Egyptian Day

Year 4 2022 - 2023

Mrs Wiskow

I am passionate about education and try to make learning fun in my classroom. Children need to be motivated to learn well. Outside the classroom my other passion is for horses of which I am lucky enough to own two. I also have a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Kito.

Mrs Pecora

Hi! I’m Mrs Pecora, part of the Year 4 dream-team, teaching with Mrs Wiskow! We also have Mrs Yates helping us some of the time and Miss Nicklin sometimes too.
I love teaching here at Rode Heath and particularly like getting creative – using my specialities drama and dance, wherever I can get them in! But I also love arts, crafts, making things, imaginative writing, dance …
I have a passion for travelling, experiencing different cultures and especially indulging in their food. Fortunately, another of my great loves is exercise; I have been described as a fitness freak, running half marathons, doing lots of yoga and things like that so it balances itself out (…most of the time!)
You can expect a lot of energy, creativity and enthusiasm from me in Year 4. We’re going to have some fabulous learning adventures together this year!

Mrs Yates

I am excited to be working with your children. It is important to me that every child feels included and supported (and has some fun along the way!).
I have three children and a large Labrador! There isn't a lot of spare time but when I can I enjoy reading, going for walks and I love to visit the Seaside!

Our Year 4 Learning Journey - Week beginning Monday 20th March 2023

Assessment Week

Numeracy:

Assessments for times tables, arithmetic, reasoning and problem solving
Time: converting minutes to seconds and hours to minutes
Mastering the times tables

English:

Assessments: Reading comprehension, spelling, grammar and punctuation
Reading and studying our class novel: 'Escape From Boudica's Army' by Andrea Pate
Letter writing

Art:

Experimenting with watercolour techniques
Creating portraits

Music:

The Musical Spectacular Performance - Year 4s performing their incredible glockenspiel skills for the rest of the school on Tuesday (It will be filmed so you can also enjoy it.)

Hearts & Minds:

No Outsiders: finding common ground - finding all the things we have in common with all sorts of people

P.E.:

Invasion games - ball skills - Tuesdays with the sports coaches
Swimming on Fridays

Engineering/ Design and Technology:

Food preparation techniques - making our magnificent sandwich creations

Science - States of Matter:

*Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of ensuring the children are happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we will be following our Hearts and Minds curriculum. More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum and our weekly Hearts and Mind planning can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.

Please note:

Reading at least 4 times a week and filling in reading diaries is part of the weekly homework.
English homework will go home Tuesday and will be due in the following Monday; Maths homework will go home on Thursday and is due in next Thursday.
Year 4 P.E. days this term are on Tuesdays and Fridays (swimming). On these days, children are to come to school wearing their P.E. kits.

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