A little information to help you about your child being in Year 4… Year 4 parent talk A little information to help you about your child being in Year 4…

The New Curriculum The Y4 curriculum is a continuation from Y3. The expectations have been stepped up. Children have to “catch up” on things that were not previously in the curriculum. Spellings, fractions and times tables are all HUGE elements of the curriculum!

Our topics! Walk Like an Egyptian (Autumn) Born in the USA (Spring 1) Go With the Flow (Spring 2) Invaders and Settlers (Summer 1) Cool to be Me (2)

Take Home Task PLEASE BRING THESE IN W/B 31st October We want to give you a choice of what you could do with our new topic! You can choose to do… for example you may Write in hieroglyphics Do some Egyptian themed maths Make a model of an Egyptian artefact Draw/paint a tomb or wall painting etc PLEASE BRING THESE IN W/B 31st October

Enrichment Autumn term Openbox theatre company Dress up day and Egyptian museum of artefacts – 9th December. Parents will be invited into school at approximately 2.30.

Your help required… Can you bring in any old Barbie/Ken dolls and shoe boxes for our mummification lesson! Children will learn about mummification and will be ‘mummifying’ these using some traditional Egyptian methods! They will not be returned in the same state!

Enrichment Spring - Local study Littlehampton – approx cost £5

Enrichment Summer Camping – Approx £15 (includes good and Bushcraft workshop) Butser Ancient Farm – Date TBC approx £20

Homework We will start sending homework home on Friday next week. ALL homework needs to be completed and returned to school by the following Thursday so that it can be marked and returned. Literacy (spelling) and maths every week. For maths, all tasks will centre around learning ALL times tables this term! For literacy, all tasks will centre around learning spellings. Challenges will be set for extra homework – your child may complete these if they wish. Your child can also be researching our topic House points can be earned for any additional homework completed

Reading Regular reading but it should be fun… not a chore! Reading not just a story – digital media, newspapers, magazines, audio books, listening to someone else, etc! Library and book corner books can be changed independently (when Library system ready). Daily reading will be taking place with some children in class, depending on help! Parent helpers – anybody willing to come in for 30 minutes to hear children read, very much appreciate it – any time.

How can you help…? Look in the curriculum information booklet for list Help your child with homework when necessary Read regularly Times tables (up to x12) x10, x100, ÷10, ÷100 (to help with measuring conversions)

A reminder about PE Children should have kits at ALL times Appropriate kit for outside cold weather. We will be going outside in almost all weather conditions! Clearly named Tape for covering earrings Tuesday and Wednesday

Fruit & Drink Children who want a snack mid-morning need to bring in either a piece of fruit or a vegetable. Only water in water bottles please.

Do you want to help? We would love helpers to come in and read with children from Year 4! A letter was sent home at the end of last term asking for volunteers. If you can help, please, PLEASE let us know! THANK YOU! 

Parent class representatives Are you… Approachable? Supportive? Proactive? Sociable ? Available? Can you… Engage and involve parents in class related activities? Organise social events for parents? Listen and represent the views of other parents in an unbiased way? Liaise effectively with the class teacher on a regular basis? Be a champion for your child’s class PLEASE VOLUNTEER TODAY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED!

Thank you! Any questions? Please speak to your child’s teacher if you have any concerns at all. We will always arrange a suitable time to speak to you. Catching us at the end of the day is better!