Welcome to Year 4!

Contact; 

4AN: Miss Nelson - anelson@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

4GT: Mrs Tomkinson - gtomkinson@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

 

Summer Term 2 

 

English writing text: 

The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane  

Skills focus - Poetry features: metaphors and similes, alliteration, acrostic and Kenning style poetry, performance poetry, artwork to reflect poetry.

 

Maths:

Time 

Skills focus – Years, months, weeks and days. Hours, minutes and seconds. Analogue and Digital times. Converting to and from 24hr clocks.

Shape

Skills focus - Angles. Triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons. Lines of symmetry.

Position and Direction

Skill focus - Describe and plot coordinates. Drawing 2D shapes on a grid. Translate on a grid.

 

Guided Reading text: How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

During our guided reading sessions, we will provide the children with opportunities to read aloud and practice reading with expression. Children will also have a series of questions, focusing on reading VIPERS.

V = Vocabulary

I = Inference

P = Predict

E = Explain

R = Retrieval

S = Sequence or Summarise

 

Religious Education: Key Question: How and why do people mark the significant events of life?

 

Enrichment Opportunities this half-term:

Year 4 residential to Manor Adventure - Mon 16th- Weds 18th June

Singing Festival at St. Martin's church - Thurs 19th June 

KS2 Sports Day - Tues 1st July

Athletics event - Thurs 3rd July

Reserve KS2 Sports Day - Tues 8th July

Year 4 Stay and Share session - Weds 9th July (9-10.15am)

Whole school trip to Weston-Super-Mare - Weds 16th July.

 

PE: PE days this half term will remain on a Monday (Athletics) and Tuesday (Cricket), Please ensure that children come to school dressed in their PE kits on these days.

 

For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Summer 2 Red Hill Riches.