Year 4 - Woodpeckers
A very warm welcome to Year 4 Woodpeckers!
Our class teachers are Mrs Lester and Mrs DiMambro supported by the fabulous Mrs Bourne and Mrs Green, as well as student teacher Mr Bishop supporting us.
Key information
Expectations
We have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays so please make sure you come in your kit. Earrings should be removed before coming to school on those days.
We expect the children to be reading at least three times per week at
home and for it to be recorded in their reading diary. Please make sure their books and diaries come into school daily. They will be checked every Monday. It can include any genre of book, comics, newspapers, fiction, non-fiction or whatever takes their fancy. We just want it to be a pleasurable time for them and to develop a love of reading. We really enjoy listening to the children's conversations about the books they are enjoying at home.
Home learning
Spellings are set weekly on Ed Shed and the expectation is that children log in to their account three times a week.
Children need to be practising their times tables. This can be through logging onto their Times Table Rockstars account three times a week as well as playing several games online. If the children wanted to have a bit of a sing and dance whilst practising their times tables then there are lots of different times tables songs on the BBC SuperMovers website as well as music covers on Youtube. Children will complete a times tables test every Friday and test results will be written in their Home Diary.
Learning Powers
The children can earn points for using their learning powers. These include:
Busy Bee power- given for active learning, such as being focused.
Unicorn powers are given for playing and exploring, using a 'can do' approach.
Magnifying powers are given for creating and thinking critically, such as using learning walls independently to further own learning.
Useful resources
. https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
. https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login/school
Our Topic
This term, our theme is Food, Glorious Food. The children will be diving into a delicious mix of learning, discovering how their digestive system works, why our teeth are so important, and how food travels through the body. They’ll also explore different climate zones around the world and how these affect what can be grown. Along the way, they’ll learn about Fairtrade and how the choices we make can support farmers across the globe.
Click below to see what we are learning about:
Lower Key Stage Two- What are your children learning?
Photos of our learning environment and amazing work:
