Rode Heath Primary SchoolYear 4 2024 - 2025
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 am Mrs Pecora - part of the Year 4 dream team!
Besides teaching, my passions are exercise and eating! Luckily they balance each other out - most of the time. I also love the arts - drama, dance, painting, etc so I will be looking for plenty of opportunities to use those in my lessons.
I am looking forward to a fun year learning and getting to know and teach all your special little people.
Welcome to Year 4
Welcome back! We hope you had a fantastic half-term break and enjoyed some quality time with family and friends. As we enter the final stretch of the summer term—and your last few weeks in Year 4—we’re looking forward to making the most of this exciting time together.
This half term is packed with engaging learning opportunities. Our new class text is Julius Caesar from A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister. We’ll be focusing on play scripts, which means plenty of chances for drama, role-play and exploring fascinating characters.
In geography and science, we’ll continue learning about biomes, rainforest animals and where our food comes from. We’ll also explore how we can better care for our world and environment.
One of the biggest highlights this term is our residential trip! It’s a fantastic opportunity to build friendships while enjoying outdoor play in our private country grounds. We’ll also visit the zoo, build and sail rafts with expert instructors and experience hands-on learning at the science museum.
Let’s make this final half term of Year 4 truly memorable!
In Maths, we will continue with our Maths - No Problem! scheme, which encourages problem-solving through real-life contexts while reinforcing key concepts from previous years. This approach ensures that children build strong mathematical foundations.
Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of children being happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we follow our Hearts and Minds curriculum. More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.
Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to another exciting term!
Continuing the Learning Journey...
Week Beginning: Monday 9th June 2025
Maths: Geometry – identifying angles, recognising different triangles and different quarilaterals, identifying symmetry
English: Studying our new text: Julius Caesar, from A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories, by Angela McAllister - acting, exploring character and descriptive writing.
Geography: Continuing to look at where our food comes from and fieldwork
Hearts and Minds: My Happy Mind: Engaging
Science: Animals including humans
Computing: Developing our Scratch programming skills
Design and Technology: Evaluating our structures (lighthouses) and working on our new project - sewing a pencil case
PE: Outdoor games (Tuesdays and Thursdays) + also beginning our dance for the summer fayre
Weekly Reminders:
- PE days for the summer term will be Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please could children come to school in their PE kits on these days with long hair tied back.
- Homework will start the first week back after the holidays. It is set on a Monday to be completed by the following Monday: Atom Learning Maths, Reading and PAG. Spellings are separate. Spellings and sentences will come home on a Wednedsay and are due in the following Tuesday.
- Please ensure your child is filling in their reading diary on a daily basis.
- Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars.
- If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write in your child's reading diary and it will be responded to ASAP.
Renaissance Link for reading click here.
In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.
To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here.
Key Dates:
- KS2 Sports Afternoon - Wednesday 18th June
- Summer Fayre - Friday 20th June
- Quinta Residential - Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th June 2025
- Transition morning - Wednesday 2nd July
- KS2 Musical Production - Monday and Tuesday 7th and 8th July - with an evening performance
- Rode Heath Village Hall 100 year anniversary celebrations - Saturday 12th July
- Summer Holidays begin - Friday 18th July
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check
Dear Year 4 parents and carers,
You may be aware that Year 4 children across the country are now required to take part in The Multiplication Tables Check: This is a formal assessment that happens at the beginning of June. The children will be tested on their times tables up to 12 x 12. All children will take the test using an Ipad. There is no set pass mark. However, secure and rapid knowledge of times tables facts are beneficial in many of the areas of maths taught in KS2 and therefore will help the children as they move towards their end of KS2 SATS.
Many of the children are now practising their times tables using TT Rockstars and it is really helping with their progress. Usernames and passwords for this are in the front of your child’s reading diary. We recommend that the children practise four times a week for ten minutes. It is so important to get as much practise in as you can because this knowledge will also be a big help with your maths lessons.
Practice tests can also be found on Educationcity in ‘Classwork’. (The 6 second one is the aim as this is how long the children will be given on the day.)
For more information see the document at the bottom of our class page.
Happy multiplying!
Kind regards,
The Year 4 Team at Rode Heath Primary.
Useful websites: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly to see what we're all busy doing:
https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com