Welcome to Y4 Thor

Teachers: Mrs Kelly, Mrs Willans and Mrs Britton 

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hudson and Mrs Simpson 

Class email address: RSPThor@southbankprimary.co.uk

 Contact number: 01642 453451

                      Please be aware staff may contact outside of teaching hours.

Thor class has an exciting year ahead, learning lots of new things and exploring a wide range of topics. In Spring term we will be learning all about Ancient Greece and their achievements . We will also explore the digestive system, including the names and functions of different teeth. 

Thor class are a lovely, lively, and enthusiastic group of children who love to learn and share their thoughts and ideas. We will be enjoying written and practical based tasks throughout our year and can’t wait to share our work with you.

Please check our page regularly to see all the wonderful things that we have been doing and share our learning journey with us.

Our Spring Learning

Reading

Children will continue to build on their existing reading skills by working on their fluency, pace and tone when reading. They will understand how to read in the ‘author’s’ voice and how to use punctuation and natural pauses for emphasis when reading or performing aloud.
They will also develop their comprehension skills by completing retrieval and inference questions as well as learning how to summarise a text and make accurate predictions. They will also expand and broaden their vocabulary through exposure of new words and learning techniques to allow them to discover the meaning of new vocabulary.

The children will explore a range of texts such as narratives, non - chronological reports and poems. 

Writing

The children will learn how to identify text types and how to produce writing to suit a variation of writing styles. They will complete research tasks to widen their knowledge and create multiple pieces of effective and exciting writing.
We are also currently developing our spelling, punctuation and grammar skills and do this through learning and understanding the place value of punctuation and grammar. Children learn how to create an independent clause and the importance of a subject and a verb and how to identify different word classes.

This half term, Thor class are developing their skills in order to write a Non Chronological report on ancient mythical creatures! They will know how to organise their ideas into paragraphs, using appropriate subheadings. They will also be able to use rhetorical questions, commas for lists, fronted adverbials and sub ordinating conjunctions. 

Maths

In year four, we are working towards a times tables test that takes place in the summer term. Therefore, we practice our times tables daily and have a focused times table of the week where we complete various challenges and learn strategies to help us learn and remember them.

This half term we are focusing on multiplication and division, length, perimeter and starting to look at fractions. 

Science

Our topics in science this term are states of matter and animals including humans.  We will explore how temperate affects a material and we will learn the names and functions of each part of the digestive system, including being able to identify and name different types of teeth in humans.

Creative Curriculum

Topic: Ancient Greece. We will explore the great achievements of Ancient Greece that range from 3000 bc to the rise of Alexander the great in 330 bc. We will explore ancient civilisations, settlements, empires and trade. 

Computing – This half term, children will be exploring and expanding their skills on writing for different audiences by completing a variation of activities. 

PE – The focus for PE this half term is invasion games, particularly dodgeball. Children will develop skills in teamwork, throwing and catching, communication and rules of play. Group 2 will also take part in our swimming programme. 

PSHE – The focus for these lessons over this half term is 'Dreams and Goals'. 

We Are A Rights Respecting School

In our school we explore our rights across all areas of our school through our learning and social times. We make links in our lessons and explain why or how they relate to a certain right.

We also have a ‘Right of the Half Term’. This is where we dedicate time in our week to explore a specific right in detail.
This half term, our focus is Article 3 - Best interest of the child. 

Information and Reminders:
PE lessons take place every Friday. All children have been provided with a school PE kit and will change in to this on their PE day. Please wear appropriate footwear.  

Key Dates:

Swimming w/c 10th February and w/c 17th February

Last day of half term 21st February
Return to school 3rd March