Year Four

Adults working with each class: Class teachers: Mrs Kind & Mrs Cotton(4a) Miss

Jopling (4b) Teaching assistants for 4a: Mrs Poizer & Mrs

WrightTeaching assistants for 4b: Mrs Elderfield & Miss

Jones

Year Four The children’s timetables and routines What children learn in Y4 What expectations we have of the

children How to access and use the blog

Mrs Kind/Mrs Cotton Timetable

Miss Jopling Timetable

Year 4 topics for 2014/2015 AutumnScience-States of Matter / SoundTopic – Tudors / The Roman EmpireRE – Buddhism / Christianity PE – Swimming & Dance / Gymnastics SpringScience – Electricity / Animals (Including humans)Topic – South America (Brazil) / RainforestsRE – Judaism / IslamPE – Swimming & Dance / Invasion games SummerScience – All living thingsTopic – Indus ValleyRE – SikhismPE – Swimming & Athletics / Outdoor & adventurous activities

Art/DT will be taught cross curricular within topic and our WOW questions.

HomeworkHomework is set on a regular basis, for all children.Numeracy & Literacy (including spellings) are set on Wednesday to be returned the following Monday.Reading books to be changed on Monday.PEPE kit comprises of: black/blue shorts, white T-shirts and pumps or trainers for outdoor games. Yr4a- Wednesday - Swimming Thursday -Indoor or outdoor PEYr4b - Wednesday - Swimming Friday – Indoor or outdoor PE

DenTuesday - Children to have a change of shoes, trousers and a coat

ReadingIn order for children to meet end of year expectations children should read for 10 to 15 minutes each day away from distractions. Children should be able to:• Give a personal point of view on a text. • Can re-explain a text with confidence. • Justify inferences with evidence, predicting what

might happen from details stated or implied. • Use appropriate voices for characters within a

story. • Identify how sentence type can be changed by

altering word order, tenses, adding/deleting words or amending punctuation. • Skims & scans to locate information and/or answer

a question.

WritingChildren should be able to: • Variation in sentence structure, using different

openers. • Use adjectival phrases (e.g. biting cold wind). • Appropriate choice of noun or pronoun. • Apostrophe for singular & plural possession. • Comma after fronted adverbial (e.g. Later that

day, I heard bad news.). • Use commas to mark clauses. • Use connectives to link paragraphs. • Legible, joined handwriting of consistent quality.

See Alan Peat sentence types

NumeracyChildren should be able to:• Count backwards through zero to include

negative numbers. • Compare & order numbers beyond 1000. • Compare & order numbers with 2 decimal places. • Read Roman numerals to 100. • Find 1000 more/less than a given number. • Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 & 1000. • Recall & use multiplication & division facts all

tables to 12x12. • Recognise place value of any 4-digit number. • Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or

1000. • Round decimals with 1dp to nearest whole

number.

See draft calculation policy on website for more support.

NumeracyChildren should be able to:Add & subtract: • Numbers with up to 4-digits using efficient written method • Numbers with up to 1dp. Multiply: • 2-digit by 1-digit • 3-digit by 1-digit Divide: • 3-digit by 1-digit • Count up/down in hundredths. • Write equivalent fractions • Add and subtract fractions with same denominator. • Read, write & convert time between analogue & digital 12 &

24 hour clocks.

See draft calculation policy on website for more support.

Proposed Trips

Autumn term:Bramhall Hall – linked to the Tudor topicVisit to a Buddhist templePantomimeSpring term:Local churchSummer term:Zoo or Safari Park

Dates for your diary

We take this issue very seriously at

Brookburn Primary. Internet and social media safety is taught to all year groups at the beginning of the school year. We have

school-wide safety features, but if anything gets past the filters, students are taught to

switch off the screen and report to a member of staff immediately.

Staying Safe on the Internet

Blogs:Access our class blogs to see what we have

been up to and to find links to play games that will help with your child’s learning:

Miss Jopling: 4b2014.brookburnprimary.net Mrs Kind/Mrs Cotton:

4a2014.brookburnprimary.net