Upcoming Dates to Note Parent Workshop

There will be a parent workshop on Wednesday 19th October 5-6pm. We encourage all parents to attend as

this session will inform you what your child will be learning this year and how you can help them at home. School Trip – Samlesbury Hall Barakah – 28th September 2016 Al Farsi / Ibn Jabal – 29th September 2016

PE Al Farsi- Friday PM Barakah- Friday PM

Ibn Jabal – Thursday PM It is important that your child is not wearing any jewellery in school and that an appropriate named PE kit is in school at all times.

Year 4 Newsletter

Autumn term 1: 2016 The Terrible Tudors

Reading Books. Reading Books will be changed on Mondays and

Thursdays. It is important that your child brings their reading book and diary to school on

these days so that we can change the books accordingly. The record must be signed by an adult for the book to be changed. All children are also receiving Guided Reading once a week

within class. You can also log on to www.bugclub.co.uk to read additional books.

This term our topic is The Tudors The children will be learning about the following:

• English – We have started the term by studying the

features of newspaper articles to report on the story of Hajj. We are currently on our Literacy topic exploring stories set within Historical Settings. During this unit, we are specifically looking at: creating characters and settings, plot development and writing in the past tense, with the use of dialogue to enhance narrative writing. Over the course of the Autumn Term, we will be looking at creating images through poetry.

• Maths – This year the children are introduced to

concrete, pictorial and abstract methods of using and applying mathematics. We have started the term by focussing on place value in 4 and 5 digit numbers in relation to decimals and fractions as well as whole numbers. In addition, the children will be learning to round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 as well as writing numbers to the value of 10,000. We will also be applying inverse and problem solving strategies.

• Science – We are going to investigate the features of

the respiratory system, understanding each function and the effects of harmful substances.

• History- We are studying the Tudors and how they first came in to reign. We will be studying Henry VIII, one of the most influential Monarchs of this period.

• Visual Arts – We are studying focus drawing skills, line

drawings and shading.

• Guided Reading - Your child will be receiving one session of guided reading per week with the class teacher. A session lasts approximately 25 minutes and is with 5-7 other children. Guided reading involves reading a text and discussing it as a group - making predictions, spotting punctuation, making inferences and describing how a text makes us feel and why. Furthermore, our class novel this term is, for Barakah/ Al Farsi - ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ and for Ibn Jabal ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.

What you can do at home:

Ø Read with your child every day. This will increase their fluency and will assist them in their comprehension.

Ø Sit with your child to complete their homework encouraging them to use ambitious vocabulary in their writing.

Ø Assist your child in learning their times tables with the corresponding division facts, they need to get to their 12x tables before the end of year 4!

Ø Encourage your child with their handwriting so it becomes legible and joined.

Useful websites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/ http://www.bugclub.co.uk/ If you would like to speak to the class teacher, please do not hesitate to make an appointment. School phone number: 01254 54070