Welcome to Year 4 at Red Hill!
We would like to happily welcome your child into Year 4 and we are very excited to support them on part of their journey through Red Hill Primary School.
At Red Hill, we have three Year 4 classes:-
4W- Miss Wooldridge
4AP- Mr Davys
4P- Mr Pillow
4S- Miss Solyali
Our year group TAs is Mrs Pocock and Ms King.
Curriculum
Please click below to see the curriculum map for Year 4 as well as the topic web for this half term. These are working documents however, so they may change as we progress into the term. The Year 4 Curriculum Meeting slides are also below.
Homework sheets
Please see below for weekly homework sheets. Children should have brought these home every Friday in their homework books.
Attached is also a recommended reading list.
Our Learning
Our topic for this half term is ‘Different Places, Similar Lives’.
As part of our ‘Different Places, Similar Lives’ topic, we will be learning about the similarities and differences between how people lead their lives in different countries throughout the world.
We will need to be global ambassadors as we compare our school life with another school internationally. As geographers we will explore how the climate affects the way people live and as historians we learn about how important people in the countries we are studying have changed lives.
In this unit we will ask exciting questions such as: Can people have similar interests and lifestyles even if they live in different countries of the world?
English
This half term we will be focussing on the following genres of writing.
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Maths
In Maths this half term, we will be continuing our learning on fractions and then will move on to decimals. During these units, we will be looking at how to add and subrtract fractions and mixed numbres as well as dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10.
Supporting your child with their learning at home
Reading
Reading should be completed a minimum of 3x a week, but ideally for 10 minutes each evening. This should be completed with an adult, and children can choose to read their own book, a book from school or on bug club. Adults need to record the reading session in the reading record, alongside a sentence or two about how the read and anything they found tricky. Reading records must be in school every day.
Homework books
Homework books are sent home on a Friday and must be returned to school on a Wednesday. Weekly homework includes:
Maths
A short maths challenge linking to the week’s learning. There will be 3 different challenges that your child can choose to complete depending on how confident they felt with that concept in class. Children should also log into TTRS (https://ttrockstars.com) and practise their multiplication recall.
Spellings
Children will have up to 10 spellings sent home linking to a spelling pattern being taught in class. These will be tested in the spelling session on a Wednesday morning.
IPC
At the bottom of the homework will be some questions linking to the topics being taught in class. Please ask your children these questions and get them talking about all the incredible learning that is taking place in classrooms! This is a great chance for children to share all of their amazing knowledge.
PE
PE days are as follows for Spring 1:
4W- Thursday
4D (4AP) - Thursday
4P- Thursday
4S- Thursday
As we move into Winter, please ensure that children wear their winter PE kits (jogging bottoms, Red Hill PE top, school jumper and trainers). Please also make sure children bring a warm, waterproof coat with a hood.