Year 4

Welcome to the Year 4 Chaffinches and Woodpeckers page

The Year 4 Team

Chaffinches Class

Teacher: Mrs Martin

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Tilford

Woodpeckers Class

Teacher Mrs Thijssen-Jones

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Tilford (afternoons)

PE is on Fridays, and the children should come to school wearing their PE kit.

All children have all taken their reading book and diary home. Please make sure that books are changed weekly, and we are more than happy to change them more than once! 

Maths homework will go out on Fridays, to be handed in at the latest, the following Thursday.  This will start in week 2.   

Autumn 2 

A very warm welcome to Autumn 2! We are looking forward to immerse ourselves into our new topic Mighty Mountains, where the children will be researching many different aspects of mountains, such as the different mountain ranges in the world, the features of mountains, and how they are made, to name but a few. 

In Science, the new topic is Electricity and as well as creating the simple circuits, the children will be learning about conductors and insulators.  

During Kirfs, we are learning the 6 and 9 times tables in lots of fun and different ways,  through singing, games, worksheets, and more! Please support your child at home by practising on TT Rockstars daily, as well as exploring other online times tables games to help reinforce their learning.

We are very excited that we have extra PE lessons this half term, as SDH provides the tag rugby lessons to Year 4 on Tuesdays.  Please remember that the children will therefore need to come to school in their PE kit on both Tuesdays and Fridays. If at all possible, the lessons will be outside, so please ensure that the children have appropriate clothing, i.e. winter coats and or waterproofs. 

Please see below for the Topic Knowledge Organiser and the Kirfs information.  We are always happy to help, please come and find us if you have any questions or comments. 

Best wishes, 

The Year 4 Team 

Mighty Mountains!

Time to find your walking boots and put your best foot forward as this half term we are climbing high up our Mighty Mountains topic; finding out about the features of mountains as well as discovering more about mountains around the world!

Class Assembly

The children had the best time last week when they travelled back in time in amazing costumes as Romans and Celts.  They thoroughly enjoyed telling the parents all about the Boudicca Rebellion and other facts that they have learned this half term.  One of the high lights was the song - Just like a Roman, which they sang beautifully.  We hope you all enjoyed it too. 

Roman Day

The children have had a fantastic Roman day this week, truly bringing this topic to live.  The morning session was full of exciting, practical activities, giving the children a great understanding of the Roman Occupation of Britain.  There were many different stations to choose from, like mosaics, charm makers, wax tablets, fresco painters to name but a few. 

In the afternoon, the children were divided in four different groups, and each prepared either a play, a dance or an army march.  They then performed this for each other, whilst being served by some very skilled and respectful slaves! 

We would like to say a huge thank you to the wonderful volunteers that gave up their time to support us, we wouldn't be able to do this without you! 

We can't wait for our class assembly next week, to show you what else the children have learned this half term. Below is a link to the song, and also some ideas for costumes for the Celts and Boudicca. 

Please have a look at a selection of the pictures below to show you what they got up to.  

Science 

In the science lessons, the children have been exploring the topic Sound.  They have investigated what different sounds they can hear, in various place around the school. After further investigations, they learned that sounds are made when objects vibrate, and that when the air vibrations hit the ear drum, the brain very cleverly picks up what the sound is.  

They had great fun with different instruments to see which part was vibrating, and they also had a go at making some instruments themselves too.  The diagrams they drew to explain the science were amazing! Well done, Year 4, a great start in science. 

Week 27/06/25

We've got off to a flying start to the final half term in Year 4! The Year 4 Multiplication checks are all complete and we are so proud of every single one of our pupils - you have all worked so hard and achieved so much! We've also been hard at work on our 'Craft and Design: Fabric of Nature' work looking at 'one picture, four views' based on our rainforest mood boards as well as studying William Morris designs. 

May Update!

We are loving life in Year 4 with so many exciting opportunities over the last few weeks!

Our RSC workshop was a real highlight, delivered by member of the RSC we acted out scenes from The Tempest and had great fun along the way. What an incredible opportunity!

Next up was our day trip to Bell Heath, the sun shone and smiles were abundant as we set off. The day definitely did not disappoint, with zooming down zip wires, grass sledging, campfires as well as perfecting our aiming skills in archery there was not a second of the day wasted! After time to roll down a hill at lunchtime, we rounded the day off with a delicious dinner before heading back on the coach.

Finally, we had our brilliant rugby taster session run by Callum from Northampton Saints Rugby. 

30th April 2025

The last week before half term was spent finally being able to show how hard the children had worked on 'The Wizard of Oz' production. The children all gave incredible performances, from their singing to their dancing, solos as well as drumming they were all fantastic! We are now getting ready for our adventure to Bell Heath next week!

Spring term 2025 SPLASH!

This term, we are once again diving into our 'Splash!' topic. We will be finding out all about the features of rivers as well as rivers all around the World.

19/03/25

Rehearsals for 'The Wizard of Oz' are still in full swing and we have tasked the children with designing and making props for the show, these are well underway and we can't wait to show you! We have also had time to fit in many other exciting activities, from learning about decimals to reading traditional tales with a twisted ending and finding time to learn how to play netball. Four children also attended the Year 4 Stratford upon Avon Library Reading Celebration on Wednesday morning after completing a reading challenge and creating fantastic reading designs at home.

06/03/25

Rehearsals for 'The Wizard of Oz' are well under way and the excitement is building already, Year 4 have blown us away with the enthusiasm and dedication they are showing! The catchy songs are already being heard in the corridors, on the daily mile and no doubt at home too. Despite our singing, dancing and acting we have still had time to fit in so much more!! 

Our highlight was the author visit from Tom Percival who entertained us with his drawing and singing as well introducing us to his new book. 

This week, we had fantastic fun in PE with a cricket coaching session and the children were buzzing about it afterwards. 

We rounded off our exciting couple of weeks by celebrating World Book Day, with an amazing day that included a scavenger hunt and read another Tom Percival book 'The Bridges' and spent time discussing the message of the book; how reading helps to relax our minds.

Welcome to the Spring term 2025

The Home Front - World War Two

This term, we will be finding out about life on The Homefront, understanding why the war began, the events of the evacuation of Dunkirk and evacuation. It is always a fascinating topic that captures everyone's hearts and minds and we welcome any stories from any of your family relatives whose lives were affected by the war. 

10/02/25

What an exciting couple of weeks we've had! Working hard sewing together our rag toys, creating wonderful teddy bears and soft toys from old socks. Our sewing skills have really improved, so if anyone need a button sewing on - come and find our Year 4 children!!

As part of our World War Two topic, we also had a lovely day at Coventry Cathedral finding out about The Blitz, looking at the ruins of the original building and being inspired by the details of the beautiful new building. The children behaved impeccably and made some thoughtful origami peace doves to bring home with them.

Finally, we have also used our new found expertise and knowledge about electricity and circuits to make our own torches, what budding scientists we have in Year 4.

31/01/25

Yet another couple of exciting weeks in Year 4; we have been creating rainforest mood boards in art lessons using paint colour strips and pastels to create our designs. They are all looking fabulous! We have also been finding out more about digestion, and this week we saw how the whole system worked using a banana, a tangerine and a pair of tights!! It was definitely a lesson we are sure they won't forget for a while - eww!!

Along with that, we have also been reporters on the scene of the Blitz in Coventry ahead of our trip there next week...

17-01-25

We've had a super fun start to the term and the children have all arrived back to the new year raring to go for the Spring term. We have already had an action-packed couple of weeks. Our World War two topic launched with finding out about the reasons for the outbreak of the war. Then we went on to find out about evacuation and filled suitcases with what children were allowed to take with them. In English, we have been learning about mythical stories and have been using the book Arthur and the Golden Rope written by Joe Todd Stanton. We have also launched our library book challenge and we have well-known children's author Tom Percival coming in to visit us this half term!!

What a magical last couple of weeks we've had in school; Elfie and Elbert have continued to visit treating us to colourful tricks using Skittles! We have also had an amazing time feeling like real scientists creating complete circuits and lighting up bulbs, making motors whizz round as well as causing all sorts of fantastic noise with buzzers! We could have carried on our lessons all day. Wishing all of our Year 4 children's families a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year! 

 Welcome to Year 4 2024-5 

A warm welcome to the new school year from our Year 4 team; Mrs Coaché (Woodpeckers class teacher), Miss Osmond (Chaffinches class teacher), Mrs Tilford (Woodpeckers TA and Intervention Y4 TA), Ms Stenning (Chaffinches TA) and Mrs Vale (Woodpeckers TA Fridays). We are all excited for the months ahead with the Woodpeckers and Chaffinches classes!

We are excited to be kicking off the new school year with our Romans topic. We will start by finding out how The Romans lived and also how their legacy changed our lives forever. On Thursday, 19th September we will be travelling back in time all dressed up for our Roman Day!

PE lessons

PE lessons will be on Fridays, please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit. Year 4 will be having tag rugby coaching led by SDH Academy on Tuesday afternoons in the second half of the Autumn term, please ensure your child wears their PE kit to school on Tuesdays and Fridays for this half term. Thank you.

Reading books

Your child will have been issued with a reading book. Books will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays, the day your child will have their book changed is recorded in their reading diary.

Learning Conversations

These will come out via email staring on Friday, 13th September. Maths home work will be based on our KIRF and will go out in their homework books, to be returned by the following Thursday.

Dates

This year's Y4 production dates will be 6pm Wednesday, 9th April and 2pm Thursday,  10th April. Information will be sent out nearer the time.

We have had a busy start to this half term in Year 4, including starting our tag rugby coaching and learning how to score a try as well as using atlases to find mountain ranges and use scales to discover how high the mountains are. Mrs Goodwin kindly shared some photographs of herself up Snowdon so we got to see a real life mountain experience! 

In Art, we have studied Hokusai's paintings...watch this space for our final prints in a couple of week's time!

SPLASH!

We're once again diving into our 'Splash!' topic, finding out about the features of rivers from source to mouth, We'll also be spending time studying the work of artists David Hockey and creating our own water effect paintings!

The Homefront - World War Two

This term, we will finding out about life on 'The Homefront' learning about the reasons why the war began, the events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, rationing and much more. It is always a fascinating topic that captures everyone's hearts and minds and we love to hear about the family stories of relatives whose lives were affected.

 Welcome to Year 4 2023-24 

A warm welcome to the new school year from our Year 4 team; Mrs Coaché, Mrs Element, Mrs Puar, Mrs Tilford, Miss Stenning and Mrs Vale! We are all excited for the months ahead with the Woodpeckers and Chaffinches classes.

We are excited to be kicking off the new school year with our Romans topic. We will start by finding out how The Romans lived and also how their legacy changed our lives forever. On Wednesday, 28th September we will be travelling back in time all dressed up for our Roman Day!

PE lessons

PE lessons will be on Fridays, please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit.

Reading books

Your child will have been issued with a reading book. Books will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays, the day your child will have their book changed is recorded in their reading diary.