Year 4 2023 - 2024

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

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Mrs Harrop

I am very excited to begin my next chapter at Rode Heath Primary School as a teaching assistant. After twenty years as a teacher, I have opted for a change and I love it.
I live with my husband, our two young girls and our 24 chickens. In my spare time I love to go on mini adventures with my girls, either to new parks, National Trust places, find new places to walk or go out for dinner. We particularly love going up to the Scottish Highlands and spending time in a family holiday home and exploring the lochs, walking and getting lots of fresh air. I also love gardening and baking lots of delicious treats for family and friends! I am looking forward to working with the Year 4 children this year.

Our Year 4 Learning Journey - Week beginning 25th September 2023

Numeracy:

Mastering the times tables - revision of Year 3 - 3X tables
Place value - numbers to 10,000
Rounding 4 digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000

English:

Recognising homophones in correct contexts eg right and write; mail and male
Using fronted adverbials with a comma
Punctuating speech
Diary writing from a character's perspective
Writing a setting description, whilst creating mood

Music:

Rock n Roll - playing a walking bass line on tuned percussion (Glockenspiel)

Hearts & Minds:

My Happy Mind - Meet (and begin to understand) your brain

R.E.:

How can we talk about religions and worldviews respectfully?

P.E.:

Gymnastics - > Tuesday
Dance - Wednesday

History:

Ancient Egyptians - why was the River Nile so important to the Ancient Egyptians?

Computing:

Networks - how does the Internet work?

Science:

Sound - what happens to sound waves as they get further away

*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.
Homework to begin week 3.
Year 4 P.E. days this term are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On these days, children are to come to school wearing their P.E. kits.

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