Welcome to Year 4!

Your Teacher is Ms Rutkowski 

Mrs Kaiser your Learning Support Assistant. Mrs Vandenberg will work with us on Monday and Friday morning and Mrs Barnett on Tuesday morning 

Prayer

In Year 4 we focus particularly on the following prayers.  Please support your child to pray these at home.  

Welcome to the Summer Term.

Below you will find information about what your child will be learning this term. 

Please make sure all items of uniform are labeled including PE kit.

Please read with your child whenever possible.  Target of at least 3 times a week.  Your child has a reading puppy to read to in their book bag. Please sign their reading diary at least 3 times a week. 

PE is every Thursday Please come in PE kit.

In Year 4 children complete the Times table test at the end of the year. You can practice the test using the link below. 

Homework books will be given out on Wednesday and collected in on Wednesday.  Homework pages will be highlighted in your child's book.

Thank you for your support 

Intentional: planning our actions and choosing to live how God wants us to. Every action we make has an impact on other people and the world around us. If we live intentionally, we listen to our conscience and deliberately decide that the actions we take will have a positive impact. We use the earth’s resources wisely, think about the choices we make, and care for God’s creation.

Prophetic: spreading the word of God through how we live our lives. As we choose to act intentionally and make good decisions, we encourage others to do the same. We set a good example through our words and deeds and inspire other people to act in a positive and wise way. We help people to make the right decisions themselves and think about how God wants them to live their lives

RE SUMMER 2

Pentecost

The Pentecost story

Links to wind

Oil of Chrism in sacraments

Link to the saints being guided by the Holy Spirit

The fruits of the Spirit

Special roles and responsibilities  

 responsibilities in the life of the Church.

the special role played by priests and religious,

Their own responsibility in the church

Grab your wetsuit. We’re going deep into an underwater world of incredible coral and mysterious sea creatures. Head to your local aquarium and learn about life in the ocean. Can you pick a favourite fish, plant or animal? What do real divers get up to below the surface? Create a fishy story about exploring an amazing underwater world. Time to go a little deeper into our seas. Make a model deep sea submarine that can withstand great pressure and travel to the deepest, darkest places on Earth. Make sure you test it first. What are those bright lights in the distance? It’s a group of bioluminescent sea creatures. Look closely and create a colourful, 3-D art exhibition when you rise to the surface. Flippers on? Snorkel ready? Let’s head into the Blue Abyss.

Catholic Social Teaching  Stewardship of God's creation 

We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is a requirement of the Catholic faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God's creation.

SCIENCE 

Living things and their habitats’ takes children through six lessons where they learn how to: recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways; and explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.

Finn has always been different, and in the tiny fishing village of Stromhead he sticks out like a sore thumb. Always told to keep away from the water, he's felt that something was missing until one day he dives in and finds that, swimming with the dolphins, he feels completely at home.

But his new friends are in danger of being injured by the rubbish that floats out into the water - and now a supermarket is going to release thousands of balloons that could drift out to sea and cause even more damage. Desperate to help the dolphins, Finn goes to the Lighthouse Crew, a group of kids who have always left Finn out. Will they be able to set aside their differences to save the dolphins? And what will Finn discover about his past along the way?

Values and Virtues: Curious and active 

Pupils  are growing to be curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.

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RE Summer 1 

Easter

The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

The thoughts and feelings of the apostles

Where can we see the risen Jesus today?

Sharing in the life of Christ   

 The Church is a universal church and a community. We are the church

Saint Peter and the keys to Heaven

The Pope in Rome

Catholic customs around the World

I am statements of Jesus

Catholic Social Teaching : Human Dignity 

“If we do not take care of one another, starting with the least, with those who are most impacted, including creation”, he said, “we cannot heal the world.”  Pope Francis 

We believe very human person is made in the image and likeness of God. This is a gift that we all share as fellow human beings; we are all infinitely loved by our Creator.

God is present in every human person, regardless of religion, culture, nationality, orientation or economic standing. Each one of us is unique and beautiful. We are called to treat every person and every creature with loving respect. 

This unit ‘Animals including humans’ takes children through six lessons where they learn how to: describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans; identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions; and finally, construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.

Values and virtues :Learned and wise

Learned: learning how God wants us to live our lives Whether we are young or old, we should never stop learning about what God wants of us. We learn many new things each day. By reading the Bible, listening to our teachers and listening to our hearts, we learn more of what God wants.

Wise: knowing how God wants us to live our lives and putting it into practice. God is always with us and hoping that we will live our lives in the right way, following the teachings of Jesus.

RE Spring 2 

Lent

The temptations of Jesus

Fasting and prayer

Parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector

Yom Kippur

The Beatitudes

Holy Week

The events of Holy Week

Stations of the cross

Palm Sunday and Good Friday comparisons 

In Science we will be learning about how scientists think.  We will be conducting experiments to answer scientific questions such as how can you blow up a balloon without using air? How can we make a shelter waterproof.  We will also be learning about scientists Thomas Edison, Lewis Latimer and Maria Telkes 

A very warm welcome to Spring 1. Below you will find information about your child's learning this term.

Please make sure all items of uniform are labeled including PE kit.

Please read with your child whenever possible.  Target of at least 3 times a week.  Your child has a reading puppy to read to in their book bag. 

PE is every Tuesday please come in PE kit Swimming will be on a Thursday please also come in PE kit.

In Year 4 children complete the Times table test at the end of the year. Your practice the test using the link below. 

