First Attempt In Learning Building Resilience Welcome to Year 4 First Attempt In Learning Building Resilience

The Team Class Teachers Miss Chipperfield 4E Miss Millar 4C Teaching Assistants Mrs Maher PPA Cover Madame Wilks (French) Mr Smith (P.E.)

Transition…….. What does a day in Year 4 look like? What do we expect?

Year 4 Weekly Timetable

Maths Non Negotiables Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers. Round decimals with 1dp to nearest whole number. Add and subtract: Compare and order numbers beyond 1,000. Numbers with up to 4-digits using written columnar method. Compare and order numbers with up to 2 decimal places. Multiply: Read Roman numerals to 100. 2-digit by 1-digit Find 1,000 more/less than a given number. 3-digit by 1-digit Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000. Count up/down in hundredths. Recall and use multiplication and division facts all tables to 12x12. Recognise and write equivalent fractions Add and subtract fractions with same denominator. Recognise PV of any 4-digit number. Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000. Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 and 24 hour clocks.

Reading Non Negotiables Give a personal point of view on a text. Re-explain a text with confidence. Justify inferences with evidence, predicting what might happen from details stated or implied. Use appropriate voices for characters within a story. Recognise apostrophe of possession (plural) Identify how sentence type can be changed by altering word order, tenses, adding/deleting words or amending punctuation. Explain why a writer has used different sentence types or a particular word order and the effect it has created. Skim & scan to locate information and/or answer a question.

Writing Non Negotiables Vary sentence structure, using different openers. Use adjectival phrases (e.g. biting cold wind). Use appropriate choice of noun or pronoun. Use fronted adverbials. Use apostrophe for plural possession. Use a comma after fronted adverbial (e.g. Later that day, I heard bad news.). Use commas to mark clauses. Use inverted commas and other punctuation to punctuate direct speech. Use paragraphs to organised ideas around a theme. Use connecting adverbs to link paragraphs. Write with increasing legibility, consistency and fluency.

How to help your child Encourage your child to use the correct grammar when speaking. Use reading books and other literature to find uses of language and sentence structure. Encourage your child to ‘teach you’. Have fun with your child!

Afternoons Art Science DT RE - Come and See History Geography Music Drama

Homework My Maths will be set most weeks. The children complete the work online and receive immediate feedback when they click the check button. They are able to complete the homework as many times as they like. My Maths also has lots of great games which the children can access whenever they like. Spellings will be given out at the beginning of every half term for that term. They are tested every Monday. Children are awarded 1 house point for practising their spellings and further house points for learning the definitions and putting the words into sentences. Children are encouraged to read their reading books every evening. Children need to write in their reading record when they have read. When they have finished their book they complete a short comprehension test using accelerated reader and then change their book. Children are encouraged to read other types of literature also.

Homework Other homework is given out approximately every two weeks. This will vary in nature according to the learning that has taken part in class. Over summer the children were asked to continue learning their times tables. They should be continuing to practice these weekly.

Other key points Fruit and water/milk. Uniform and PE kit labelled. Pencil cases and personal belongings.

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