. 

The Department for Education (DfE) and Standards and Testing Agency (STA) have produced an information leaflet for parents all about the check. Click below to access this leaflet.

Keeping you informed:

We will upload a weekly review and home learning newsletter each Friday to the year 4 Google Classroom. This contains information about our learning that week and any home learning challenges/assignments which have been set..

The weekly review also has a list of key dates relevant to parents of year 4 children.

You can access Google Classroom here.

Google Classrooms:

The document below is a guide for parents about logging into and navigating Google Classrooms. The document also contains information about creating, editing and uploading learning within Google Classrooms. A copy can also be found within the Year 4 Google Classrooms.

Home Learning:

All home learning assignments will be posted in our Google Classroom. These will be posted each Friday afternoon at 3pm and are due in the following Friday. If any work needs to be submitted, this can be done within the assignment itself in Google classroom.

Reading:

Short of ideas for books to read? Try this list of 100 books for years 3 and 4.

(list from: https://theteachingbooth.wordpress.com/)

Spellings:

Click the links below to access Times Tables Rock Stars or SpellingFrame.

THE AUTUMN TERM IN YEAR 4:

The first half of term:

Our main topic for the first half of term is Science based and is split into two sections. each asking a different question:

"What's that noise?"

"How do electrical circuits work?”

The Knowledge Organisers for this topic can be found here.

The overview for the term can be found here.

The Knowledge Organisers for this topic and the overview can also be found in our Google Classrooms.

The second half of term:

Our main topic for the second half of term is History based and asks the question:

"How do artefacts help us understand the lives of people in Iron Age Britain?"

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic can be found here.

The overview for the term can be found here.

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic and the overview can also be found in our Google Classrooms.

THE SPRING TERM IN YEAR 4:

The first half of term:

Our main topic for the first half of term is Geography based, asking the question:

"Why are jungles so wet and deserts so dry?"

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic can be found here.

The overview for the term can be found here.

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic and the overview can also be found in our Google Classrooms.

The second half of term:

Our main topic for the first half of term is History based, asking the question:

"How did the arrival of the Romans change Britain?"

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic can be found here.

The overview for the term can be found here.

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic and the overview can also be found in our Google Classrooms.

THE SUMMER TERM IN YEAR 4:

The first half of term:

Our main topic for the first half of term is Geography based, asking the question:

"Beyond the Magic Kingdom: What is the Sunshine State really like?"

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic can be found here.

The overview for the term can be found here.

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic and the overview can also be found in our Google Classrooms.

The second half of term:

Our main topic for the first half of term is Science based, asking the question:

"What happens to the food I eat"

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic can be found here.

The overview for the term can be found here.

The Knowledge Organiser for this topic and the overview can also be found in our Google Classrooms.