Homework books will be given out on Wednesday and collected in on Wednesday.  Homework pages will be highlighted in your child's book.

Thank you for your support 

Spring 1 2023

Values and Virtues: Eloquent and truthful

Eloquence must be used in a truthful way – to speak truth about myself and others, about relations between people, about the world, and about God.  Education is the search for truth and the eloquent articulation of what we discover.  As Jesus tells us, “The truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)

RE SPRING 1

Christmas

The role of angels in the Christmas story

Messengers of the Good News today

The first crib Saint Francis of Assisi

Jesus Light of the World

The presentation of Jesus

The Nunc Dimittis prayer

The Baptism of Jesus

The transfiguration

Traders and Raiders 

Big and strong, powerful and brave, the Saxons wave their battle axes and brandish their swords as they begin to invade Britain’s shores. Sail back to the Dark Ages, where battles were rife and fear reigned. Find out about the lives of the Saxons, including how they lived and where they came from. Meet the bloodthirsty Vikings from Scandinavia – never before had such terror swept the land. Make a Saxon sword or a Viking brooch and decorate it with intricate patterns. Choose to be a Saxon or Viking and trade your crafty goods, but let’s keep it cool. We don’t want a fight breaking out. Are you ready to shine a light on the dangerous and deadly Dark Ages?

Understand the differences between and compare solids liquids and gases

Understand evaporation and condensation

Autumn 2 2022

Autumn 2022

Faith-filled and Hopeful Pupils are growing to be Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future. Catholic Schools help their pupils grow by passing on the living and faith-filled tradition of Jesus Christ; by having persevering faith in the pupils, and by encouraging them in turn, to have faith and hope in themselves and others.

RE Moses to King David

Most children will know and be able to recall in words, actions and writing the
stories studied in this unit. They will understand that God chose and called Moses
and David for special tasks. They will recognise that God protected his people and
that in the Psalms of David we find images of God caring for and protecting his
people. They will understand that through the anointing with the Oil of Chrism in
the Sacraments, Christians celebrate and respond to God’s call in their lives today.

RE Advent

Most children will know that Jesus was descended from the House of David.
They will know some stories about some of Jesus’ ancestors and will be able to
recognise how important their relationship with God was to them.
Children will be able to place some of the characters into an historical sequence
and will identify some important symbols for these different people as featured on
the Jesse Tree.

BUILDING THE KINGDOM

 we are very proud to be a part of the Building the Kingdom programme, the aim of which is to embed distinctive Catholic Curriculum design for the transformation of society. As said on their website, ‘through the National School of Formation, a dynamic and challenging approach to teaching and learning in a Catholic School has been developed. This initiative calls for the contextualising of all learning within the beliefs and values of the Gospel and the Catholic tradition, aspiring to reach the highest possible levels of learning. We call it Building the Kingdom…’

Through Building the Kingdom, we explore the big questions of purpose and meaning that arise throughout the Liturgical year, and then create lessons and events which engage students with the skills needed to be agents for a Spirit fuelled transformation of society.  

Through our curriculum work this term we will be focusing on: 

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Man has the right to live. He has the right to bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the proper development of life, particularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest and finally the necessary social services. In consequence, he has the right to be looked after in the event of ill health; disability stemming from his work; widowhood; old age; enforced unemployment; or whenever through no fault of his own he is deprived of the means of livelihood.’

Pacem in Terris

Buckle up, sunglasses on. We’re going on a road trip across the good old US of A. Flying from London Gatwick, and landing at JFK airport New York, it’s time to explore the sights and sounds of the Big Apple. Use your map skills to navigate your way around some of its most famous landmarks and send a postcard home to ask the question ‘Do you wish you were here?’ Learn how to send an email to book a day trip or reserve a room. Make sure you ask the important questions ‘Does your hotel have a pool? Is there 24-hour room service?’ Meet the Iroquois tribe; Native Americans with amazing customs and traditions. Then plan a bespoke road trip for Mr Smith and his family of four. They want to spend three weeks in the sunshine. It’s going to be a long ride. Put the roof down and let the wind blow through your hair. We’re off.

This unit ‘Electricity’ takes children through six lessons where they learn how to: identify common appliances that run on electricity; construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers. Children also learn how to: identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery; recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit; and finally, recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.This unit ‘Electricity’ takes children through six lessons where they learn how to: identify common appliances that run on electricity; construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers. Children also learn how to: identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery; recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit; and finally, recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.

Values and virtues Compassionate and loving 

RE Autumn 2022

Creation The story of Abraham to Joseph

The creation of humans Abraham and his promise to God.   Joseph and his brothers

Jesus teaches us how to pray

Jewish traditions prayers psalms

Looking closely at the Our Father and the Rosary

I am Warrior! I am strong, brave and powerful. Meet me in battle. Draw your sword, wield your axe and challenge me if you dare. Invade and attack. Romans versus Celts, the fight is on. Discover warring Britain: meet Claudius, Boudicca and Julius Caesar and find out what the Romans did for us. Get ready for Gladiator School and learn alongside Spartacus and Spiculus, brave fighters of the Roman Colosseum. When all that battling makes you hungry, relax, lie back and feast yourself on dormice and grapes, or perhaps a roasted swan sprinkled with nuts?

Learners will look at sound vibrations and how sounds travel through different mediums. Children will then think about the sounds they hear which are pleasant and unpleasant, as well as being safe with sound by understanding how to insulate sounds.  During the unit, learners will get the chance to design and build their own sound-making devices and to test materials that are good at insulating sounds.