Welcome to Year 4
Year 4 staff: Mrs Williams, Mrs Price, Mrs Smith and Miss Heron.
Class Text
The Great Kapok Tree and The Shaman's Apprentice - Lynne Cherry
Harley James and The Mystery of the Mayan Kings - Leah Cupps
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Alternatively, please use our KS2 email address to contact your child's class teacher directly: year4@stgca.org.uk
Our Year Four Class Saints
St Therese of Lisieux
SW4
Feast Day: 1st October
St Anne
TP4
Feast Day: 26th July
Children's University
For all children taking part in Staffordshire University Children's University please see the attached form for activities to be carried out in order to gain extra credits. Once you have completed an activity you can either take a photograph or ask an adult to sign your record sheet. Enjoy!
Our Learning - Autumn Term
Religious Education:
During our RE lessons this term we will be learning about:
- Creation
- Jesus teaches us how to pray
- Old Testament - Moses to King David
- Advent
English:
In our English lessons this term we will be learning about:
- Narrative
- Non-chronological Reports
- Persuasive Writing
- Biographies
- Letter writing
- Newspaper reports
Maths:
In our Maths lessons this term we will be learning about:
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication and Division
- Geometry - properties of shape
- Geometry - position and direction
Science:
In our Science lessons this term we will be learning about:
- Animals including humans
- Electricity
Topic:
Our topic for the Autumn term is 'The Mayans'. Throughout this topic we will be learning about:
- Rainforests
- Biomes
- Fairtrade
- Settlements
- Locational knowledge - Central America
- Comparisons between the UK and Central America
- Physical and human features
- Mayan society
- Mayan maths and writing
- Mayan calendar
- Mayan farming
- Gods and religion
