Class 4

Welcome to Class 4!

On our page you will find class and curriculum information. Remember check every week for updates!

Teaching Staff

Class Teacher - Mrs Hard

Student Teacher -Mrs Wraige

Teaching Assistant: Mr Pain

Meet the Teacher

Meet the Teacher PowerPoint

Week beginning 9th June 2025

This week the children have all completed their times tables check. Well done and thank you to everyone for all the practise and preparation at home. We continue to work on our times tables all the way through school so please encourage your child to keep logging on to TTRockstars at home. It will reap dividends for later learning in maths if the children can recall all these facts immediately without working out or counting up.

We have had two visitors to school this week, one virtual and one face to face. We had a Zoom meeting with Vanessa who is currently living in the Amazon rainforest. We were able to ask her questions about the environment and we learned lots about the animals that live there too. Later in the week, we had a visit from our local community police officer, Lisa. She told us all about road safety and the laws around driving safely around our local area. We have made some Road Safety Posters to show our learning.

In Science we have been learning about classification of vertebrates. We learned all about fish, reptiles, mammals, birds and amphibians and the characteristics they have. In maths we have been continuing to learn about decimals and have been dividing by 10. In English we have been learning about direct speech and how to punctuate it in a newspaper article.

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A gentle reminder to use the planner for the children to record their home reading. Just the title and the pages read is fine. You can comment on vocabulary discussed if need be. This is a great way to see how well the children are engaging in reading outside of school. The expectation is that the children get into the habit of reading for 15 minutes a day. This is to ensure they develop the habits required to flourish in their education now and in the future.

Thank you for your continued support and have a great weekend.

Year 4 Team

Our Oak Story Openings

The Ancient Elder by Matilda

A woman secretly sneaked into the woods. Seconds before, the wood had been alive with the sound of peeping squirrels and the tapping of the woodpeckers. Now all was still as the woodland animals watched the woman and thought about why she had come.

The woman stopped looked up at the elder tree and started to swing her axe. The woman smashed her axe against the trunk of the tree and realised how hard it would be to chop down. Bang! Crash! Bang! Crash! Bang! Crash! Then, a few moments passed and she fell asleep.

A few more moments passed, and a black bat came and whispered in the woman’s ear, “Miss this is an ancient elder tree. It is where I live in a hole inside the big hollow trunk. You may not cut it down.”

The Emerald Oak Tree by Seth

Two people trudged into the woodland. One of them was told to cut down a tree but he did not want to do it. Minutes before, the two men trudged into the woodland, the woodland was full of buzzing bees, chattering birds, and scampering squirrels.

Now all was silent as the animals watched the one man and thought about why he had come. The man stopped, looked up at the Oak tree and started to swing his axe, Whack chop hack! The tree started to make some creaks. Soon the man was sweating. He wiped the sweat off his face.

Soon, he was tired, and decided to lie down. The hum and heat lulled him to sleep. There was a frog in the woodland who came ribbiting down the beautiful emerald oak tree, and was surprised to see a man, and a graze in the tree. He went closer to the man and started to speak. “Sir, this tree is home to thousands of creatures, and you would soon create less of oxygen. You won’t do this right? Please think before you do. I don’t want you to chop, down this tree…”

The Great Oak Tree by Lottie

The woman picked up her axe, thought for a second and hit the tree, thwack, bang, crash. She got so incredibly tired that she sat down and fell asleep.

A spider emerged from the grass as the woman fell asleep he whispered in her ear, “Sir you can’t chop down this tree. I built my home here and use it for shelter.” Then scuttled away.

Just then, a grass snake slithered towards the woman from the horrendously long grass. “Sir, leave this tree alone. Without it I would starve.” Said the grass snake furiously.

Phonics and SPAG sentences

This week we have been learning about the sound /er/ as in preferred. Can you spot all the different ways the sound /k/ can be spelled in English?

surprise energy remember whether weather framework earth particular regular preferred external insert confirm herbal herbivore permanent persist persistent transfer research calendar referred father farther

Our sentences this week focus on our /er/ spelling words. This week we have written sentences with relative clauses:

Gerty the turtle, who was a herbivore preferred to munch on lettuce. Surprisingly, Bernard's permanent pen transferred ink through the paper. "When sunny weather persists you must remember your yellow hats," confirmed Mrs Burton.

Use https://play.ttrockstars.com/ It is a fantastic way to learn all the Times Tables.

Reading:

Reading at home with an adult for 15 minutes per day is an essential way to ensure your child is developing their vocabulary skills for the future. Please record this in the school planner. Its a great way to record all the amazing books you read throughout the year. The children will all be given a Spring Term Reading Menu- this gives guidance and suggestions to read widely. If the children complete it by Easter they can also claim a free book from me!