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  • YEAR 4

    Welcome to Year 4!
    On this page, you will find a selection of helpful files and documents that should support you at home.  

     

    Year 4 (ID 1085)

    Read our curriculum information for this year below. 

    You can also see our current Termly Curriculum News and KSO. 

    Ancient Egypt_KSO_Year_4.docx

    Subject Pages for more detail  

    Our Topic this term is... Ancient Egypt!         

    Walk like an Egyptian!

     Key Factso Hieroglyphs were written by scribes, who had to go to a special school to learn how to write

    o Hieroglyphs were used for religious texts and inscriptions on statues and tombs.

    o The river Nile was essential to life in ancient Egypt. Most people lived along and around the Nile. This is still true in Egypt today. The river was used for water, fishing and trade.

    o Tutankhamun was born around 1341 BC and died around 1323 BC. He was known as the ‘boy king’ as he became pharaoh aged only 9.


    Historical and Geographical Skills

    •  I can locate the world’s countries, using maps and identify major cities

    • I can describe the climate of Egypt and how this affected Ancient Egyptian life

    • I can use a range of sources to find out about the past;

    • I can gather more detail from sources such as maps to build up a clearer picture of the past

    • I can find out about the everyday lives of people in time studied compared with our life today

    • I can identify key features, aspects and events of the time studied;

    • I understand that a timeline can be divided into BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini).


Home Learning

Year 4 

Reading - 15 minutes daily 

Spellings - 5 minutes daily 

Purple Mash - 15 minutes twice a week

Year 4 pupils to also practice times tables on TTRS (Times Table Rock Stars).  

Reading

Our school uses Accelerated Reader to support children to access texts that are appropriately challenging and engaging. As part of our school home learning expectations, children should read 5 times a week (15 minutes for Year 3 and 4; 20 minutes for Year 5 and 6). This is in addition to regular independent reading at school.  Children are also required to complete Accelerated Reader quizzes when they finish books. Your child’s class teacher regularly checks Accelerated Reader and can see the books that children read. Children also complete a simple reading log so that texts which do not have Accelerated Reader quizzes are recorded. This replaces the need for children to fill in traditional reading diaries every time they read, ensures children are motivated and engaged, and gives the teacher helpful information about their reading habits and choices.  On top of this, each child in Key Stage Two has access to 1000 e-books through MYON.

Year 4 Spellings Summer 2

 

 

The overview of weekly spellings can be found below. 


 Maths

Times table sessions take place regularly in Year 4. Please see below for some useful links to support your child in becoming more fluent with their times table facts up to 12 x 12. 

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Our Class

 What's it like in Y4? A 'day in the life' 

8:40 Arrive at school, times table practice and/or quiet reading.

8:55 Register.

8.55-9.30 Whole class reading lesson.

9:30-9.45 Phonics lesson.

9.45-10.45 English lesson

10:45-11 Breaktime. 

11-12.05 Maths then tidy up and a prayer for our lunchtime. 

12:10 Lunch.

1.10-1.30 Worship. 

1:30-2.30 Topic (History or Geography).

2:30-3.00 Music .

3:00 Class story/times table practice/Globle.

3:15 Whole school prayer and home time.

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