Hi everyone,

We hope that you have all been having a great week so far. This week, the children in Year Four have been learning all about Judaism and Islam. We have enjoyed making ‘solidarity sandals’ as we pray for refugees around the world, having read the book ‘Four Feet two sandals’ as part of our learning on Islam. The children also had a wonderful time during their interactive session, where the classroom was turned into a Mosque and we listened to the call to prayer and used the religious artefacts to explore and learn about each of the steps of worship – following this, we compared the similarities and differences between the prayer life of Christians and Muslims. We have also had a great time learning about Judaism, and lots of discussions about Yom Kippur as a time of atonement which reminded us of the purpose of Lent in Christianity. Please see the images below of our fun week!

Best wishes,

The Y4 team

In Year 4, we have been working very hard on our stewardship project to support the local community. We have been designing, planning and creating Fiddle/Fidget blankets for elderly people who are suffering with Dementia, as well as for younger children who have ADHD and Autism. We cannot wait to send our blankets to the local care homes as well as to our St. Peter’s pumpkin room, in order to support others. Please see a few sample images below!

We’d like to say a big thank you to all parents and carers who came to support the Year Four children with sewing their sensory items onto their final product for their chosen customer,

We look forward to seeing you all at parents evening next week,

Best wishes,

Year 4 team

Hello everyone,

We hope that you are all well and keeping safe.

We have been having lots of fun with our Science learning in Year Four. In our current unit of work, we have been studying the parts of the Human Digestive System and have even explored non-fiction pages on this topic, as part of our Guided Reading sessions. Last week, both of the year four classes made a human digestive system in small groups. It was lots of fun to see how the stomach acid was used to break down the food and to watch the release of nutrients through the intestinal walls as they passed into the blood stream! Please see a selection of photos below…

A few quick reminders: 

• The children have been given RE home learning for the Easter break – when we return to school after half term, the children shall be learning about the Resurrection of Christ and the impact of this miracle upon His believers. We would like all pupils to complete their 3-page RE task, as an alternative to the standard spelling, vocabulary and maths home learning slips this week. We ask for all pupils to return these completed activities to school, after the Easter break.

• On Friday 21^st April 2023, the children in Y4 shall be taking part in an Earthquake STEM day, as part of our Geography learning. In the weeks leading up to this date, please could your child bring in any junk modelling materials to school, such as cardboard boxes, toilet rolls, egg cartons, etc. This is because the children shall be creating structures and investigating the impact of Earthquakes and tremors upon buildings and infrastructure.

Have a wonderful Easter break,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hi everyone,

We hope that you are all well – it has been lovely to see  you all again at parent’s evening to discuss the children’s learning and progress. Last week, we really enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day as our favourite story characters. Please see the photos below…

In English, we have started our learning on Jemmy Button and creating our own paintings to illustrate the journey taken by Jemmy throughout the story. We have also generated expanded noun phrases and used thesauruses to make powerful descriptions. In Maths, we have been having lots of fun completing our potions problems, as part of our learning on measurement and statistics.

A few reminders for next week: 

• Mother’s Day sale to take place next week.
• Please ensure your child continues their Times Table Rockstars practise for 10 mins a day, using the sound check option.
• Red and yellow home learning books to be completed and returned to school on Friday  17th March 2023.

We hope you all have a pleasant weekend,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hello everyone,

We hope that you are all having a pleasant weekend.

This week, the children have been working very hard across their curriculum learning. For PDL, we have been role playing scenarios about friendship and how to solve friendship issues. We have discussed the strategies we could use when we have disagreements with our friends, considering how to resolve in a calm and patient manner. We are really looking forward to World Book Day tomorrow – which book character will you dress up as?

In History, we have started our learning on The Vikings – we took a look at a range of historical clues and made some predictions as we organised our ‘key event’ cards into chronological order, without the date stamps! After lots of discussion, we then revealed the dates to see how close our own predictions had been. Please see the photos below.

A few quick reminders for next weeek:

• Please continue to log in to Times Table Rockstars – we encourage 10 minutes a day of practice, to help your child best prepare for the Y4 multiplication check.
• Next week’s home learning books (red and yellow) to be completed and returned to school by Friday 10th March.
• Parents Evenings shall take place on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th March 2023.

We hope you all have a great weekend,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team.

Hi everyone,

We hope that you are all well and enjoying the week so far.

We have enjoyed celebrating the Ash Wednesday service and have been thinking about how we can pray, give and act to keep Jesus at the centre of our hearts. Please see the photos below…

In English, we have been studying Spring TIme poetry and enjoying the beauty of the nature around us. In Maths, we have been learning various methods for multiplication of two and three digit numbers. We look forward to moving on to division strategies on Monday. Next week, we shall be celebrating World Book day which shall take place on Thursday 2nd March 2023. Which of your favourite book characters will you dress up as?

