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Year 4- Rowan
Last updated 23.10.24
Welcome to Rowan Class
2024 - 2025.
We are Year 4 and our teachers are Mrs Ratcliffe and Mrs Douglas .
Mrs Ratcliffe teaches us Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Mrs Douglas teaches us Thursday and Friday.
The class teaching assistants are:
Mrs L. Harvey (HLTA) in the mornings.
Miss Keeble, and Mrs Busuttil in the afternoons.
Rowan Team
Message from the Year 4 team:
Welcome to the Autumn Term 2024 in Year 4.
The Christian Value for this half term is 'Generosity'. We will be exploring the different ways we can apply this value in our lives. You may like to talk to your children about this value and what it means to you.
Our Topic this term is about The Anglo Saxons. We will be focusing on History/Geography.
The children have discussed the most important class rules we need to follow to make sure each one of us can learn and thrive in a happy and safe environment. We are looking forward to a wonderful term working with your children.
Proud Moments for our Class:
Our Harvest Poetry and Artwork and our Anglo-Saxon Workshop!
Anglo Saxon Workshop
Our weekly timetable: we aim to follow this as closely as possible but it may change due to special events or the children's interests.
In the Autumn Term, Rowan Class will be learning about:
Science: First half of the term - Animals including Humans. This covers both Teeth and Digestion.
Second half of the term - States of Matter including solids, liquids and gases.
History: The Anglo - Saxons. We will learn about who they were, where they came from, their settlement in Britain, how they lived and how their arrival impacted East Anglia.
Rowan class do PE on a Monday and Thursday .
On these days, please send your child to school in the following smart PE kit:
A white t-shirt, blue shorts and suitable trainers.
A black or navy hoodie and black or navy jogging bottoms.
If your child wears earrings and can't remove them independently, it is best they are left at home on PE days as they will need to be removed before the lesson.
Swimming lessons take place in the summer term. Further information will be sent out nearer the time.
Year 4 homework consists of regular reading, weekly spellings and weekly times tables practice. These will be uploaded on here each week.
Each half term, Rowan class has a piece of creative home learning linked to our learning. This will be sent home with your child during each half term.
Autumn Term Creative Homework Projects -
Weekly Times Tables Homework:
In the Summer Term we take part in the 'optional' Year 4 Times tables check.
The children should use 'Times tables Rock Stars' to practise tables at home. This will be set each week for the table they need to practise. We recommend a minimum of 3 practice sessions at home every week.
Each week during the first half of the Autumn Term , Rowan Class will join a Times Tables Rock Stars Battle with Chestnut Class. At the end of the week (Wednesday to Wednesday), the Class who wins will receive a Battle Winner Certificate. Also, the top 3 competitors from each class will receive individual certificates.
They can also use alternative online games and there are links at the bottom of this page.
If they want to practise writing tables out they can.
Times tables will be tested every Wednesday morning.
Next week's tables are :
Group 1: x 5, 3, 4, 8 mixed
Group 2: x 2, 5, 10 mixed
Weekly spelling and timestables homework:
Homework should be completed and returned to school the following Thursday (or Friday) morning.
Spellings will be tested on Friday morning .
If your child is unsure which Group they are in for Spelling and Timestables, please suggest they confirm with their teacher.
Y 3 and Y 4 Statutory Spelling list
Homework Overview
Year 4 Learning
Computing: Learning about networks, internet, websites and content:
Art
We have been getting creative enjoying our brand new art curriculum #AccessArt
Our first unit: story telling through drawing, develops our sketching skills; thinking about marks, lines and depth. We created a scene and imagined a story, next week we will build on our drawings and write text to add meaning to our pictures...
The children were really focused and engaged throughout - we cannot wait to see their finished pieces.
A list of websites and free activities to support Home Learning.
Use the following links to access useful websites, many of which we use in the classroom.
Contact us.
Got a question or want to let us know something? The contact box below is a quick, direct way for you to get in touch with Year 4 teachers. If you would like to speak to us you can use this to request a phone call. We aim to check the email every few days during term time and to reply as soon as we can.