Year 4
Welcome to Year 4
Mrs Rodda/Mr Donaghy - Class 9 Teacher
Ms Bailey - Class 9 Teaching Assistant
Mr Gleaves - Class 10 Teacher
Miss Morton - Class 9 Teaching Assistant
A very warm welcome back! Hope that you had a wonderful summer. We are really excited about the upcoming learning journey ahead for the Autumn Term.
English
In English “Talk for|Writing” we will be looking at Beat the Monster Suspense Stories with our main text being The Manor House and some learning challenges to include – powerful verbs, personification, creepy settings, alliteration, adjectives, pronouns to hide the threat.
Maths
In Maths we will be focusing of the crucial skills of Place Value and addition and subtraction.
History
History will be the Ancient Greeks and Roman Britain. Who was the most powerful, who had the best myths and what do different sources tell us about them.
Music
Music will have the wonderful Halle Orchestra teachers to use music to support and represent our classroom learning and also the composition Mama Mia to explore pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, tempo, pulse and structure as we compose our own versions.
Geography
Geography will be Manchester and the North West including both human and physical features, a local investigation and six figure grid references.
Science
In Science our learning challenges will be teeth and the human digestive system.
I.C.T
Computing will be Coding through Scratch.
PSHE
PHSE will be Very Important Persons and Safety First.
RE
RE will be Journeys.
Thank you so much for your continued support.
The Year 4 team
Mrs Rodda/Mr Donaghy, Ms Bailey
Mr P Gleaves, Mrs Morton
Information for Parents/Guardians:
Keep in Touch:
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Useful Websites
Daily Online Lessons
- We Are Stars - National Space Centre Family Movie Night.
- BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons - All Subjects
- Oak National Academy Weekly Online Lessons
Home Learning Packs
- My Activity Book
- Classroom Secrets Home Learning Pack
- Classroom Secrets Guidance and Answers
- Classroom Secrets Practical Ideas
Maths and English
- Spring Maths Activity Booklet
- Spring Maths Activity Booklet Answers
- XLI Maths Activities
- White Rose Daily Maths Lessons (with video tutorials and answers)
- Hit the Button
- Grand Prix Times Tables Game
- ICT Maths Games
- Primary Games
- XLI English Activities
All Curriculum Areas
- Twinkl Activities
- Twinkl Activities and Extras - Games
- Twinkl Health and Wellbeing
- Teacher's Pet Resource Pack 1
- Teacher's Pet Resource Pack 2
- BBC Bitesize
- 50 YouTube Channels for Home Learning
Science
- Happy Hooligans Science Experiments and Ideas
- Science Buddies - STEM Activities
- 10 Great Science Experiments you can do at home
Computing
P.E
- Live Home P.E Sessions with Joe - Starting on Monday 23rd March