Y4 Teachers

4G Mr Goodarzi

4A Miss Abraham

4S Miss Steele

Spring 2023

Happy New Year!

Dear parents and carers, We hope that you had a wonderful Christmas break and we wish you all a happy new year. We can’t wait to welcome your wonderful children back to school, ready or an action packed and exciting Spring term. Read on to find out what will be happening this term in Year 4.

Staffing

At the end of the Autumn term, Mrs Pinnell moved on to pastures new, and we wish her all the best in her new career. Mrs Greenway – a recent appointment to Team Trinity – will be joining us in Year 4, and we continue to have Miss South (who joined midway through the Autumn term) supporting the year group. Mr Collingwood will continue to be a part of the Year 4 team.

English

This term, we will continue to explore wide range of text styles and genres in our English lessons, looking at the features of different styles of writing, the vocabulary associated with different genres and how structure and plot can vary between genres. We will produce writing that is fiction, non-fiction and poetry. During the course of the term, there will continue to be a big focus on basic skills, handwriting and on broadening vocabulary across a range of writing genres.

Reading

To tie in with our historical study of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, we will be reading ‘Anglo-Saxon Boy’, written by Tony Bradman. Later on in the term, we will look at the literary classic ‘The Iron Man’ by the late Ted Hughes. In our reading lessons, we will look at extracts from a wide range of novels, and will explore texts linked to the wider curriculum. Each class will also have their own story book, which will be read to the class at the beginning of every afternoon. Book Club will take place on a weekly basis, and we can’t wait to see what children add to the class reading scrap book each week. Your child will be bringing home one of our level-appropriate books from our reading scheme. We are asking our children to read five times independently at home and we ask for your support in this by recording their reads on ‘BoomReader’ and, when possible discussing their reading. We look forward to hearing about what they have been reading. On Fridays, we will look on BoomReader to see how often the children have been reading at home. All children who read five times a week will be entered into a half?termly draw where they have the chance to win prizes.

Mathematics

We will start this term by looking at multiplication and division, length and perimeter then fractions. To end the term, we will explore decimals in greater detail. Just a reminder that in Year 4, children are formally assessed on their times tables in June, in line with the national multiplication tables check (there will be a parent meeting regarding this later in the term). Therefore, it is imperative that children can quickly and accurately recall all multiplication facts up to 12 x 12. We will be learning and practising tables in Maths lessons and would appreciate it if you could encourage your children to continue learning them at home.

P.E.

P.E kits are required to be worn to school on the day of your child’s P.E. lesson. This term, P.E will continue to be on a Wednesday afternoon. The school P.E. kit consists of plain black shorts or joggers, a plain black sweatshirt or hoody, a white t-shirt (with or without the school logo) and trainers. Please ensure that if your child wears earrings to school, these are either removed by the child themselves or taped up with tape provided from home. P.P.A PPA will continue to be on a Thursday morning. The first PPA session will be on Thursday 11th January 2024.

• 4S are swimming in the first term and therefore will need their swimming kit every Thursday. They should come into school in their school uniform.

• 4G and 4A should come in P.E. kit on Thursday for PPA as one of their sessions will be P.E based.

Wider Year 4 Curriculum

This half term, we will be studying ‘sound’ in science, exploring how sounds are creating, how they travel, how and why sounds vary, and how we measure sound. In geography this half term, we be studying ‘rivers’, looking at the features of a river including how the river channel changes as it moves downstream towards the sea. This unit will be supported with the in school workshop with Welsh Water. In history, will continue to study the Anglo-Saxon period of British history, looking in detail at the Viking invasion and the Battle of Hastings 1066. In R.E, will be exploring the religion of Hinduism, looking closely at how Hindu’s worship within their homes and community. In R.H.S.E, our topic will be ‘Relationships’. This will explore themes such as memories, love and loss, jealousy, falling out with friends and resolving issues.

Uniform

Correct school uniform must be worn at all times, and all garments must be labelled with your child's name. The labelling of swimming kit and bags would also be extremely beneficial.

Snacks

In line with our HEART values, we aim to promote good health here at Trinity Primary School. With that in mind, only fruit and vegetables are permitted as break time snacks.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this newsletter, and thank you for your continued support this year. Below you will find a list of key dates and our timetable for the first half of the Spring term. If you have any further questions, then please do not hesitate to get in touch via one of the email addresses shown below.

Our kindest regards,

The Year 4 team

Miss Abraham – cabraham@trinity.hereford.sch.uk

Miss Steele – csteele@trinity.hereford.sch.uk

Mr Goodarzi – sgoodarzi@trinity.hereford.sch.uk

Key Dates:

• Tuesday 6th February 2024 - water cycle workshop with Welsh Water (in school)