Friday 13 January 2023

Year 4 Curriculum Letter - 13/1/23

 


 

 

 

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls

13/1/23

Year 4 - Spring Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back to school! We hope you had a lovely Christmas holiday. Hopefully, you find this letter informative; please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Homework:

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:

-15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult (signed in the reading record)

-15 minutes practising spellings in their spelling book

-15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)

Mathletics and TT Rockstars:

All children have received their mathletics and TT Rockstars information. These are online platforms that the children can use to further consolidate learning. This is monitored by the class teacher and children will be rewarded for the use of these websites at home. This is a great, visual way for your child to complete their times tables 15 minute homework! 

Spellings:

Spellings will be given out on a Monday. The children should practise the words they are given every evening. Spelling books must be brought in on Fridays, which is also when the weekly test happens. This will be closely monitored.

P.E Lessons/ Forest School

For Tuesdays, children are expected to bring in their appropriate PE uniform for their lessons in the afternoon - black/grey/navy shorts or trousers and a white polo shirt. They can bring in their kit and leave it in school for the half term. 

This year all children will participate in Forest School, which will also take place on Tuesday afternoons on a weekly rota. 

For these sessions they will need long trousers(if they are not already wearing them), a waterproof coat and a pair of old shoes or wellies that can stay in school.

Please make sure that children have weather appropriate attire, so that they can fully enjoy the sessions, even on a rainy day!

School Uniform

It has been wonderful to see the Year 4 pupils return to school looking very smart in their school uniform. Please be reminded that the school colours are grey, black and navy. All school uniform is available through Premier School Wear. Children are permitted to wear stud earrings and must not wear nail varnish. 


Reading Books

As reading is a huge priority here at Broadford, we will do our best to encourage the children to change their books regularly and every child will read 1:1 with an adult at least once a week. Please remind the children to let any adults know if they need to change their book and that it is their responsibility to bring any old reading books back to school.


105 Books to Read Before Leaving Broadford

Please be reminded of our new reading reward system, where each year pupils can read 15 quality stories and be rewarded with certificates and prizes. There will be three certificates to earn - bronze, silver and gold. The children will keep trackers in school to monitor the books they have read - please find  all the key stage 2 trackers, along with the books they can read here. Please also note that some books have a gold star next to them indicating that the book can be reviewed using MyBookBlog. 

 Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you would like to make any suggestions about what you would like your child to learn or you would like any guidance about how you can help your child at home, please speak to your child’s class teacher, as we welcome any suggestions you may have.

Thank you for your continued support, we look forward to the year ahead and are sure it will be full of fabulous learning experiences!

To contact us, please send an email to: year4@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Green         Miss Hannan                    Miss Hamilton   

Year 4 Lead             Ash Class Teacher                        Birch Class Teacher     

Larch Class Teacher            

 

 

 

 

Key Dates

Spring Term

Spring 1

Spring 2

5th January

Back to school

20th February

Back to school

13th January

University
of Broadford begins

2nd March

World Book Day


20th January

Young Voices Concert for Choir children

TBC

Science school trip TBC

24th January

Year 4 Stay and Learn Morning 9-9:30am.



2nd February

Year 4 Viking Day. Children to come in dressed as Vikings for a day full of Viking experiences. Parent volunteers needed.



10th February

Last day of Spring 1

Dress to Express Day for Children’s Mental Health



 


Spring Term


1st Half Term

2nd Half Term

Literacy

Varjak Paw

There’s a boy in the girls bathroom

Maths

Multiplication and division

Fractions and decimals

It is essential for the children to know all of their Times Tables so that they can access the Mathematics curriculum in Year 6. Please encourage your child to practise on TTRockstars every evening to improve their speed and accuracy. 

Here are some useful websites to support your child with their learning at home:

Corbett Maths Primary 

Mathletics

Computing

Computing systems and networks - the internet

Creating media - audio productions

Science

Living Things and their Habitats

States of Matter

History/Geography

Vikings

Our World

RSE

Managing risk

Understanding the norms of

drug use (cigarette and alcohol

use)

Influences

Online safety

Making a difference

(different ways of helping

others or the environment)

Media influence

Decisions about

spending money

RE

What do religions teach about the natural world & why should we care?

What does it mean to be Jewish?

PE

Strike and field games

Art/Design and Technology

Drawing with scissors

Mechanical systems (Pneumatics) Moving toys

French

Shopping - food, clothes and money. 

Where in the world .

Music

Spr 1: Stop!

(Grime, Classical, Bhangra, Tango, Latin Fusion)

Spr 2: Lean On Me

(Gospel)



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