to the Owl's class page!

 

Meet the Staff 

Mrs N Allsop - Year Four class teacher (Monday, Tuesday and                         Wednesday morning)

Miss L Hemsworth - Year Four class teacher (Wednesday, Thursday                         and Friday)

Mr Moreton - Teaching Assistant

Mr Fezovich - Teaching Assistant                                                           

Please see our class timetable for this half term below: 

As you can see, our PE days for Summer 2 are still on a Wednesday afternoon (Tennis) and a Thursday afternoon (Football). Please ensure that your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days including trainers and that long hair is tied back and no jewellery including earrings is worn.

 

Please see the curriculum overview for this term: 

 

Please see our Topic Organisers for this term: 

 

 

Our Topic for the Summer Term is 'Water Water Everywhere' and it has a Geography focus.

Here are our key questions:

Week 1 : Question	Where does our water come from?
Week 2: Question	What is a river? Where are the rivers in the UK?
Week 3: Question	What and where are the important rivers of the world?
Week 4: Question	What are the features of a river?
Week 5:  Question	What is erosion and deposition?
Week 6:  Question	Topographical classification of rivers- how has it changed over time?
Week 7:  Question	How do we use rivers?
Week 8:  Question	How and why do rivers flood?
Week 9:  Question	What is the purpose of a dam?
Week 10:  Question	What is the river Thames like? Mapping the river Thames
Week 11:  Question	What are waterfalls?

Literacy 

In Year 4 we will continue to develop the skills of comprehension by reading individually, in groups and as a whole class.   It is important that, when reading, the children understand the words they are reading and have the ability to check the meaning of words when they are not sure. We are focusing particularly on answering more difficult comprehension questions when reading so that the children build up their deductive skills and have more of an understanding of what the text is telling them.

The children will build on their previous knowledge of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling to improve their speaking, reading and writing skills. We will focus on different types of sentences and the associated punctuation. We will build on our knowledge of homophones so that we choose the right ones in our work.

Non-Negotiables for Writing  

In Summer 2, we will be focussing our writing on the following books and genres: 

- Rhythm of the Rain - A beautiful picture book by Grahame Baker-Smith. The story follows Issac and the jar of water he empties into a pool, from where it takes the reader on a journey following those drops of water through rivers and into seas, across oceans to frozen landscapes and then to jungles and towns, down into the deepest parts of the ocean and 'as it has done for millions of years.'

 This is our main text for both reading and writing during the first 4 weeks of Summer 2. We will look at settings, character and story structure.

- River poetry - we will focus on performance

- Persuasive writing - why water's worth it

 

Reading:  

Reading as much as possible will really help your child’s progress at school. It is very important that they understand what they are reading a few minutes spent asking questions about what has been read helps children to develop comprehension skills which are vital to their education.  

Numeracy

Numeracy is a very important part of the curriculum..

In Summer Two we will be focussing on:

- Time

Days, weeks, months and years

Seconds, minutes, hours

Tell the time to different degrees of accuracy

Convert the time to the 24-hour clock

Convert the time from the 24-hour clock

 

- Shape

Understanding angles

Triangles

Quadrilaterals

Polygons

Lines of symmetry

 

- Position and direction

Using coordinates

Draw 2D shapes on a grid

 

Translation

 

Information for parents- http://www.croft.notts.sch.uk/Numeracy%20Targets%20Year%203.htm

Games - http://bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/numeracy.shtml

http://uk.ixl.com/math/year-4

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

http://www.tutpup.com/

 

If all parents could encourage their children to learn and practice all the tables up to 12x tables that would be very useful too!

This site may help with that:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Non negotiables for Maths.

 

Our School values

Each week we have a new value – 12 in total.  Our first value will be Respect.  The children will have an assembly Monday morning about how to show and give respect to others both in school and at home!  We will be expecting this to be demonstrated to all members of our Coppice community,  it is important that even when we move onto a new value, the old one isn’t lost.

Our new core values will now form the basis of our ambassador passports (these have now been renamed – core value passports and the children can achieve their bronze, silver and gold awards throughout the year for each core value.) We will of course keep you informed about how your child is getting on with this throughout the year.

Each week Mrs Seaton will sent out a Newsletter that will reflect the value we are working on so that it can also be supported at home.  We look forward to seeing our children bright and early ready to embrace the new weekly challenges

 

Learning log tasks are set at the beginning of a topic to be completed over the half term.  The children will have the whole half term to complete their chosen tasks.  We will make sure you have the date for the homework to be returned.  We hope that you enjoy the range of tasks that we have set for you!

Please click on the link below to access the homework for Summer 2:

Summer 2 Topic Homework

 

There will be a times table test each week for the table facts.   Our aim is to know all the times tables up to 12 x 12 by the end year 4.

 

 

Monday 2nd June - Back to school

Monday 16th June - INSET day

Wednesday 18th June - Photograph Day

Thursday 19th June- Year 4 Halle Concert Visit

Tuesday 1st July- Year 4 trip to Perlesthorpe 

Friday 18th July - Sports Day

Wednesday 23rd July - Final day of the academic year!

 

Please see the class email address below where you can contact Mrs Allsop/Miss Hemsworth with any queries you may have. Please also keep an eye on your own emails as class information will often be sent via this email address: 

owls@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk