Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School

This section of the Pupil handbook will tell you all you need to know about our class.

FACT FILE

Year 4

Teacher: Miss Richards

 AgeRange: 8-9

Number in class: 32

Class Governor:   

School Council Representatives: Teddy Green and Hannah Lunn

Topics: Ancient Egyptians, India, The Victorians

Journal

The journal is a yellow book, which we use to help us record our reading every day. Our parents also record in it when we read to them at home. If children read and have their diary signed at least 3 times per week they can move up one place on the reading record chart.

We also use it to remind us of things, such as homework.

 Big Write

Each week ‘Big Talk’ homework is set on a Wednesday. This is a vital part of our Big Write scheme and enables the children to improve their writing throughout the independent sessions which take place every Friday.

Spelling

Spellings are set each Thursday and the children are tested the following Thursday. Children should practice their spelling each night using the grid sheets.

Building Learning Power

We work extremely hard to Build Our Learning Power. We have a BLP wall in the classroom which reminds us of all the skills we need remember to be a good learner.  We can nominate each our class mates when we think that they have been developing their BLP skills. 

 Houses

Each child in school is a member of a house. When ever you earn house points, in lessons, sports events or for good learning, they go towards points for the house cup. We make a record of the house points in our journals and when you have collected 200 house points you get a bronze certificate, 400 house points you get a sliver certificate and 600 house points you get a gold certificate.

 Rewards

Each week we nominate ‘Star of the Week’ and als0 ‘Star Writer’. This is alongside exceptional good work slips and golden tickets.

Targets

We all have targets in Literacy and Numeracy. They are displayed in our books and on our classroom walls.

Numeracy:

• Know the 2,3,4,5,and 10 times table
• Round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100
• Work out simple fractions
• Work out addition and subtraction sums in their head.
• Work out sums like 234 + 479 using pencil and paper
• multiply numbers by 10 and 100
• divide numbers by 10 and 100 and find the remainders
• change pounds to pence, centimetres to metres and work out sums with money.
• tell the time
• recognise 2D and 3D shapes and know their properties and if they are symmetrical.

Literacy

Listening and Speaking

• To talk and listen with more confidence in an increasing range of contexts e.g. discussion, stories, poetry, debates etc.
• Children are developing their ideas in thought first before speaking i.e. thinking their ideas through.
• Able to describe events and convey their opinions clearly.
• Are beginning to take notice of standard English in vocabulary and grammar.
  Understand that standard English is used in certain situations.

Reading

• To understand how writers create imaginary worlds, particularly where this is original or unfamiliar.
• To understand how settings influence events and incidents in stories and how they affect characters behaviour and to compare and contrast settings across a range of stories.
• To understand how the use of expressive and descriptive language can e.g. create moods, arouse expectations, build tension, describe attitudes or emotions.
• To identify social, moral or cultural issues in stories.
• To describe how a poet does or does not use rhyme e.g. every alternative line, rhyming couplets, no rhyme, and patterns of rhyme.

Writing

• To use photographs in story writing to organise and sequence the story.
• To develop use of settings in own writing, making use of work on adjectives and figurative language to describe settings effectively.
• Note making to edit down a sentence or passage by deleting the less important elements.
• To write own longer stories in chapters from story plans.
• To write poems, experimenting with different styles and structures, discuss if and why different forms are more suitable than others.

Science

• Healthy teeth and eating
• Helping plants grow

PE

PE is on a Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. This term we are learning to play Rugby and also trying various dancing activities.