St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School
Year 4
Mrs George - Year 4 teacher
Welcome back to the Spring Term!
We have a fun packed term ahead of us!
We will be learning about multiplication in maths and the story of The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore by William Joyce in literacy.
In science we will be learning about sound and electricity. We will be designing and making our own electric car! Community is the focus in RE and Deacon Eddie will be coming in to talk to us. Europe is the geography focus and you will be creating a powerpoint of a chosen european country. John Constable is the artist this term and Sarah Jennings (a Hereford artist) will be spending a day with us teaching us the skills of painting with oil colours. Lastly, get your dance and netball skills ready for PE.
Class Blog
Please visit our class blog where we upload photos and work from the children.
Password and address can be obtained from school.
Reading Challenge!
We are running a 20 minutes a day reading challenge. An adult will read to your child for at least 10 minutes a day in school - can you match it at home?
Reading records will be checked every Thursday afternoon - please make sure an adult has signed them daily. To be a monthly book worm, you must have it signed.
Please read every night to an adult and talk about what has happened in your book.
There is an excellent choice of books on this website: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-releases/school-reading-list-books-of-the-month/
Times tables
Don't forget to keep practising your times tables - you will need to answer each question in 6 seconds for the Times Table Check in June. It really supports your calculation and problem solving.
Homework
We are using Learning Logs for homework and roughly each fortnight you will undertake some research to support your topic learning. There will also be times tables to learn.
Spellings
Spellings are based on the Year 3 and 4 word list (see below). They will be given out on Thursday and the test will be on the following Tuesday.
PE
Please have your summer and winter PE kit in school at all times. We will try to get outside as much as possible even if it is a bit chilly.
Mymaths
Maths homework will be set using Mymaths
https://www.mymaths.co.uk/
Year 4 2019-2020
The wonderful Year 4!
Two Week Timetable 2019-2020
Core Curriculum Plan Spring 2020
Non-Core Curriculum Plan Spring 2020
Year 4 Long Term Plan 2019-2020
Using concept cartoons and string telephones to discuss how sound travels.
Writing prayer cards, after Deacon Eddie's visit, to give to bereaved parishoners at Belmont Abbey.
Immersing ourselves in the library scene of 'Morris Lessmore's Fantastic Flying Books' in the amazing SFX immersion room. The writing results were fantastic!
Perfecting our skills of creating texture, tone and mixing colours with oil paints by creating Constable's 'The Cornfield.'
Investigating pitch, volume and vibrations using musical instruments.
Using computing skills (decibel app) to measure the volume of sounds around school.
I have a dream.... speeches influenced by Martin Luther King.
RE topic Community. Understanding the words Community and Responsibility.
Starting the term with XC PE and Maths to learn the 9 X table.
Investigating temperature and change of state
The amazing KS2 Carol Concert
The Great Chocoplot. The children designed and created a new chocolate just in case the chocopocolypse strikes SFX.
Examples of the children’s chocolate research and designs.
Investigating the effect of temperature on changing states of matter and using a thermometer.
Hockey begins ... we are learning the skills of dribbling, blocking and controlling the ball.
Our Lego prayer tower.
Choosing a poem to recite and perform in our ‘Love of Reading’ session.
Investigating the digestive system.
The stained glass designs are finished.
The evacuation was a great success!
Our stained glass window designs are taking shape.
We love reading!
We can code using Scratch.
We conclude that Coke and Ribena are very bad for your teeth. That’s why we drink water at SFX.
I love reading! The children listened to The Firebird by Saviour Pirotta and discussed the dilemmas in the book.
Godly Play - Learning about God's great plan.
Investigating and making predictions about which drinks attack the enamel on our teeth.
St Vincent's House Aseembly
Being inspired by the stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral for our art topic.
Investigating our teeth.
Futsal at Point 4
Placing numbers to 10,000 on a number line
What a fantastic range of extreme reading places!
Maths is so much fun!
