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Year 4 created and followed some fabulous mummification instructions to the class. We even had our very own Mummified Podcast! Well done Year 4!
Emily has had a great start to half term after finding out she passed her dance exams, she received 92/100 for stage and 94/100 for tap. We are super proud! Well done Emily!
A huge well done to our Carter!! Man of the match.
First goal of the game ☺️ and a yummy 😋 ice cream 🍦 to celebrate!!
Zayn and Zaki visited family in London and Somerset, passing stone henge on the way. They spent lots of time with cousins and great granny and had lots of fun in the grounds of Maunsel house collecting sweet chestnuts, apples, feeding peacocks and seeing how the locks work in the canal. They also saw how cows like classical music…
Today we spent the day at Beamish for Helaynas 9th birthday. Its one of her favourite places in the world and made extra special today as its the first time she had visited the 1950s area and had her hair done 50s style and even found our house and bede burn on the map! She asked me to share a picture or two and hopes everyone is having an awesome summer break so far!
Welcome back, we hope you have had a fabulous festive holiday and we are looking forward to having your wonderful children back in school for a fun-packed term ahead. We hope they are keen to learn, have fun and achieve the best they can.
This half term our topic is Misty Mountain Sierra, where we will discover how these giants are formed as a fold, block, plateau or dome. We will follow the water cycles course from peak to valley and meet the exceptional tribes of the hostile Himalayas. We will plan an expedition, using map reading and orienteering skills where the children will investigate weather changes and habitats. Children will then get to use their creative skills to design and make a mountain range and weave like the Adi people.
Our English will link to our topic and we will explore the work of J. R. R.Tolkien and read The Hobbit, exploring the life of hobbits, wizards, orcs, dwarfs and goblins on their treacherous journey to find a gold ring and save middle earth. We will use this book to develop their writing, spelling and vocabulary and hope they enjoy the adventure.
In maths our focus is measure, where we will be learning how to find the perimeter of rectangles and rectilinear shapes. Please continue to work on times tables at home with your children. The National Multiplication Check for Year 4 will be in June for all pupils.
We ask that you read with your child for 15 minutes each day. Reading is vitally important to mental stimulation, knowledge expansion and helps improve writing skills.
Reading books are to be in school every day so that they can take part in our reading scheme Accelerated Reader.
Points to note:
- Swimming is Thursday afternoon
- P.E. is Monday afternoon
- Reading books and journals must be in school every day
- Please send water bottles to school for your child (plain, still water)
- Homework will be sent out on a Wednesday to be returned no later than the following Monday
- Please use WEDUC for any communication (or catch us on the door on a morning)
- Miss Summers will continue to work in Year 4 on a Monday and Mrs Peel will be in class Tuesday to Friday.
We are excited about the term ahead and can’t wait to get started!
Mrs Peel and Miss Summers.
Year 4 were visited by a local dentist who spoke to the children about the importance of looking after your teeth. Anthea and Jane worked with children discussing the various types of teeth humans have and what happens to them as we grow up. We looked at good and bad foods for your teeth and how to keep them healthy. We were all fascinated to find out exactly what happens every day in the surgery and the different jobs a dentist has to carry out. Year 4 really impressed them both with their knowledge of teeth and hygiene and they couldn’t believe how much they had learned already! Well done us! The pupils were given a goody bag and a chance to try on some dental gloves….a highlight for most!
Thank you to Anthea and Jane from {my} dentist in Hebburn. You were brilliant with all of the children and they had a wonderful afternoon.
I can’t believe it’s the start of Autumn term already! I hope you’ve all had a lovely summer with your family and friends and are feeling refreshed and ready to go! We are delighted to be back with all your wonderful children ready to start a brand new term in school. We have lots to look forward to this year and I look forward to seeing the pupils shine and make the progress they are capable of.
Our topic this term is Burps, Bottoms and Bile… so lots of weird and wonderful facts and vocabulary for us to have a giggle about. We will be learning about teeth, the digestive system as well as staying fit and healthy. The children will be visited by a local dentist who will talk to them about the importance of looking after your teeth. We will be carrying out various experiments to show the children exactly what happens when you don’t look after them…Toothbrushes at the ready!
Our English worked will be closely linked to our topic and we will be reading the horror that is Demon Dentist by David Walliams. Year 4 will be focusing on spelling and vocabulary this year to further develop and enhance the children’s writing skills. Can I take this opportunity to remind you of the importance of reading at home with your children. Sharing a book with your child is fun – it’s a time for closeness, laughing and talking together. Reading exposes our children to different styles, voices, genres and vocabulary and as a result helps to improve their independent writing. The children will read with an adult each week and we will look closely at their reading skills using our ever popular Accelerated Reading scheme. This has worked well to improve children’s reading and encouraged those children not as keen to read to pick up a book and have a go.
Maths in Year 4 is more important than ever as we have the statutory multiplication check to do in June 2020. It is important the children practise their tables at home as well as school and we would be grateful for parental support with this. In school we will be using games, songs, quizzes and chants to continue to develop their knowledge. Our focus in maths this term is Number and Place Value, where the pupils will learn Roman Numerals, begin to round numbers and compare and order numbers to 1000.
We will continue to use Seesaw to keep you up to date with what the children are up to in class and around school. If you need any logins or passwords please contact the main office for support.
Points to note,
- Swimming is a Thursday afternoon
- P.E is a Friday afternoon
- Reading books and reading journals must be in school everyday
- Please send a water bottle to school for your child (plain, still water only)
- Homework (when set) will be sent out on a Wednesday to be returned no later than the following Monday
- Please use Weduc for any communication (or catch us on the door on a morning)
- Miss Summers will be working in Year 4 on a Monday and I will be in Tuesday to Friday.
As always, we will work hard to provide your children with the most stimulating and invigorating curriculum providing them with a safe and nurturing environment to work in. We aim to use a variety of teaching tools and resources to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum that makes learning fun and raises standards.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Peel & Miss Summers
As part of our new Cornerstones topic, ‘Traders & Raiders,’
we were fortunate enough to have a special visitor for our memorable experience – Sif the Viking trader!
Sif was a real beacon of knowledge for all things Viking and Anglo-Saxon. She dressed us up in the finest fashion garments – including some rather unsightly underwear! We also got to have a go at milling our own flour, all while learning about what the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons loved to eat the most.
The highlight of our memorable experience was definitely learning about how the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons liked to fight. We were introduced to some of the best weapons they had to offer, Sif even allowed us to carefully handle them.
A fantastic day was topped off with the retelling of a Viking saga, which gave us all goosebumps. A huge thank you to Tanya from ‘Women from the Past’ for such a great day.
Year 4 have started to learn about our new topic, Playlists. Our new Cornerstones curriculum encourages fun and exciting topic learning and each topic starts with a memorable experience. As our learning will be centred around music of the 20th Century, what better way to kick things off than with our very own school music festival!
After we arrived dressed as our favourite musicians, we began our day with a jamming session with Mr Mac, who kindly brought in an array of instruments for the children to have a go at playing. Throughout the day we enjoyed a song lyric quiz, crossword treasure hunt and a good old game of musical chairs (with a 20th Century playlist to match!)
The headliners of the festival were the fantastic Little Moth, who came to our school hall to give us a live performance. Jen and Tony played us a mix of old and new music with a bit of music history along the way – what a treat! The children really enjoyed their astounding performance (as did myself and Mr Mac).
Year 4 learnt about the music their grown-ups have grown up with and I learnt a few new dance moves along the way. It’s certainly not a day we will forget.
Watch out Glastonbury!
