Year 4

Hello Year 4 parents and guardians!  

We’ve had another term full of learning and fun! Our theme this term has been Global Goal 15, focusing on deforestation and climate change. This learning has been expressed during our geography, history, art and science lessons. We finished off with our trip to the Northern Slopes to put our learning into practice.  

In writing, we have had a focused on The Iron Man, which is about a mysterious, metal-eating creature who scares the villagers into creating a plan to capture him. The children have written a story about their own mysterious creature, and a letter written from the Iron Man’s perspective.  

We have learned about decimals and place value with a focus on tenths and hundredths. Please continue to practice times tables with your child. It is important to be able to answer any of these, up to 12x12 within 6 seconds, as it will help your child be more confident in lessons. 

Our learning about Hinduism involved a special lesson about the Holi festival and we replicated some of their traditions this term.  

We are already looking forward to next term and the exciting learning we have planned, 

Miss Clutsom, Mr Haycock and Miss Sayers 😊 

Hello Year 4 parents and guardians!  

It has been another whirlwind term, with lots of fun learning and experiences. Our theme this term has been Heritage and Culture, focusing on the Romans and their time in Britain. This has been woven into our art, DT and geography,  finally culminating in our exciting trip to the Roman Fort at Caerleon in Wales. The children have loved every minute of their learning, and will be able to tell you many facts about the Roman civilisation, from how legionaries fought in battle, to how Romans would keep themselves clean and healthy (and also go to the toilet)! 

We have also examined The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, which is a wonderful story about a china rabbit who gets lost overboard. The children have written their own tales of a lost toy, and produced a diary entry from the perspective of Edward himself.  

Finally, we have been working hard on fractions in maths. This has been tricky but we have made great progress with our understanding – and naturally been using our times tables a lot! Please can you keep practicing these with your child over half term; they will find it very helpful when we return for Spring 2.  

All the best,  

Mr Haycock, Miss Clutsom and Miss Sayers – the Year 4 team 

Hello Year 4 parents! The first term of the year has been very busy, and the children have all settled in well to new routines. Our theme this term has been “Who am I, and who am I becoming?” and a lot of our work, particularly in PSHE and art, has been based around these ideas. Our artwork has explored some of our strongest memories, and we have considered our future paths by imagining our older selves.  

Our book this term was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a text many of you will be familiar with! The children wrote their own portion of the narrative, imagining something dreadful happening to a child who broke the rules. Naturally, that would never happen in real life!  

Maths has mostly been revising concepts of place value and recapping methods of addition and subtraction, while next term we will move into multiplication. A reminder that your child’s ability to recall number bonds (e.g. 6 and 4 is 10, 7 and 8 is 15, 54 and 46 is 100), and times tables (up to 12 x 12) quickly and accurately is key to their confidence and success in maths going forward. If you do get the chance to practise these with your children it will help them out a lot! 

Our Oasis country of the year is Mozambique and the children are really enjoying a developing knowledge and understanding of the wider world, as well as a focus on changes in Bristol in history. They may have already told you about the replica digestive system that we produced in class – definitely an experience!  

We have finished off with Heritage Week as one of our themed weeks, and considered Maya Angelou and how she protested against segregation, as well as some of her poetry. We have also begun to think about Remembrance and why we wear poppies in November.  

We hope you all have a wonderful half term, and will see you in November. 

The Year 4 team 

Mr Haycock, Miss Clutsom and Miss Harrington