Year 4

Welcome to Year 4!

We are so pleased to welcome the children back again after the summer holidays and we can't wait to hear all about their adventures!

We will be learning and exploring about electricity. We will be exploring what is electricity, why is it so important in our lives, how does electricity work, how can we construct a simple series electrical circuit, what is renewable energy, and is it better than fossil fuel, how important is electricity at home and which materials are conductors or insulators of electricity and is there a pattern?

We will also be learning about how did Britain change between the end of the Iron Age and the end of the Roman occupation. We will be exploring what did the Romans find when they first arrived in Britain, what evidence is there that the Romans came to Britain at all, what do we mean by the ‘Romanisation’ of Britain, what did the Romans do to improve Britain and why did the Romans leave Britain.

London, where it is located, how it is accessible and how important the transport is that serves London. We will be exploring and doing mapwork to locate and discuss what a capital city is as well as researching many of London and the UK’s significant buildings.

This term P.E will be on a Wednesday and on a Thursday. Our P.E teacher will be leading the sessions on Wednesdays and dance teacher will be leading the sessions on Thursdays. Please can children make sure they come to school in their full P.E kits on these days. Children should wear plain black leggings or joggers, white t-shirt and a plain black sweatshirt or hoody. Trainers must be worn during PE sessions.

Children are expected to take their book bags home and bring the back to school the next morning on a daily basis. Children need to make sure they read at home on a regular basis. I also expect children to practise their spellings as they will be tested on these in school and also make sure they are regularly practising their timetables.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss your child’s learning, please see me or any member of the Year Four team before or after school. We are always happy to share the exciting learning of the children.

Ms Iqbal, Mrs Naseem and Mrs Munir