Cherry (Y4)
Welcome to Year 4 Maple class with Mrs Miller. Our class is supported by Mrs Platts, Miss Dickinson and Miss North.
This page includes useful information about our learning, daily expectations and key dates.
Important information
Our PE days are:
Monday - swimming (requires a swimming kit including swimming hat, no jewellery allowed)
Thursday - PE kit (no jewellery to be worn in PE lessons)
Our weekly spelling tests are on Monday. New spellings will be given weekly and stuck in planners. Please use spelling shed to practice at home.
Homework will be given out every Friday and will be due the following Friday.
Everyday equipment
Children should ensure they have a water bottle, a reading book and their planner daily.
Planners are checked on a Friday to monitor the weekly reads. Children should read at least 4 times a week and this should be recorded in their planner.
English
This half-term, we will be reading The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.
We will be writing different genres: a fact file, a diary, a postcard, creating a poster, an informal letter, an internal monologue and an adventure story.
Maths
In the Autumn term, we will be further understanding place value, numbers up to 10, 000, adding and subtracting two 4-digit numbers. We will be starting our maths lessons with daily times table practice.
History
This half-term we will be studying the Stone Age.
Art
We will be focusing on our painting skills. We will look at the colour wheel and different paining techniques.
DT
We will be looking at mechanical systems - levers and linkages.
Computing
This half-term, our computing unit is Computing Systems and Networks - Connecting Computers.
RE
In RE, we will be looking at what kind of world Jesus wanted.
Music
We will be looking at rhythm and layer in our weekly music sessions.
PSHE
Our enquiry question this half-term is:
What makes a good friend?
We will also be looking at online danger and sharing information online.
Science
In Science, we will be studying Rocks and soils.
Key dates
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Monday 2nd September 2024 |
INSET day – school closed for staff training |
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Tuesday 3rd – Friday 6th September 2024 |
International Week Parents visit classrooms (Friday 2:45pm) |
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Tuesday 17th September 2024 |
Y4 Rounders Tournament @Brookfield 1:30pm |
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Thursday 19th September 2024 |
MTC Parent information meeting 3pm |
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Friday 20th September 2024 1pm |
Wizard of OZ panto – whole school |
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Tuesday 24th September 2024 |
Harvest Festival assembly |
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Wednesday 25th September 2024 |
Flu vaccinations |
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Friday 27th September 2024 |
Parents invited to read in class 8:35 – 9am |
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Tuesday 1st October 2024 |
Harvest Festival St John’s Church |
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October |
Black History Month |
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Thursday 3rd October 2024 |
National Poetry Day |
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Friday 4th October 2024 |
Trust INSET – school closed |
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Monday 7th October 2024 |
BJA Inset – school closed National Library week – all classes to visit new library in Swinton |
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Tuesday 8th October 2024 |
National Grandparent appreciation day – 2:30, Tea, biscuits and reading |
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Friday 11th October 2024 |
Individual photos |
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Monday 21st October – Friday 25th October 2024 |
Recycling week |
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Thursday 24th October 2024 |
Halloween Disco – Friends of Brookfield (pm) |
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Friday 25th October 2024 |
Parents invited to read in class 8:35 – 9am Topic Showcase pm Last day of term |
Useful websites
https://talkingtimestables.uk/y4_ks2_mtc_practice_tests_multiplication_tables_check.php
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/