Year 4
Spring Term
Welcome back to Sacred Heart! I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas, and you are ready for an exciting second term in Year 4. The team is looking forward to the interesting and engaging work you will produce together.
This term, we will be completing our work on the Romans and starting our new topic all about the Amazon rainforest! We will be looking at the achievements of the Ancient Romans, from their invasion of Britain to the construction of Hadrian’s Wall. In our Amazon topic, we will be exploring the flora and fauna of the rainforest, and the effects of deforestation.
In English, we will be using the knowledge from our topic lessons and the books “The Thieves of Ostia” by Caroline Lawrence and “The Explorer” by Katherine Rundell to create incredible pieces of writing in different genres.
In Maths, our topics for this term will be multiplication and division, length and perimeter, fractions, and decimals
In Science, we will be learning all about states of matter and in RE, we will be on the topic Galilee to Jerusalem.
Spellings
The children will be given new spellings every Monday, with a spelling test on the Friday. Please make sure your child practices their spellings every day.
Reading
Children will be bringing reading books home and it is still really important that the children are reading every day. The expectation is for the children to bring in their reading record every day and every Monday, we will be logging children’s reading in school.
Times tables
The times tables expectations for Year 4 are that they know all the facts for rapid recall. This means recall of 5 seconds. Each child has a log on to TT Rockstars to practice the multiplication and division facts.
Homework is added to TT Rockstars every Monday and we will be checking it on the following Monday. Please ensure your child spends 5 to 10 minutes every school day making sure they are increasing their tables fluency.
PE
Our PE day is Wednesday. On these days, we are asking the children to come into school in their full PE kit, including trainers.
Swimming
We will be starting swimming lessons in Year 4 this term. These sessions will be every Monday starting from Monday 13th January 2025, and lasting until Monday 17th March 2025.
Please send your child in with the following swim kit:
• Swimming costume/trunks
• Goggles/swimming hat (compulsory)
• Towel
• Vests/pants to change into
• A suitable bag
Long hair must be tied up.
Water bottles
Please can all children make sure they have a water bottle with them each day; they are welcome to fill their bottle up throughout the day at school.
The Year Four team will be working hard to ensure the children have a happy, productive and successful term. If you have any questions, please email these to schooloffice@sacredheart.peterborough.sch.uk and these will be forwarded to us and we will get back to you.
Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to working with you all.
Mr Johnson and the Year 4 team
