Welcome to Year 4

Typical Year 4 Timetable

Key Information

• Full PE kit to be worn on Thursday. 
• Please read at least three times a week with your child and sign their reading record. Bring the reading record in to school on Tuesday to be checked. 
• Books can be changed every day, as often as your child wants to.

Communicating with your child's class teacher: 

Our direct year group email is year4@st-matthews.leeds.sch.uk. As both classes use this email, please make it clear in the subject line who the email is for (FAO Mr Morton, Mrs Maini or Miss Claxton-Ruddock). 

Names in clothing:

Please ensure that your child's clothing is clearly labelled with their name so their clothing can be rightfully returned (should it be taken off).

Homework

• MyMaths online homework will be set every Monday.
• New spellings will be given every Friday to learn by the following Friday.  These can be found in Google Classroom and are also available up in the classroom for the children.  Some suggested strategies for practising spellings can be found below.  In addition to the weekly words, we encourage the children to learn the spellings on the Year 3/4 spelling list, see below.  Can you learn them all by the end of Year 4?
• Practise Times Table Rockstars.  We set regular 'battles' between classes to encourage the children to do this.

Our Current Learning - Summer Term 1

Our Topic - The Caribbean

Outdoor Leaning!

Over the past few weeks we have been enjoying the weather and doing some learning outdoors! We have enjoyed doing a minibeasts hunt, searching for invertebrates and planting some plants, learning how to grow our own food! 

Coronation Day Fun!!

Today we celebrated King Charles III and his upcoming coronation. We enjoyed listening to some coronation music, completed a fact hunt and made our own commemorative plates.

Our Residential in Malham:

Day 1:

Today we have had a lovely day. 4JM have scaled Malham Cove and although we had tired legs all made it up and safely back to the hostel. 4MC have had a good day walking to Janet's Foss and Gordale Scar. 

Weather update: Some hail and a strong cold wind. 

Here are some photos of our adventures from day 1.

Day 2:

We've had another fantastic day which has involved lots of resilience and perseverance whilst caving. Both classes have enjoyed learning map reading skills with a focus on six-figure grid references. 

Weather update: Sunny and warm 

Here are some photos from our adventures on day 2.

Day 3

Today 4MC scaled Malham Cove and 4JM enjoyed a stroll along Gordale Beck to see Janet's Foss and saw a heron and deer. 

We all made it back safe and sound. Enjoy a good nights sleep!

Weather update: Sunny and warm

Our Previous Learning - Spring Term 2

Our Topic - Mapping Malham

Previous Learning - Spring Term 1

Our Topic - The Anglo-Saxons

Previous Learning - Autumn Term 2

Our Topic - Chocolate

Previous Learning - Autumn Term 1

Our Topic - The Romans

Recommended Reading

Please see the below link which has been made available for all families to access. It contains the recommended reading for children in Year 4. It has a lovely mixture of fiction and non-fiction texts which will really enhance your child's comprehension skills. 

Other Useful Links