Welcome to Class 4B - St Jeanne Jugan

STAFF: Miss Baker

Autumn 2024

Key Information

Class Mass - 15th October 2024 (taking place at St Mary's Church)

Assembly - 20th November 2024

PE

PE will take place weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Tuesdays we will be inside using the hall, therefore indoor kit can be worn:

1. White shirt
2. Navy Blue shorts
3. Trainers

ALL children should come to school dressed in their PE kit and remain in this all day. 

Year 4 children will be outdoors during their PE lesson on Wednesdays. They should come dressed in their PE kit which will include:

1. White shirt
2. Navy Blue shorts (plain, navy tracksuit bottoms weather dependent)
3. Trainers
4. School jumper/plain, navy jumper
5. Suitable waterproof jacket (weather dependent)

HOME LEARNING

Children are expected to complete home learning activities to help with their Maths and English.

SPELLINGS - Given out on a Monday to practise. They will be tested on Friday. 

MYMATHS - Online activities linked to classwork - they are expected to complete the weekly activities when set.

TIMESTABLES ROCKSTARS - Children should be aiming to practice their multiplication and division fact recall as often as possible. 5-10 minutes each day is ideal. Knowledge of these facts feeds into almost all other mathematical units we cover throughout the year. Short, frequent practice can be the most useful to support your child with progress in maths. 

Children may also be asked to complete half term projects should they wish which will be to do with their current/future topic in school.

CURRICULUM

Religion

This term we will be exploring the themes of People - Domestic church/family. We will also explore Caritas topics including thinking about the dignity of work and caring for God's creation.​ We will be taking part in weekly collective worships as part of our ongoing journey within our faith.

English

In English we will be developing our reading, writing, spellings and grammar skills through a range of fiction writing and non-fiction opportunities - The focus this half term will be on strengthening our writing through setting descriptions, character descriptions, and diary entries. Our class read for this half term will be Narnia.

Reading

Guided reading sessions, whole class reading sessions and our daily class read will enable children to develop their reading skills and comprehension alongside an ever growing love of reading. 

Reading at home

We encourage parents to read with their child for 30 mins every night. This can be a school book or a book from home. 

Reading Records should be signed daily and brought in everyday for a member of staff to sign and change the book where necessary. 

Maths

At the beginning of this term we will start by exploring the topic of Place value. We will then move onto addition and subtraction and then measurement focusing on area.

Keep learning your times tables - You should know your 2s, 5s and 10s from Year 2,  3s, 4s and 8s from Year 3 and Year 4 will focus on the rest of the tables, up to the 12 Times Table.  Year 4 will be completing a Times Tables Check at the start of Summer 2!

Practise your times tables everyday by logging onto Times Tables Rockstars and working on the battles and completing soundchecks regularly!

Science

This term we will be exploring states of matter and looking at the properties of solids, liquids and gases and how to compare and sort them.

Topic

In Topic we will be focusing on Romans and Britain's. We will be looking at how the Romans conquered Britain, what they built in Britain and how that has impacted Britain today.

PSHE

Throughout the Autumn term we will be looking at the module 'Created to Live in Community'. Created to Live in Community explores the individual’s relationship with the wider world. Here we explore how human beings are relational by nature and are called to love others in the wider community through service, through dialogue and through working for the Common Good. For any further information please see the TenTen parent portal. The leaflet with the log in details has been attached below.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Children have been given logins for: - You will find these on the inside front cover of their reading journals.

- Reading Eggs

- Spelling Shed

- Times Tables Rock Star

- My Maths

These apps and webpages are fantastic resources for the children to access independently to help improve their core skills of reading, spelling and times tables. 

Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.