Year 4 - Inspiring a love of learning in a supportive community.

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Exploring Habitats

A fantastic opportunity to join in with a FREE Science Live Lesson! (If you have the time...)

Broadcast Live on Thursday 30th April 2020 at 10:30AM.

This habitat exploration live lesson introduces children to the microhabitats present in their own garden. Through exploration they will learn more about the invertebrate species found there, and how the microhabitats might change throughout the year. After, FSC’s expert field tutor will answer questions about these species.

Visit https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/ks2-habitat-exploration-300420 to book the lesson. Downloadable resources, and a timetable for the lesson is available on the site.

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Working from Home:

Dear Parents/Carers and year 4 children,

The timetable for week 1 has been uploaded to our class page as well as Google Classrooms. Please complete each day's activities in any order that works best for your child. Please ensure that the children have daily exercise.

Work can be completed in the books or online however no work is to be submitted as they are not assignments. If you are unable to print off the sheets for the children to work on then please complete the work in the Working from Home Book which has been sent home. 

Should you need to contact either of us then please do so via the school office email.

We would like to wish you and your families all the best and we hope to see you all soon.

Best wishes,

Ms Dogan and Mr Dungate

Multiplication Practice Test Link!

The link below replicates the multiplication test that the children in year 4 will be taking in the summer term.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Lyrics for 4D class assembly

I will be tall enough to reach the branches
That I need to reach to climb the trees
You get to climb when you're grown up

And when I grow up
I will be smart enough to answer all the questions
That you need to know the answers to
Before you're grown up

And when I grow up
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work
And I will go to bed late every night
And I will wake up when the sun comes up
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
And I won't care 'cos I'll be all grown up
When I grow up (when I grow up) (when I grow up)
I will be strong enough to carry all the heavy things
You have to haul around with you
When you're a grown up
And when I grow up (when I grow up) (when I grow up)
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight
Beneath the bed each night
To be a grown up
And when I grow up (when I grow up)
I will have treats every day
And iIll play with things that mum pretends that mum's don't think I'll like
And I will wake up when the sun comes up
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun
And I won't burn 'cos I'll be all grown up
MS HONEY
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight
Beneath the bed each night
To be a grown up
MATILDA
Just because you find that life's not fair
It doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change
(When I grow up)
Just because I find myself in this story
It doesn't mean that everything is written for me
If I think the ending is fixed already
I might as well be saying I think that it's ok
And that's not right

4D CLASS ASSEMBLY 

4D’s class assembly will be on Friday 7th February at 9:20am and 2:20pm. 

Year 4 Christmas Class Parties

Dear Parents/Carers, 

The year 4 Christmas class parties will be held on Tuesday 17th December in the afternoon. The children are allowed to bring party clothes to change into. 

Please see the recommended healthier alternatives party food list below:

Juice cartons x15

Juice cartons x15

Grapes x2 packs

Veg sticks

Dips

Breadsticks

Cheese x15

Cheese x15

Biscuits

Fairy cakes (no icing) x15

Fairy cakes (no icing) x15

Paper plates x30

Plastic spoons

Napkins

Melon boats

Frubes

Raisins

Crackers

Flavoured crackers

Fruit kebabs

Popcorn

Mini pancakes/ crepes

Fruit roll ups x15

Fruit roll ups x15

For children with allergies, please feel free to send in an individual packed party snack bag. 

Thank you,

Ms Dogan & Mr Dungate

Dear parents/carers

As part of literacy in year 4, we are currently learning about writing different types of letters. Could we therefore please ask you to send in a stamp with your child by Friday 29th November so that your child can go to the post box and post a letter that they have written. We hope that you can help us give the children an experience of writing and sending letters with a purpose.

If you have any questions, please feel free to come and see us.

Kind regards,

Mr Dungate & Ms Dogan

Homework - 15/11/2019

Dear year 4 parents and carers,

During our literacy lessons this week, year 4 have been planning and writing a set of instructions on how to make a perfect pizza!

This week, for homework, we would like you to make a perfect pizza with your child, and send in photos of them making it and a photo of the finished pizza. (4 photos if possible)

The only catch is… your child is the one delivering the instructions!

We look forward to seeing the wonderful creations and we hope that you have a lot of fun in the process!

Kind regards,

Mr Dungate and Ms Dogan

Science Museum trip:

On Friday the 8th November, Year 4 are going to the science museum. The tickets that we have acquired to utilise public transport allow for 12 adults to accompany the classes on the London Underground. Once members of staff have been allocated spaces from these numbers for risk assessment purposes, the allocation of parent helpers falls as follows:

4D = 3 parent helpers.

4KD = 4 parent helpers.

These parent helpers will be allocated and notified by tomorrow home time.

Unfortunately, no other adults can accompany us on the trip as the numbers allowed on the tickets for the Wonderlab activity zone and following show, are already set.

In addition, due to risk assessment purposes, we will not be able to accommodate further adults as helpers on the London Underground as this will nullify our risk assessment as we have already exceeded our required adult/child ratio.

We understand the concerns that may arise with travelling on public transport, but we would like to ensure you that both Ms Dogan and myself have utilised public transport on school trips before.

We are extremely grateful for the overwhelming interest and offers of support  for this trip, and we hope to be able to offer those who aren't selected a place on a different trip later in the year.

If you have any queries or questions, feel free to come and speak to either myself or Ms Dogan.

Kind regards,

Mr Dungate & Ms Dogan

Half Term Homework - Friday 18th October 2019

Dear Year 4 Parents/Carers, 

As part of our Anglo-Saxon history topic, we would like your child to research Anglo Saxon housing.

We would like your child to do two things

1. Research Anglo Saxon housing i.e. what houses looked like, what materials they were made from, where were they located, any key features of the internal house and where these were located etc.

2. Design and make their own scale model Anglo Saxon house.

The information researched may be presented as a page of information i.e. questions and answers, as a colourful poster with an image of an Anglo Saxon house with descriptive notes around it, or as a brochure displaying the information and images (as in estate agents brochures).

Here are some links to websites which may be a beneficial starting point for your child:

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons/houses.htm

http://legacy.ashmolean.org/anglosaxondiscovery/Life/settlement/houses_info.html

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/anglo-saxons/

We understand that some of you may be on holiday over half term, so this work doesn’t have to be handed in until Wednesday 11th November, allowing almost two weeks once we are back at school. 

We look forward to seeing your research and all of your finished projects.

Have fun!

Yours sincerely, 

Mr Dungate and Mrs Dogan

Web links to Maths games and worksheets to help support children with their understanding.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39

https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/

Trip to synagogue on Tuesday 15th October 

* Children will need a packed lunch to have upon our return to school

* Children can bring in tinned or non-perishable food to take to the synagogue which will be donated to a shelter for homeless people by the synagogue. This is as a contribution to the sukkot at the synagogue.

Thank you.

Year 4 suggested reading lists:

Below are some links to websites which contain suggested reading lists for year 4 pupils

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/df731a_9b8793115d284f66996fe86309a32d04.pdf

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-4-pupils-ks2-age-8-9/

https://d1k9uhzqn5u7ua.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Y4-Recommended-Reading-List.pdf

https://www.chepstowhouseschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Chepstow-House-Year-4-Suggested-Reading.pdf