Year 4
Welcome to Year 4!
Leeds, Warwick and Windsor Classes
Our classes are as follows:
Leeds Class: Mr Smith (Phase Leader and Class teacher) & Mrs Major (Class teacher)
Warwick Class: Mr Ridout (Class teacher), Mrs Elliott & Mrs Kaur (TAs)
Windsor Class: Mr Bishop (Class teacher), Mrs Pomphrey (HLTA)
Information
Theme: In this half-term, Year 4 will look at the following key questions:
Key question 1: Why on earth would Julius Caesar want to leave sunny Italy invade cold Britain and what would he have found here?
Key question 2: Why did the Emperor Claudius invade Britain a cold bleak country, on the edge of
empire?
Key question 3: Why did Boudica stand up to the Romans and how do we remember her today?
Key question 4: How can we explain the power of the Roman army at this time? This brings in a
European dimension to the Roman Empire and is where work on Hadrian’s Wall would feature.
Key question 5: What can we tell about Roman life from a study of this villa/fort? Case study of places such as Caerwent, Fishborne, Lullingstone
Key question 6: How far did the Romans change the life of people living in Britain after the conquest?
Home Learning:
All Students will receive weekly home learning sheets, which we encourage this to be completed to support their learning.
Reading
Please read with your child as often as possible at home and record in their home school book which is checked daily. Half-Termly rewards will be provided for the students who continuously read and record it.
Spelling
Children will receive a weekly list of spellings to learn at home. These will be sent home every Thursday, and then checked in school the following week.
PE:
Year 4’s P.E times are as follows:
Leeds Class: Monday (Personal Best) and Thursday (indoors)
Warwick Class: Tuesday (Personal Best) and Wednesday (indoors)
Windsor Class: Tuesday (Personal Best) and Wednesday (indoors)
We will be continuing with the daily run or movement activities, so please ensure that your child has suitable footwear to participate every day. PE kits will be sent home on a Friday to be washed for return on Monday.
Please do speak to us if you have any queries or concerns.
The Year 4 team
Spring 2 - English (publishing our dragon instructions using the laptops)
Spring 2 - Year 4 D & T (Design and build a balloon powered car)
Spring 2 - Year 4 fun in the snow
Spring 2 - World Book Day
Spring 2 - P.E (Hockey)
Spring 2 - Active Maths (Addition)
Spring 2 - English Hook lesson
Spring 1 - D&T (Cooking Pizza)
Spring 1 - Active Maths (lines of symmetry)
Spring 1 - Science (creating complete electrical circuits)
Spring 1 - PE (New Age Kurling)
Santa misplaced a few items in Warwick Class. Y4 wrote letters to him offering to help!
Christmas Science - Making 'fake' snow!!
Year 4 Dodgeball Session
Windsor Class Bikeability
Andover Trees United Planting Session at Bury Hill
Autumn 2 - Active Maths (Converting units of measure)
Autumn 2 - Active Maths Lesson (Equivalent Fractions)
Autumn 2 - English Hook Lesson
Autumn 2 - Reading Workshop (Poetry and Performance)
Autumn 2 - Active Maths (Fractions)
Autumn 2 - P.E (Football)
Autumn 1 - P.E (Running games)
Autumn 1 - History (Roman Timeline)
Wet Play creativity
Autumn 1 - Basketball House Competition
Autumn 1 - Active Maths lessons
Autumn 1 - English hook lesson
Autumn 1 - Gym
Autumn 1 - Music
Pictures from Year 4 2022/23
Year 4
All aspects of our curriculum are accessible to all children, irrespective of their ethnic background, gender, disability, religious or linguistic background. We strive hard to meet the needs of those pupils with special education needs, those with disabilities, those who are more able, those with special gifts and talents and the children who are learning English as an additional language. We provide a rich, challenging curriculum, which stretches all of our children.