Year 4 2024 - 2025

Mrs Wiskow

I am passionate about education and try to make learning fun in my classroom. Children need to be motivated to learn well. Outside the classroom my other passion is for horses of which I am lucky enough to own two. I also have a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Kito.

Mrs Pecora

Hi! I am Mrs Pecora - part of the Year 4 dream team!
Besides teaching, my passions are exercise and eating! Luckily they balance each other out - most of the time. I also love the arts - drama, dance, painting, etc so I will be looking for plenty of opportunities to use those in my lessons.
I am looking forward to a fun year learning and getting to know and teach all your special little people.

Welcome to Year 4

Welcome back! We hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed some quality time with family and friends.

We have an exciting term ahead, packed with engaging learning opportunities. This term, our focus is on the fascinating world of the Ancient Greeks. As part of this, we’ll be visiting the local art gallery for two incredible workshops, including one about the Battle of Troy.

Our class text this term is Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit. This beautifully illustrated book will inspire us to write our own historical narratives as we refine our descriptive writing skills and expand our vocabulary.

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In Maths, we will continue with our Maths - No Problem! scheme, which encourages problem-solving through real-life contexts while reinforcing key concepts from previous years. This approach ensures that children build strong mathematical foundations.

Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of children being happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we follow our Hearts and Minds curriculum. More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.

Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to another exciting term!

Continuing the Learning Journey...

Week Beginning: Monday 20th January 2025

Maths: Reading and drawing line graphs as well as beginning to look at fractions.

English: Writing paragraphs for a letter.

Religion and Worldviews: What makes some texts sacred?

Hearts and Minds: Online safety.

Science: States of matter - melting and solidifying

History: Why were Athens and Sparta so different?

PE: Outdoor games (Wednesdays); Swimming (Fridays)

Art: Looking at inspiring architecture around the world.

Geography: Identifying how rivers are used.

Weekly Reminders:

Homework starts this week. It is set on a Monday to be completed by the following Monday: Atom Learning Maths, Reading and PAG. Spellings are separate. Spellings and sentences will come home on a Wednedsay and are due in the following Tuesday.
Please ensure your child is filling in their reading diary on a daily basis.
Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars.
Children to come in PE kits for the whole day on Wednesdays and Fridays.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write in your child's reading diary and it will be responded to ASAP.

Renaissance Link for reading click here.

In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.

For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.

The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.

To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here.

Key Dates:

Trip to Manchester Art Gallery - Wednesday 5th February 2025
Quinta Residential - Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th June 2025

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

Dear Year 4 parents and carers,

You may be aware that Year 4 children across the country are now required to take part in The Multiplication Tables Check: This is a formal assessment that happens at the beginning of June. The children will be tested on their times tables up to 12 x 12. All children will take the test using an Ipad. There is no set pass mark. However, secure and rapid knowledge of times tables facts are beneficial in many of the areas of maths taught in KS2 and therefore will help the children as they move towards their end of KS2 SATS.

Many of the children are now practising their times tables using TT Rockstars and it is really helping with their progress. Usernames and passwords for this are in the front of your child’s reading diary. We recommend that the children practise four times a week for ten minutes. It is so important to get as much practise in as you can because this knowledge will also be a big help with your maths lessons.

Practice tests can also be found on Educationcity in ‘Classwork’. (The 6 second one is the aim as this is how long the children will be given on the day.)

For more information see the document at the bottom of our class page.

Happy multiplying!

Kind regards,

The Year 4 Team at Rode Heath Primary.

Useful websites: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student