What's happening in Year 4 this term

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you had a wonderful half-term break following the incredible success of your child’s Shakespeare performance!

This half-term is set to be another exciting and engaging few weeks, filled with learning and activities.

Design Technology Field Trip – Tuesday, 4th March

You should have received both an email and a paper letter regarding this trip. If you haven’t yet done so, please return your consent form to a member of the team. Additionally, please inform Ms. Browne whether your child will need staff transport or if you will be meeting us at the destination.

For children travelling with staff, please ensure they arrive at the front of the school by 8:30 am sharp for departure.

World Book Day – Thursday, 6th March

Children are invited to dress up as their favourite book character to celebrate World Book Day. Throughout the week, we will also be welcoming mystery readers to share a story with the class. Thank you to those who have already volunteered—we still have a few slots available if anyone else would like to take part!

Wessex Singing Schools Concert – Sunday, 17th March, 6:00 pm

A letter detailing this concert was emailed to families at the beginning of February. As part of their music curriculum, the children have been learning a selection of songs with specialist teaching from Mrs. Trevorrow. We look forward to seeing you at the concert—please refer to the letter for full details.

Year 4 Assembly – Friday, 21st March, 3:00 pm

Our class assembly will take place on Friday, 21st March at 3:00 pm. Details of roles and lines will be sent home in due course.

Home Learning

Home learning will now be sent home each Friday and should be returned the following Friday. On this day, children should also bring in their reading records.

In addition to their weekly home learning, children should continue practising their times tables, spellings, and regular reading, recording their progress in their reading journals. An electronic version of the home learning is available here should paper copies not make it home. 

Spellings have already been sent home—please find screenshots copied below.

Thank you for your continued support. As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.  

Upcoming Dates

Friday 28th Feb - Break the rules days 

Tuesday 4th March - Design Technology field trip 

Thursday 6th March - World Book Day

Monday 17th March - Singing Concert

Friday 21st March - Year 4 Class assembly

Wednesday 2nd April - Last Year 4 farm trip

Friday 4th April - Last day of term

Year 4 Shakespeare Superstars

 

Hello everyone,

One of the biggest week's in the year 4 calendar is now upon us - The Year 4 performance of Shakespeare's the Tempest. We are all so incredibly proud of all the hard work the children have put into this performance and we also thank you for your help and support behind the scenes. 

The children did their dress rehearsal today with an audience from years 1 , 2 and 3 and it was a roaring success, they should be very proud of themselves. 

If you are unsure of what to expect on the night, the Shakespeare Performance letter emailed to families on 24th January has all the important information you will need. 

Key pieces of information include:

• Details regarding the school start time on Wednesday 12th. 
• Children to come to school in (name labelled) school uniform. 
• Lunch will run as normal with hot or packed lunch provision
• Ensure children have a water bottle. 
• Provide children with an additional evening snack.
• Doors will open for ticket holders at 17:45. Curtain up at around 18:30. 
• We anticipate the event will finish between 20:30 and 20:45. Children to be collected by families after the performance. 

We can't wait for you to see the performance.  If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.   

Year Four's Google Docs Fix-It Challenge!

 

Today in Year Four, we had a fun and productive session working with Google Docs. 

The goal was to learn how to format and edit a document, making it look neat and professional. We began by making a copy of a document and then followed step-by-step instructions to fix it up. Each pupil had to change the font to one of their choice, adjust the text size to 16, and remove any large spaces in the text. We also worked on formatting the text by removing any underlined, italicised, or bolded words and made sure the text was all black and easy to read.

One of the fun parts of the task was creating new paragraphs where it told us to and removing any highlighting. The pupils really enjoyed giving the document their personal touch!

To finish off the task, each pupil added an image to their document, bringing a little extra flair to their work. After completing all the steps, pupils shared their finished documents with me, ready to be turned in.

It was a great opportunity for the pupils to practise their computer skills while also having fun with a creative task. 

I’m proud of all the hard work they put in and I can’t wait to see what they do next!