Year 4 - Miss Taylor
Year 4 Class Teacher
WELCOME
Welcome to Year 4
Hello and welcome to Year 4, my name is Miss Taylor and I am the class teacher. In Year 4, we strive to create learning environment that is engaging and motivating for all, encouraging all children to fulfil their potential.
If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Kind regards
Miss Taylor
Maths
At St Alban’s we follow a Mastery Approach to teaching Maths, ensuring children have a firm understanding of the different Mathematical concepts through varied Fluency, reasoning and problem solving. During the Autumn Term we will be covering a range of Maths topics such as:
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Area
- Multiplication and Division
We also practice our arithmetic and times tables skills weekly. All children have a Times Tables Rock Stars login, they are encouraged to use this regularly at home to prepare them for the end of year multiplication check.
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Reading
Reading also plays a vital role in our English curriculum. Each week, we have 4 guided reading sessions and one written comprehension. In Autumn 1, we will be reading the book A World Full of Animal Stories
50 Folktales and Legends by Angela McAllister and in Autumn 2 we will be enjoying the work of P.G.Bell in the book The Train to Impossible Places. Within each reading session we focus on developing our reading and comprehension skills by exploring the different reading domains.
- Vocabulary
- Retrieval
- Inference
- Predicting
- Summarise
- Compare, contrast and comment
- Author's choice
In Year 4, we also use Reading Plus and the children have weekly targetted reading sessions online. The children are also encouraged to login at home to improve their reading speed and develop their comprehension skills further.
English
Autumn 1
In Autumn 1 we are studying the book Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker and how to write a fact file about Katherine Johnson, including a short biography. As part of this topic, our Mastery Keys are:
- Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases
- Use fronted adverbials
- Use paragraphs to organise information and ideas around a theme (to organise and sequence more extended narrative structures)
- Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
- Use commas after fronted adverbials
- Recap: Use inverted commas for direct speech
Autumn 2
In Autumn 2 we are studying the book Greek Myths by Jean Menzies and learning how to make a mini-book of their own Odyssey adventure. As part of this topic, our Mastery Keys are:
- Use Standard English forms for verb inflections
- Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions including when, if, because, although
- Indicate possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
- Recognise the difference between plural and possessive ‘s’
- Build a varied and rich vocabulary
RE
As a Catholic School, the teaching of the church is at the heart of everything we do. As well as daily worship, we follow the To Know You More Clearly. Our topics for the Autumn Term are:
- Branch 1-Creation and Covenant
- Branch 2-Prophecy and Promise
We also look forward to celebrating the First Holy Communion for some of our children during this Year.
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History
The Romans
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Geography
Compare Italy & the Lake district
Y4 will use maps, atlases, globes & digital/computer mapping to explore & compare the similarities & differences of Italy & The Lake District.
Use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid reference, symbols & key to build their knowledge of the wider world.
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SCIENCE
Autumn 1
In Autumn 1, our science topic is Animals, including humans where we will focus on how the digestive system works and food chains/webs.
Autumn 2
In Autumn 2, our science topic will be Living Things and their Habitats. Throughout this unit, we will learn about how living things can be grouped and classified.
ART
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PE
In Autumn 1, we will be learning about how to improve both our Tennis and Hockey skills.
In Autumn 2, we will be working on improving our Netball skills particularly in a game situation.
Year 4's PE day will be on a Tuesday this term. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing the correct PE kit.
This term Year 4 will also be attending swimming lessons on a Thursday afternoon.
COMPUTING
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FRENCH
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MUSIC
At St. Alban's, music is delivered weekly by Medley Music with sequenced lessons which support the key areas of the English Model Music Curriculum; Listening, Singing, Playing Composing and Performing. Year 4 are currently learning to play the keyboard.
Useful Links:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://play.ttrockstars.com/ttrs/online/play
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/