Year 4 2023 - 2024

Year 4: Mr Dalton’s Class

Spring Term 2023

Hello and welcome to our Year 4 class page. This is where you will find out all the relevant information you need about what we are learning at school.

My name is Mr Dalton and I am very excited to be teaching at St Mary of the Angel’s again this year. I am supported by Mrs Thompson-Jones and we have some really interesting things coming up this term.

Topic

This term, we will be learning all about Ancient Egypt. Following on from our Greek topic, we will be studying another fascinating culture full of wonderous and interesting things. We will study a wide range of objectives such as why the River Nile was so important, what they built the Pyramids to be able to describe the process of mummification. Alongside our historical work, we will also complete some interesting art and DT work such as printing hieroglyphs and making Shadifs.

English

In English, we will be using the fantastic Dianne Hofmeyr book ‘Zeraffa Giraffa’ as inspiration for our writing. We will use this interesting story of a giraffe that is sent as a gift to the King of France, to work on creating a detailed information pamphlet. Alongside this, we will be continue having a significant focus on basic skills such as handwriting, punctuation and grammar. During our guided reading sessions, we will place a greater focus on inference skills, using our Ancient Egyptian topic as inspiration for our texts.

Maths

Following on from a great start with addition and subtraction, we will turn our attention towards multiplication and division. We will continue to practise our rapid recall of times tables facts to build towards our Multiplication Tables Check. We will also start to look at other challenging areas such as fractions and decimal numbers and the relationship between them both. Between these difficult tasks, we will continue to use our skills for interesting investigations.

RE

In RE, our topic is Jesus, the Teacher. This is a really interesting and important topic where the children will continue to learn about the life of Jesus after his birth. Initially, we will look at some of the events from his early life before moving on to how he travelled around teaching people the Good News. We will also find time to take part in a variety of Liturgical Prayers around some of the themes that come up throughout the year.

Other Subjects

We also have lots of exciting learning planned across other subjects such as Science, Music, PE, Spanish, Forest School, Computing, Art and Technology.

PE Days

Monday morning: Football with Mr Dalton

Thursday morning: Game Sense Invasion with Mr Dalton

Forest School

Unless stated otherwise, our Forest School dates for this year are as follows:

28th September

23rd November

1st February

28th March

6th June

Please ensure that your child comes to school on these days dressed accordingly to the weather forecast in old clothes which you don’t mind getting dirty.  During the winter months it will be imperative that the children are wrapped up with multiple layers.

Homework in Year 4

At home, there are many things you can do to support your child. On Friday, work will be set on Google Classroom with details of activities that can be completed in their Home Learning books. There are also activities to complete on Spelling Shed and Times Tables Rockstars which children are encouraged to complete as regularly as possible.

With regards to reading, Children should continue to read every night and noted each time in their reading diary. This will complement the reading that children will be completing in school individually and during group Guided Reading. During these sessions, next steps will often be suggested, which will give hints for how to support reading at home.  

Open Invitation

You are always welcome to chat with myself after school, or to make an appointment. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Mr Dalton

Year 4 Teacher