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Welcome to 4MG

Whilst in our fantastic year 4 classes, we will go on an amazing learning journey. We delve into the ancient Stone Age lands, visit islands around the world, compare our lovely home town of Horbury with Whitby and battle with the Vikings. Be prepared to be immersed into new adventures and learn new skills. We look forward to taking you on this exciting chapter of your education.

Maths

We begin to work with numbers in to the 1000’s, up to 10,000. Roman numerals play an important part in year four’s learning. We also consolidate knowledge of our arithmetic skills practising the column method for addition and subtraction. Times tables are important in year as they help us with longer multiplication and also help us to access the bus stop method for division. Parents can help at home by encouraging children to regularly access their Mathletics learning on tablets and laptops. Prizes are given every week for the best Mathematician in Friday’s assemblies. Every child has a log in for Mathletics- please encourage your child to use the programme even just for 15 minutes a day. All the activities are differentiated for your child’s needs- meaning they provide just the right level of challenge according to their level and depth of mathematical understanding.

Year 4 Multiplication Test

As of 2020, children in Year 4 will be sitting a Year 4 Multiplication test set by the government.  This test will test all the times tables up to 12×12. As a school we are taking part in the ‘Times Tables Rock!’ challenge.

Every child also has a tt rockstars log in and can practice getting quicker on line so please support them in accessing this.

Reading

Our school is currently undergoing a reading journey, with exciting things coming.

Home reading books can be changed as they are finished. It is important that parents read with their child every day, reading for short sessions everyday will greatly increase reading fluency and stamina.

1. Children who read often and widely get better at it.

After all, practice makes perfect in almost everything humans do, and reading in no different.

2. Reading exercises our brain.

Reading is a much more complex task for the human brain rather than watching TV, for example. Reading strengthens brains connections and builds NEW connections.

3. Reading improves concentration.

Children have to sit still and quietly so that they can focus on the story when they are reading. If the read often, they will develop the skill to do this for longer.

4. Reading teaches children about the world around them.

Through reading a variety of books children learn about people, places, and events outside of their own experience.

5. Reading improves vocabulary and language skills.

Children learn new words as they read. Subconsciously, they absorb information on how to structure sentences and how to use words and other language features effectively in their writing and speaking.

6. Reading develops a child's imagination.

As we read our brains translate the descriptions we read of people, places and things into pictures. While we are engaged in a story we are also imagining how a character is feeling. Young children then bring this knowledge into their everyday play.

7. Reading helps children to develop empathy.

As children develop they begin to imagine how they would feel in that situation.

8. Reading is a fun.

A book or an e-reader doesn't take up much space and is light to carry, so you take it anywhere so you can never be bored if you have a book in your bag.

9. Reading is a great way to spend time together.

Reading together on the sofa, bedtimes stories and visiting the library are just some ways of spending time together.

10. Children who read achieve better in school.

Reading promotes achievement in all subjects, not just English. Children who are good readers tend to achieve better across the curriculum.

English

We will be immersed in texts relating to our topics journey with us through Stone age stories, Christmas poetry and vicious Viking non-fiction battles. We will learn to use fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases and subordinated clauses to making our story writing more interesting.  We will make sure our hand writing is neat and work is well presented.

Foundation Subjects

All the rest of our learning involves Art and ICT, Geography, Music and History. We learn French and RE too. To see us in action look at our pictures below, we will try to add more each week.

Important information

Homework

Spellings are given out every week and need to be learned in preparation for the spelling test the following Wednesday. Please support your child with learning these.

Physical Education

PE kits need to be available in school on a Monday and Tuesday. Monday sessions require an indoor kit and Tuesday sessions require an outdoor kit.

Kit required for P.E:

Boys - White T-shirt and black shorts and trainers or pumps for outdoor games during summer and winter months. Warm tracksuit and trainers for outdoor games during the winter months.

Girls - White T-shirt, black shorts or cycling shorts (not nylon or lycra) and trainers or pumps for outdoor games during summer and winter months. Warm tracksuit and trainers for outdoor games during the winter months.

Please note earrings must be removed for PE or covered by tape provided by the parent.

Behaviour

We follow the ‘good to be green’ behaviour management system. Every child starts the day on the green card; if they make bad choices (e.g. shouting out, not listening etc.) they will move down the chart onto the yellow warning card or red consequence card.

If your child arrives home on Friday without their good to be green sticker, it means that at some point in the week they received a yellow warning or red consequence card; it may be worth a gentle discussion with your child about how they need to make things better for the following week.

We love rewarding good choices and hard work; we offer certificates for English and Maths as well as lots of House Points and stickers if they are working well.

On 'Find Out Friday' we tried to help 3 monkeys work out how many nuts they got each. It was quite a 'tough nut' to crack....

We have spent some time researching what a stone age settlement looks like and here are our efforts.

Today we were looking for seeds in fruits and vegetables. We found all of them apart from the carrot seeds ...