1. Fern Hill Primary School. . .
Inspiration Collaboration Empathy Excellence

2. Welcome to Year 4 The Team Mrs Brechin – Chestnut Mrs Brooks– Chestnut
Miss Tucker – Larch
Miss Davies- Yew
Additional adults
Mrs Mehran (HLTA)
Ms Whitehouse (1:1 support)
Mrs Sill (1:1 support)

3. Autumn Term Topics Stone Age to Bronze Age (1) Rivers and Coasts (2)
Street Dance (1)
Gymnastics (2)
States of Matter (1)
Electricity (2)

4. Curriculum Map

5. Maths and English Maths Place Value (1) Addition & Subtraction (1)
Multiplication & Division (2)
Measurement – Area & Perimeter (2)
English
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth – Instruction Writing (1)
UG (work in progress) – (1)
Stig of the Dump (2)
Romeo & Juliet (2)

6. Home Learning
Homework will be sent out on a Friday and be due in the following Wednesday
Weekly newsletter with details will be on the school website every Friday
Once a week – either English or Maths
Spelling – weekly list to learn. Children tested on Friday
Reading – every day!
Times tables – 5 to 10 minutes daily. Children to know up to 12 x 12 by end of Year 4.

7. How to Help at Home Practice Sheets on Fern Hill website
Maths:
Times Tables – Topmarks website – Hit the Button
Practice Sheets on Fern Hill website
Cooking – weighing/measurements
Digital and analogue time
Games in class
Reading:
Go to the local library
Listen to your child - ask them to read out loud.
Read in front of your child – show them you enjoy reading too
Read a range of reading material – non-fiction/comics/posters/magazines
Discuss what your child has been reading

8. How to Help at Home Writing: Colouring in for fine motor skills
Write for a purpose
Free creative writing
Spellings – look say cover write check
pyramids
draw a picture
break it down
Spellzone website

9. Trips Butser Farm - butserancientfarm.co.uk
Kew Riverside – November - learning about habitats and the environmental impact on the Thames as part of our Geography topic, Rivers.

10. Housekeeping Named PE kits in school every day Shorts for indoor PE
A fleece/sweatshirt and bottoms for colder days
Trainers for outdoor PE
Chestnut & Larch – Wednesday & Thursday
Yew – Tuesday & Thursday
Thursday – coming home in PE kits!

11. Upcoming Events Swimming – summer term
Thames Young Mariners – summer term
Year 5 School Journey – May 2020

12. Your Turn
Parent Reps -please confirm who you are
Questions