Croeso i ddosbarth blwyddyn 4

Welcome to Year 4

Hi everyone!
We are thrilled to welcome you all back to school for Autumn 2021.

Mrs Stones and Mrs Bond are the year 4 teachers. 
Mrs Miah, Miss Greenhill, Mrs Hall and Mrs Rees-Lowe will be working alongside the teachers.

Here you will find lots of important information about what is going on over the coming year. We will add pictures of our enjoyable activities but please feel free to browse our Twitter site for even more photographs of the children having fun.

If you need any further information please contact the wonderful office staff or e-Mail us directly.

Mrs Stones - StonesN@hwbcymru.net

Mrs Bond - 

Autumn Term 2021

Our Topic this term is ‘All Around the World’

We will be teaching the majority of our lessons through this topic. The children will have loads of input regarding their learning and we will work together to plan fun and engaging lessons which marry up to the new curriculum objectives. 
We want learning to be fun and engaging for our children to learn, thrive and thoroughly enjoy their time in Year 4.

Language, Literacy and Communication.

During the year there will be a huge emphasis on improving pupils confidence and enjoyment when reading. We will be enjoying story time every morning using ‘Boost’ 

We will be re visiting and building on prior knowledge of grammar and punctuation and using the amazing ‘Read, Write inc’ scheme to make our children independent and confident learners. 
 

Over the term we will be...

• writing postcards.
• writing imaginative stories.
• writing letters.
• improving our handwriting using the cursive method.

Reading Eggspress

Please encourage your child to use this online platform to complete spelling, reading and comprehension lessons which are individually set to your child’s needs. This is an amazing programme that can be accessed both in and out of school. All pupils have their own passwords.

Mathematics and Numeracy.

This term we will be focussing on...

• Addition and Subtraction.
• Problem Solving.
•  Mental Maths (with a focus on ‘Big Maths’)
• Fluency of times tables.
• Relationship between multiplication and division.

Online programmes.

Please work with and encourage your child to use the online programmes in order for them to develop their confidence and fluency in maths. Each child has an account with their own individual password. 

• Times Tables Rockstars and Numbots.
• MyMaths
• Mathletics.

Science and Technology.

We will be learning to improve our confidence when using the online platform ‘Hwb’.

Children  will be learning to present their work in a variety of ways through all areas of the curriculum. 
This will include...

• writing passages, stories using word.
• creating charts.
• creating graphs.
• using ‘Teams’ 
• saving and retrieving work safely.

Internet safety is paramount and there will be a strong emphasis on this throughout the year. Specific lessons will be taught to ensure your children are safe both in and out of school. 

Expressive Arts

Throughout the term will will be continuing to develop our love of painting, working with pastels, sketching and studying the work of artists linked to our topic. 
 

We will be studying music of the world and the origins of specific styles of music.

Health and Well-being.

We will be continuing to ensure a high standard of personal hygiene is carried out. Hand washing continues to be of great importance to keep everyone safe and well.

Physical Education.

Mrs Stones’ class - TUESDAY

Mrs Bond’s class - WEDNESDAY

Swansea Bay Boxing - THURSDAY

Please ensure your child come to school in their PE kit on these days.

Humanities

We will be studying...

• world climate.
• climate change and its effect on us.
• comparing localities.
• explorers of the world.