Year 4
St Nicholas' Class
Class Teacher: Miss Buchanan
Teaching Assistant: Mr Bradley
Patron Saint feast Day: 6th December
Communication with Miss Buchanan Via ClassDoJo 08:15 - 16:30 (Monday - Friday)
DROP OFF TIME: FROM 08:40am (MAIN ENTRANCE)
PICK UP TIME: 15:20pm (MAIN ENTRANCE)
PE DAY: Monday (Outdoor) & Wednesday (Indoor)
PE Kit: St William of Perth royal blue T-shirt, navy blue or black shorts and plimsolls - NO EARRINGS
Learning in Year 4
Click on the links below to view topics, timetable and learning that will be taking place in Year 4
Year 4 Curriculum Evening Presentation
Term 1
HOMEWORK
Homework is set via EdShed on a Friday, and is due to be completed by the following Thursday.
Times tables
3 minute challenge grids - test yourself at home!
3 minute challenge grids - ANSWERS
Having a secure and speedy knowledge of the times tables up to 12x12 is an important part of Year 4 maths.
Please encourage your children to keep practising their tables and working on their speed.
Here are some websites that we recommend:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables - This website is full of great times table games to play.
https://tablestest.com/times-tables-test-level2/ - Time yourself to see how fast you can answer times tables questions.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/speed-test/ - This website will help develop speed.
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to play multiplication games and see how many questions you can answer correctly in under 6 seconds!
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth
You will need your login and password which are in your home reading record books.
How to help out at home
- Ensure that your child is reading for at least 20 minutes each day and sign their reading record book
- Practise times tables
- Encourage them to write for fun.
Home study
Why not use PurpleMash to develop your information technology skills and other curriculum areas?
You will need your login and password to access this home learning site.
Key Skills Booster Sessions
Literacy
Session 1 - Capital Letters and Full Stops
Session 2 - More Capital Letters and Full Stops
Session 3 - Making sure sentences make sense
Session 4 - More of Making sure sentences make sense
Session 5 - Constructing Sentences
Session 6 - Word recognition and reading with speed
Session 7 - Read with speed and reading games
Maths
Session 1 - Counting in 2s 5s and 10s
Session 2 - 2, 5 and 10 times tables
Session 3 - Addition (the written method)
Session 4 - Extra practice on Addition and ANSWERS
Session 5 - Subtraction (the written method)
Session 6 - Extra practice on Subtraction Sheet 1 and Sheet 2