ST PAUL'S YEAR 4Welcome back to school

Dear parents and carers, it is without doubt that we are extremely excited to welcome your children back to St. Paul’s!

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WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOUAnd getting stuck in with lots of exciting new learning!

It is vitally important that we encourage the children to read every day (for at least 10 minutes), as well as practise recalling the times table facts up to 12 x 12. Times tables are particularly important in year four as there is a national multiplication tables check that the children will complete in the Summer term - more information can be found here...

TIMES TABLES CHECKS FOR PARENTS

We will be revisiting some of the learning from year 3 to ensure the children have no gaps in their learning or understanding before moving on to the year 4 curriculum.

We appreciate that your children have not been at school for a very long time because of the pandemic and so coming back may carry a series of mixed feelings. Therefore, we will also focus on various PSHE areas such as how to rebuild and maintain friendships.

PSHE

We will focus on various PSHE areas such as how to rebuild and maintain friendships

GEOGRAPHY

we will be learning all about the different mountain ranges of the world

SCIENCE

We will be focusing on how sound is made and how it travels

YEAR 4Autumn term

READING CURRICULUM

Our topic for the first part of the Autumn term is: What if you had to climb a mountain? As part of this topic, we will be learning all about the different mountain ranges of the world including the Alps, the Andes and the Kumaon region in the Himalayas.

In Science, the first topic we will be looking at is Sound, focusing on how it is made and how it travels. We will also be carrying out experiments to find patterns linking to pitch and volume.

As excited (or as nervous!) as the children may be to come back, we are fully aware that they will need time to re-adjust back into the school routine and so we will strive to make the transition as smooth and as easy as possible!