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In 4CP our teachers are Mrs Corstin and Mrs Pierlejewski and our teaching assistant is Mrs Riding. Mrs Pierlejewski works Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Corstin will teach Wednesday to Friday. 

P.E

Our P.E day is Monday, please ensure children come into school wearing their P.E. kit on this day.

‘The school PE kit is available from Lazer School Wear, St Mary’s Road in Garston.  This is a red t-shirt with the school badge and school blue shorts.  However, your child can also wear a plain red t-shirt and dark blue shorts that are available from most supermarkets.  The children can wear any training shoes for PE.  

This is part of our school uniform and must be worn for PE lessons. 

Football kits and other sportswear will not be allowed.’ 

Book Bags

Book bags should be returned on Monday for books to be changed. 

Water Bottles

Children are encouraged to bring a bottle of water to school every day. In 4CP we all have a place to store our bottle and can help ourselves throughout the day.  

Spellings

Spellings are practised in school every morning for a test on Friday. 

Below you will find lots of information about our class, including what we have been up to. Watch this space for updates. Your teachers will also communicate through class dojo and twitter. 

Autumn 1

R.E- 

We will be teaching from the new RE “To Know you more Clearly” 

English- A Setting Narrative and Newspaper Report 

This half term we will be studying how an author uses language for effect, when describing a setting. In English we follow Read to Write, this allows us to explore a wide and rich vocabulary and encourages us to continue to use language for effect in our own work.  

Our book this half term is 'The Whale'

Maths- Place Value 

In addition to our work on place value this half term, we will also start each day with flashback 4. This will allow us opportunities to recap prior learning and allow our teacher to address any misconceptions. We will also be rehearsing our times tables daily, which will help us during our weekly test each Friday.

It is in year 4, all children will take part in the government multiplication check (more information to follow in the spring term) 

Geography 

In Geography we are exploring rivers. We will start by looking at the River Rhine. 

Science

This half term, supported by our reading, we will be learning about living things and their habitats. We will explore food chains and food webs. 

Art

This half term we are studying Claude Monet. We will experiment with water colours to recreate Monet's famous water lilies painting.

 Design and Technology

This term we will be exploring different joining techniques in textiles. We will be building on our prior learning from year 2, when we made hand puppets. We will explore existing products and plan and make a simple tote bag as part of our 2D shape to 3D product project. Watch this space for pictures of our finished product.

Reading- Steps to Read 

In year 4 we enjoy daily whole class reading sessions, following steps to read. Our texts link well with our other curriculum studies. This half term we are reading a wide selection of fiction and non fiction about living things and their habitats. We know that our reading will support our studies in Science and provide us with a a wider range of knowledge in our own creative writing based on the text 'The Whale' 

We also have an ongoing class reader. This half term we are enjoying...

'When the Mountains Roared'

Watch this space for some of our beautiful Monet inspired paintings

Watch this space for examples of our creative writing 

In 4CE we love to read for pleasure. Check out our beautiful reading den with such a wide range of fiction and non fiction.