We hope you all have a pleasant weekend,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hello everyone!

We hope that you are all doing well and that you have been enjoying the Winter sunshine.

This week, the children shall continue their wider curriculum learning, including Physical Education with CM sports as well as French! In particular, Year Four have really enjoyed taking part in keyboard sessions with Hampshire Music Service this half term, as part of their music curriculum. They have been learning how to read notes, recognise ‘rests’ and dynamics, as well as beats within a rhythm! Please see the photo below…

A few quick reminders before the end of term:

• Please ensure your child continues to practise their Times Table Rockstars for 10 mins a day. This will help your child to best prepare for the Y4 multiplication check in the Summer Term.
• Red and Yellow home learning books to be handed in by Thursday 9th February 2023.
• INSET day on Friday 10th February 2023.
• World Book Day: Thursday 2nd March 2023.

We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday 20th February 2023.

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Good morning,

We hope that you are all well and keeping warm despite the chilly weather!

At the end of last week, Year Four were very excited to welcome parents and carers to school, to take part in our DT sewing afternoon. We would like to thank everybody who attended and supported the children. The children made a fantastic selection of purses, wallets and money carriers – we were very impressed by the creative, unique and purposeful designs and fastenings that had been generated by the children. We now look forward to sharing our sewing products and gifting them to our chosen friend or family member. Please see below for a selection of images…

We also enjoyed celebrating a Y3/4 Mass with parents and carers at St. Peter’s, led by Father Jeremy. Thank you again to everyone who attended, and a huge well done to all of the children and staff who were involved in the preparations for Mass. We would also like to thank Miss J. Heath (Oaklands chaplain) for all of her hard work and for practising prayers and readings with the Year 3 and 4 pupils.

A few brief reminders for next week:

• Monday 30th January 2023, from 3.25-4.15pm: Y4 parent book look in the Y4 classrooms. This is an opportunity for your child to share their learning with you and to talk about what they have enjoyed so far in Year Four.
• Red home learning books (Spelling, Vocabulary and Maths) to be completed and handed in to school by Friday 3rd February 2023.
• Please encourage your child to continue logging on daily to Times Table Rockstars, in order to help them to prepare for the Y4 multiplication check in the Summer Term.

We hope you all have a great week,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hello everyone,

We hope that you are all doing well and having a lovely week so far.

This week, the children have been very busy completing their Snowman Information leaflets – in this icy weather, the children can’t wait to share their tips and advice on How to Take Care of your Snowman.

In Maths, we have been studying how to use number bonds and we have also explored alternative strategies to successfully add together 3 sets of numbers, e.g. expanded column method. We had lots of fun calculating the cost of our cinema snack combinations!

We look forward to welcoming lots of parents to Year 4 during our sewing afternoon on Friday 20th January 2023. This will be the full afternoon session and we would like to thank parents and carers in advance, for volunteering to join us and support the children to sew and create the money carrier they have designed.

A few quick reminders for next week:

• Please bring any examples of charity work, fundraisers, donations for Show and Tell – we would love to share and celebrate these on our Discipleship Board (see photo below), as introduced during this Monday’s Whole School Worship. This could be photos, a certificate, or a poster your child has made to raise awareness on an important issue.
• Home learning to be handed in on Friday 27th January 2023 (yellow and red homework books).
• Please ensure you child continues to complete 10 mins of daily reading and TT Rockstar practise at home.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hello everyone,

We hope that you are all doing well and having a good week so far,

We have been enjoying lots of fun opportunities at St. Peter’s this week! The children really enjoyed performing their Boneyard Rap poem to the Year Two children – they had a fantastic time and used their voices, facial expressions and gestures in order to really bring the poem to life. Well done Year Four! We would also like to say a big well done to our Worship Teams, who have worked hard to plan and deliver classroom Liturgical Prayers to the rest of the class – recently, the children created a Collective Worship on the Annuniciation and they took the children to the prayer garden to share their prayers as the passed the archway and statue of Mary. Please see the photos below…

A few brief reminders for next week:

• Friday 20th January – Y4 sewing afternoon with parents and carers. Please contact St. Peter’s if you would like to attend!
• Home learning (spelling, vocabulary and maths) to be returned back to class by Friday 20th January 2023.
• Please continue to practise daily on Times Table Rockstars, in order to prepare for the Y4 multiplication check.
• Spring Term reading passports – please make use of the school and local libraries in order to enjoy a wide selection of texts across the Spring Term.

We hope you all have a great weekend,

Best Wishes,

Year Four Team