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Year 4- Rowan
Last updated 27.01.25
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 Spring Term in Year 4.
The Christian Value for this half term is 'Courage'. 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 "Rainforests" We will be focusing on History/Geography.
We continue to follow our Rowan Class Rules that we all signed, to make sure every one of us can learn and thrive in a happy and safe environment.
As our independence grows we are really focusing on our, whole school Big Ideas for learning behaviour: FOCUS, PERSEVERANCE & REFLECTION.
In the Spring Term, Rowan Class will be learning about:
Writing: We will write an extended narrative based on a beautiful picture book Over an Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner.
All about a walk through a rainforest and the sights and sounds that overwhelm the senses ...
Our class Reader is: Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo
Computing: Editing photos using different programs; cropping, rotating, colour adjust and artistic affects. Learning about the ethics of changing an image and the impact this can have.
Science: Our theme is Living things and their habitats. This involves searching for mini beats in our Withy.
Topic: Geography. We will start by learning map skills including learning how to read 4 figure grid references on Ordnance Survey maps. After half term, we will be learning about Rainforests.
Access Art: The Art of Display. Inspiration - Thomas J Price and Anthony Gormley. Experimentation: The Fourth Plinth Project and Clay Figures on plinths. Expression: A pocket-size Gallery...
Year 4 homework consists of regular reading, weekly spellings and weekly times tables practice.
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.
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.
It is recommended that the children practice for 18 minutes a week with a minimum of 3 sessions at home.
Periodically, throughout the year, Rowan Class will join a Times Tables Rock Stars Battle with other KS2 classes. 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.
Spring Term Creative Homework Project
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.
Proud Moments for our Class:
Our Harvest Poetry and Artwork and our Anglo-Saxon Workshop!
Anglo Saxon Workshop
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.
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.