Woodheys Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!

We would like to tell you all about Year 4 and the exciting things we do. This year we will be using Parenthub to update you and keep everyone informed of the exciting things Year 4 have been doing. Parenthub will be launched after half term so for the time being we will be using twitter and the monthly newsletter to share our learning.

Meet the Year 4 Team

Miss Gellard (4G)
Mrs daRocha (4DB)
Mr Byrne (4DB)
Mrs Spendlove (TA)
Mrs Buskiewicz (1:1 TA)
Mrs Whelan (TA & Forest School Lead)

NOTICE: As the printers were not working today, spellings and homework books will go out on Monday. Links to the spellings are available below

ARRIVED:

At Woodheys we want to share as much as possible with parents and with this new app we hope to keep you up to date with your child’ learning.

Turn on notifications and you can see what is happening in the classroom as it is happening!
If you have more than one child - no problem!! You can subscribe to as may Woodheys channels as you want.
You will receive regular posts each week on some of the exciting events and learning that take place at Woodheys. This will replace the year group pages on the website.

You will receive more information on how to subscribe to the app and the Woodheys channel at your child’s parents evening in November.

The great news is - it is all free !

Video about Parenthub

Welcome to Spring!

Our topics this half term.

English: Newspaper recounts

Maths: column multiplication

Area of shapes

Science: Sound

History: World War Two

Art: L.S Lowry.

Music: World War Two

SPRING HOME LEARNING

Week 1: Lowry research

Spellings - sc

Week 2: newspaper articles.

Spellings - topic words

week 3: Column method of multiplication

spellings au phoneme.

Reading letter Question stems for reading

Welcome to Autumn Two! This week, we have been developing pictoplans to help us retell our alternative endings. In maths, we have been learning about perimeter.

To complete our Roman topic, we had lots of discussion about how the Romans had a lasting impact on Britain! Did you know that they introduced markets, town squares and even public toilets! They loved to stand around chatting whilst going about their business.

In science, we have been thinking about the impact humans have on animals and habitats, both positive and negative. We thought about deforestation, air pollution, water pollution and poaching and got in to groups based on the area we wanted to know more about.

This week, we had a visit from a Roman shop owner! He helped us understand what life was thousands of years ago. We looked at currency, tools, weaponry and tried on some outfits. We even got to learn some Latin songs!

In English, we have been working hard on understanding the importance of speech punctuation to help make our Talk For Writing Story easier to understand. Now that we have learnt one alternative ending, we have started generating ideas for some alternative endings of our own.

In maths, we have been learning how to solve two step real life problems. We have used rounding to help us estimate approximate answers and we had to concentrate really hard to make sure we could switch freely between addition and subtraction calculations. We we also reminded how to use the inverse to double check that our subtraction had been carried out correctly.

In science, we created our own creature. We had decided on its habitat, what it looked like, whether it was warm or cold blooded and if it laid eggs or not. From the information we generated, were able to decide what animal group it best fit into.

We've been non-stop again this week. In English, we have been using Talk for Writing to learn to tell an alternative version of The Three Little Pigs. In science, we have been learning about how we can group vertebrates into mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles. We thought about the traits they have in common and what makes them different to all other animals.

Roman day was a huge success and the children were fabulous.

Our Talk for Writing story.

This week, we've been exploring why the Roman army we so successful. We worked in groups to research a particular area and then fed back our findings to the rest of the class.

In English, we took all the planning we carried out last week and wrote a section of the story from Lost Happy Endings. We used really carefully selected vocabulary to make sure that we created just the right mood. Once we had finished, the children then became the teachers. They used success criteria to TAG each other's work. We told our friends things we liked about their writing, we asked them their opinions and we gave them some advice about ways in which they could improve.

This week, we have been working really hard to develop our vocabulary. We are all fabulous readers now but we have to make sure we know a range of strategies to use to understand the meaning of more complex words and phrases. We have been word detectives and know so many ways to improve our comprehension.

In maths, we've been playing around with Roman numerals. Do you know how to write the number 84 or 1400 as they would have in the time of Julius Caesar?

In science, we thought about why a camel doesn't live in the ocean. We spent lots of time exploring different habitats and thinking about how animals are adapted to survive in the conditions they are in.

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This week, the children have been introduced to our class text, 'Lost Happy Endings' by Carol Ann Duffy. They listened intently to the wonderful similes used to describe the main characters and settings. We explored this further in our forest school activities on Wednesday. We've also been developing our understanding of possessive apostrophes in order to help us accurately describe Jub's looks.

In history, we've been developing our knowledge of chronology so that we have a better understanding of when and where in the world Roman people were around.

In Art, we have been exploring 'Pop Art' . Children looked at some examples of artwork from the 60's, with a focus on the work of Andy Warhol. They thought the subjects were a little strange (especially the tomato soup tins) but they loved the colours and the idea that it gave them an insight into what was popular over half a century ago.

AUTUMN TERM CURRICULUM:

English: Traditional Tales with a Twist

Maths: Place Value

Science: Animals and their Habitats

History: Romans

Art: Pop Art (Andy Warhol)

Reminders

Reading records and books - Everyday (Children should be changing their own reading books in school).

PE Kits - Wednesdays and Fridays

Forest schools equipment - Wednesdays (alternate weeks)

Homework - Given out on Fridays to be returned by the following Wednesday.

Spellings and times tables - Fridays