Year 4 Planning 2019-2010
Times Table Games and Hints
Year 3 and 4 Spelling List
Year 4 Grammar
What is a fronted adverbial?
Year 4 2018-2019
Science Day at St Mary’s School.
Clay sculptures inspired by Henry Moore and local sculptures in Hereford.
Aylestone Sports Day
Year 4's Assembly - Building Bridges
The electric cars are ready to race!
The electric cars are ready to race!
Year 4 visited Stocks Farm to learn about growing apples, hops and making beer.
Some children from Year 4 were interviewed by BBC Hereford and Worcester about their prayer cards. Father Micheal sent the cards to comfort the families in Sri Lanka who had lost loved ones on Easter Sunday.
The frame is constructed for the electric car.
Programming using Lego We Do.
Creating Easter scenes for cards after watching Year 5’s Passion Play.
Congratulations Zofia - you are now an altar server.
I wonder if the parents can crack Morse Code?
Learning about the Easter Mystery in Godly Play.
Hot-gluing, drilling and assembling the frame ready for the electrical circuit and the body.
Measuring and cutting the wood frame for the electric car.
Stop the Drop at SFX
Understanding how Peter felt when Jesus washed his feet.
Our amazing new adventure playground!
Is it easy to live out God’s ways? Year 4 investigated the scripture from Luke 6 and discussed why it is sometimes difficult.
Investigating insulators and conductors. Does a pencil conduct electricity?
We love learning about volcanoes.
British Science Week - we investigated if Salt Dough conducted electricity using LEDs.
Investigating circuits....
Saving energy at SFX - last one out, lights out!
Saying goodbye to our super student Ben
Writing our own Penitential Act
World Book Day
Having fun on Shrove Tuesday.
Creating a Scratch game called ‘Slug Trail’ using and building on our knowledge from Smoking Car.
Creating shapes in STEM Club.
Exploring electrical appliances in school. Do they run on batteries or mains electricity?
Using P4C to explore the RE topic, Giving and Receiving.
Having fun making pizza at Pizza Express.
Learning about a European country in Geography. Mr Walker, our teaching student planned an exciting and informative lesson demonstrating creative PowerPoint skills. The children completed a PowerPoint about their chosen country.
Year 4 wrote thoughtful prayer cards for St Francis Xavier’s church.
Can you design a pair of ear muffs to block out sound for Toffee? Which sound proofing material is most effective?
When I grow up.....
Respect and Tolerance Week. Year 4’s focus was the work of Martin Luther King and how he fought for the equality of black people. The children wrote personal versions of the ‘I have a dream speech.’
Our RE topic is Community. The children discussed the importance of belonging to different communities and the responsibility involved.
This term our PE focus is High-five and fitness work to improve our core strength.
Our fabulous KS2 Nativity Carol Concert.
Learning to make pastry for scrumptious mince pies.
Proud parents!
Year 4’s Poetry Morning. The children learned a poem and performed it to their parents using intonation, volume and expression. They were amazing!
Year 4’s Assembly - Faith filled and hopeful.
Learning about The Saxon history at Hereford Cathedral.
Dr Landolfi talked to Year 4 about the digestive system.
Push and stop hockey skills.
Creating the digestive system in a shoe box.
Investigating the digestive system using a cracker, zip lock bag, water, orange juice and a pair of tights.
Year 4 were evacuated today! Thankfully they were safe in the countryside away from the Hereford bombs.
What amazing learning logs!
Investigating tooth decay and how to prevent it.
Using role play the children learned about birthrights in God’s family and how Jacob tricked Issac into giving him Esau’s.
Using number lines to position numbers to 10,000
Coding using scratch
Investigating the types and function of our teeth.
Tag Rugby
Investigating our family history and God’s family in RE.
Writing prayers for our family and hanging them on our prayer tree.
Playing ‘tails’ in preparation for tag rugby.
SFX are banning disposable water bottles this term to reduce the amount of plastic in our oceans.
