1. Year 4 Tea with the Teacher!
Sept 2016

2. Agenda Curriculum map Homework Learning Partners Swimming
Maths and literacy
Hooke Court

3. Curriculum Map Subjects Literacy Maths RE Science Computing
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Literacy
Stories with historical settings, poetry creating images, explanatory texts, stories from other cultures
Recounts from newspapers and magazines, stories set in imaginary worlds, information texts, poetry exploring form
Stories which raise issues and dilemmas, plays, persuasive texts, assessments and creation of history books.
Maths
Numeracy Units RE
Come and See
Science
Solids, liquids and gases
Friction and forces
Keeping warm
Habitats
Circuits and conductors
Computing
Writing for different audiences
Images – repeating patterns
Modelling effects
Using ICT to communicate
Cross curricular topic work
The Crazy World of Chocolate
Ice & Fire
Talking of Tudors
Scratch & Sniff
Home & Away PE
SWIMMING
Small sided games
Ball Skills
Games and
Athletics
PSHE
Staying healthy, looking after our environment.
Choices and dilemmas
Celebrating diversity in our world

4. Homework Monday Spellings Tuesday My Maths Wednesday Numeracy Thursday
Return book on Thursday.
Test on Thursday, test score is recorded in their HW book.
Tuesday
My Maths
To be completed by the following Mon.
Wednesday
Numeracy
Return on Friday
Thursday
Reading
Friday
Honeycomb homework
Return on Monday

5. Swimming- Summer Term Lessons on Tuesdays at Walton Excel.
Children travel by coach, leaving school at 9.30 and returning at around
Lessons with qualified swimming teachers.
Children grouped according to swimming ability.
Lessons of 30 minutes, working on a range of front and back strokes and developing water confidence.
Tracksuits worn all day.
Break time snack - either a piece of fruit, or a plain biscuit.

6. Maths in Year 4 Calculation strategies continue to develop in stages.
Mental maths a key part of this process.
Number bonds, understanding place value and times tables are all very important.
Problem solving is a crucial part of maths lessons.
Children encouraged to ‘try things out’ in order to ‘use and apply’.
Practical maths at home will really aid your child’s understanding of concepts taught at school.

7. The Four Step Method For Problem Solving
Identify the important information
Choose a method
Do the sums
Check your answer and make it clear

8. Key questions to ask Which parts of the question are important?
What do you already know that will help you that will help you find the answer?
Why not have a try? Jot down some ideas and see what you come up with.
Does your answer make sense? How do you know? Can you check?

10. Reading in Year 4
Reading rota - reading record and book in school at all times.
If your child finishes a reading book, they should ask to change it straight away.
Books from home are welcome.
Reading will continue to take place across the curriculum. Comprehension skills are tested.
Quiet reading takes place daily.
Reading Record books will be used as in Year 3.
Guided reading takes place weekly.
 Two books can be borrowed from the school library. A computerised system records titles and borrowers.

11. Hooke Court Residential trip of three days and two nights duration
February 2017
Hooke Court Beaminster
The cost of the trip will be approximately £150 per child and you will have the opportunity to pay in monthly instalments.
Hooke Court is a Tudor Manor house and the activities undertaken will be mainly based on life in
Tudor times
There will be a parents’ meeting about the
trip.

12. Hooke Court 2011

13. Learning Partners Will encourage collaboration and cooperation
Rules will be drawn up by the children
Children will work with a range of individuals, perhaps outside their usual social or working groups
The children will learn to value discussion as a way of
learning and developing ideas
The children will learn to value the
contributions of others

14. Any questions…