Year 4

Autumn Term

Welcome back to Sacred Heart! I hope you all had a relaxing and refreshing holiday, and you are ready for an exciting first term in Year Four. The Year Four staff and I can’t wait to see the interesting and engaging work you will produce.

Our main theme this term is Ancient Egyptians! We will be looking at the achievements of the Ancient Egyptians, from the Great Pyramids to Mummification. We will discuss the importance of Egyptian gods and pharaohs in society and how civilisation ended. In English, we will be using the knowledge from our topic lessons and the book “The Ancient Egyptian Sleepover” by Stephen Davies to create incredible pieces of writing in different genres.

In Maths, our topics for this term will be place value, then moving on to addition and subtraction, then measuring area and finishing off with multiplication and division.

In Science, we will be learning all about animals, including humans, and in RE, we will start with the topic of Creation and Covenant.

Homework

The children will be given new spellings every Monday, with a spelling test on the Friday. Please make sure your child practices their spellings every day.

Children will be bringing reading books home and it is still really important that the children are reading every day. We will be logging children’s reading in school every Friday.

The times tables expectations for Year Four are that they know all the facts for rapid recall, in preparation for the Multiplication Check at the end of Year Four. This means recall of 5 seconds. Each child has a login to TT Rockstars to practice the multiplication and division facts. Please ensure your child spends 5 to 10 minutes every school day, making sure they are increasing their tables fluency.

PE

Our PE day is Wednesday. On these days, we are asking children to come into school in their full PE kit, including trainers.

Water bottles

Please can all children make sure they have a water bottle with them each day; they are welcome to fill their bottle up throughout the day at school.

The Year Four team will be working hard to ensure the children have a happy, productive and successful term. If you have any questions, please email these to schooloffice@sacredheart.peterborough.sch.uk and these will be forwarded to us and we will get back to you.

Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to working with you all.

Mr Johnson and the Year 4 team