Welcome to Year 4!

Class Teacher: Miss Knapton

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Roebuck and Mrs Sale

Class Governor: Mrs Roberts

PTFA Rep: Mrs Dhir and Mrs Hurst

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Important Information 

Homework this half term is to spend time reading, practising spellings and learning the 6 x table facts.  

Click on the image below to practise your tables-remember to set to 6x.

Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each new half 

term. Spelling tests take place on a Friday.

Please make sure your child has a named PE kit, water bottle, reading book and message book in school every day.  Our PE day is Thursday with swimming in the morning (starting 25th September) and a PE session in the afternoon. 

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This term, our theme topic question is...

'Where does our food come from?'

This half term, we are going to be learning about how our food choices impact the environment and how trading responsibly can have a positive effect on the world.

Click on the picture below to watch some videos about our food choices: 

Key vocabulary:

carbon footprint, consume, distribution, export, food bank, food miles, import, produce, responsible trade, seasonal food, source, sustainability, trade

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Science 

This half term, we are going to be learning about Animals: including Humans and their digestive systems. The children will be getting stuck into experiments linked to the digestive system, teeth and even poo! 

Key vocabulary:

canine, digest, digestive system, faeces, incisor, 

large intestine, molar, mouth, oesophagus, premolar, producer, saliva, small intestine, stomach

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Art

This half term, we are going to be exploring tone, texture, light and shadow within artwork. We will be creating our own pieces of art work based on food, making them look good enough to eat.

Key vocabulary:

collage, composition, form, highlight, proportion, shadow, three-dimensional

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Our Class Author is: Emma Carroll

   Some of her books include: