Spring 1 - 2025

A huge welcome to the Year Four class page

Our Year Four Team...

Mr Graham is the Class Teacher & Mrs Nicoll is our wonderful TA

Mrs Tucker teaches RE & PSHE every Thursday 

Here you will find all the information you need to know about the fantastic year we have ahead of us! 

I am excited to continue my time in Year Four at Sandiway. I know we will have a fantastic year with lots of excellent learning and trips ahead of us.

If you have any questions thorughout the year reguarding Year Four or wish to discuss anything with me please contact the office to arrange an appointment with myself or send an email via admin@sandiway.cheshire.sch.uk

Please click here for this week's Homework.

Year 4 Spring Term Readouts...

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” - Louis L’Amour

* What is the impact of reading? *

A few notes for the Spring Term:

PE: Children will have Forest School every Wednesday (Kit list has been emailed) and PE on Thursday (Hockey) with Mr Ault. Children should come dressed in their PE kit on these days (Excluding swimming).

Water: Children are encouraged to bring in a bottle of water each day which they can access at any time.  Please ensure your child’s name is on their bottle, it will be sent home each afternoon.  

Snack: You may wish to send in a snack, please make sure it is healthy, no chocolate, crisps or sweets (We are a nut free school).

Timestables:

In Year Four we have a big focus on the childrens knowledge on the timestables from 0 x 12 to 12 x 12. They will have a government check in June where they will be given 6 seconds to answer 25 random questions. TTRS: Please remember to practise your Timetables on TT Rock Stars. There is a handy parent guide on the links below.

Homework:

Homework will be sent home every Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday. Please see the guidance attached in the files below for further information on homework. Please click here for this week's Homework.

Overview for Spring 1:

For details all about the subjects we will be covering over the year or for the Autumn term please see the attachment links below.

Autumn Overview: Year 4 Autumn Overview

Year Overview: Year 4 Curriculum Yearly Overview 

Timetable - Autumn 1 (2024)

Autumn 2 Term 2024

In Autumn 2 2024

Reading & Writing:

During the Autumn 2 Term, in English, we will be looking at the wonderful ‘Leon and the Place Between' by Angela McAllister and Graham Baker Smith. We will be focusing on developing skills such as organising infromation using paragraphs, expanded noun phrases and recognising the difference between plural and possive's'. The final extended writing outcome will be to write Leon’s secret diary about what really happened in ‘the place between’, including conversation between Leon and the boy. Alongside this, in our reading lessons, we will be developing our spoken language, reading stamina and increasing our vocabulary by looking at a fantastic book called ‘The Train to Impossible Places' by P.G. Bell. 

During Autumn 2 in Year Four maths we will be focusing on these areas:

• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication and Division 

Number: Place Value

• Can I count from 0 in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25, 1000?
• Can I identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations?
• Can I find 1000 more or less than a given number?
• Can I recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, ones)?
• Can I compare and order numbers beyond 1000?
• Can I round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000?
• Can I read and write numbers up to 10, 000 in numerals and in words?
• Can I count backwards through zero to include negative numbers?
• Can I solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas?
• Can I read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C)
•  

Number: Addition and Subtraction

• Can I add and subtract numbers mentally? including:
• a four-digit number and ones
• a four-digit number and tens
• a four-digit number and hundreds

My philosophy is all about the Growth Mindset, but what is it? 

The Growth Mindset:

In my own teaching, I am a great believer in the power of positivity and the growth mindset. The growth mindset plays a huge part in our learning. This mindset allows us to change our language which helps us to change an outcome. Hopefully it won't be long before your children begin to use the langauge 'I can't do it YET' and 'mistakes make my brain grow!' Here's a little video to explain it a little more (your children will become very familiar with Mojo!).