Welcome to Year 4!

Working with the children in Year 4 are:

4GT Class Teacher: Mrs Tomkinson - gtomkinson@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

Supporting Staff: Mrs Madeira, Mrs Hodgson and Mrs Ezzaquany

4EG Class Teacher: Mx Green - egreen@redhill.worcs.sch.uk

Supporting Staff: Mrs Ezzaquany, Mrs Addis, Mrs McCorrie and Miss Khan

 

Year 4 Information:

Below you will find some key information about life in Year 4. This includes the important skills your child will be developing, the enrichment opportunities they will experience, and other useful details about their time with us this year. We hope this gives you a clear picture of what to expect and how we will be supporting your child’s learning and wellbeing.

To help you further, we’ve also included additional documents at the end of this section. These provide more detail about our curriculum and offer ideas about how you can support your child’s learning at home.

 

English writing text: 

Letter of Complaint

Using the text The Wizard, The Ugly and The Book of Shame, the children will develop their skills in writing a formal letter of complaint from the perspective of a victim. They will focus on using conjunctions such as therefore, however, whilst, although and unless to link and contrast ideas clearly.

Throughout the unit, the children will practise organising their writing into clear paragraphs, using conjunctions to connect ideas effectively, and applying the features of formal letter writing. They will also use fronted adverbials to explain how and when events took place, include factual details to strengthen their points, and use apostrophes accurately to show possession.

Maths:

Fractions

In this unit on fractions, children will deepen their understanding of what a whole is and how fractions relate to it, before learning to count beyond 1 using mixed numbers. They will practise partitioning mixed numbers and placing them accurately on number lines, then develop their skills in comparing and ordering mixed numbers. The unit will introduce improper fractions and teach children how to convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions. They will explore equivalent fractions on a number line and identify equivalent fraction families. Finally, the children will apply their knowledge to calculate with fractions, including adding two or more fractions, adding fractions and mixed numbers, subtracting fractions, subtracting from whole amounts, and subtracting from mixed numbers.

Guided Reading:

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar

During our guided reading sessions, children will have regular opportunities to read aloud, helping them to develop fluency, confidence, and expression. We will model and encourage the use of intonation, pacing, and emphasis to bring meaning to the text. In addition, children will respond to a series of carefully planned questions based on the reading VIPERS, ensuring they build a wide range of comprehension skills. These sessions will allow children to deepen their understanding of texts, discuss ideas with their peers, and apply strategies that support them as independent, thoughtful readers.

V = Vocabulary

I = Inference

P = Predict

E = Explain

R = Retrieval

S = Sequence or Summarise

 

Religious Education: Why do Christians call the day Jesus died 'Good Friday'?

Science: Animals including Humans - What are consumers and producers? 

Geography: South America - Are we all responsible for the rainforest's future?

DT: Slingshot cars

PSHE: Healthy Me

Computing: Audio Production

French: My Family

Music: 20th Century British music

PE: PE days for this half-term will be on Monday morning - Dance (indoor) and Friday afternoon - OAA (outdoor). Please ensure that children come to school dressed in their PE kits on these days.

 

Enrichment Opportunities this half-term:

iSing Pop Workshops: Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th February

iSing Pop Concert - Tuesday 3rd March @ 5.30pm

Waitrose Trip - Wednesday 25th March

Important Diary Dates:

World Book Day - Thursday 5th March

Easter Service - Tuesday 24th March

Big Walk and Wheel - Walking Bus - Tuesday 17th and Tuesday 24th March @ 8.20am

Year 4 Stay and Share - Thursday 26th March

Last day of Spring term - Friday 27th March 

School reopens - Monday 13th April