Cherry Tree Academy
Year 4- Chestnut
Welcome to Year 4
- Class Teacher - Mr Bear
- LSA - Mr Cantwell
Contact email: Chestnut@inspiresmat.co.uk
Our class is made up of enthusiastic and creative Year 4 children. At the beginning of every term we discuss the three Golden Rules and how we focus on being respectful, safe and ready to learn. We all try hard to always have a positive growth mindset - we may not be able to do something straight away but we persevere!
Our classroom is a fun, engaging and welcoming space where every class member feels valued, safe and listened to. We will be developing our photo gallery to enable you tosee some of the things that we have been doing.
Things to remember
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Daily: Reading book and diary, water bottle and snack. PE: PE lessons vary by day, weekly so please ensure that the children have their kit in school all the time Please ensure that earrings are removed on any PE days. Homework and spellings will be given every half-term and are marked and tested every Monday. Children have the opportunity to come in at lunch times to have help with any homework/spelling queries. In year 4, we encourage to children to develop a strong love for reading. Rewards are given for reading at home during the week and quizzing. Children are encouraged to quiz at least once a week. |
Summer term 2
English
In English, we are using the Literacy Tree scheme. 'Literacy Tree is a complete, book-based platform for primary schools, covering all Primary English curriculum requirements, training and support.
Writing:
In Summer term 2, year 4 will be looking at the books The Ever Changing Earth by Grahame Baker-Smith and Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll In these units we will be focusing on descriptive poems, explanation, narrative, nonsense poetry and retelling a story.
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Reading
Our two books we will be investigating this term are The Fossil Hunter by Katy Winter and Two Weeks With the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
Class Book
This term we will be continuing The Wild Robot Escapes.
Blurb:
In this sequel, Roz the robot is taken from her peaceful island home and sent to work on a farm owned by humans. Far from the wilderness she loves, Roz must adapt to a new life under human control while secretly longing to return to her animal friends—especially her son, Brightbill. As she works and observes the world around her, Roz uses her intelligence and kindness to help the animals on the farm and gradually plans her escape. The story follows her journey of resilience, friendship, and the search for freedom.
Spellings
We also use Literacy Tree for our spellings - they are known as spelling seeds.
'Spelling Seeds: Teach spelling and vocabulary in context through investigation and application. These sequences complement Writing Roots, using the same texts for additional short writing opportunities.'
The spellings are given every week on a Monday. For other homework, check the half termly plan that is in DOJO and for which the children have a paper copy.
Maths
Year 4 take a national times tables test so they need to know ALL of their times tables. Please encourage your child to practice their times tables on a daily basis. Times Tables Rockstars is one way to get in lots of practice. See the link below to access this.
In Maths lessons we will learning about capacity, length, perimeter, time shapes and statistics. .