Oak Class

Teacher: Mrs R Baker

PE days: Thursday and Friday

Welcome to Oak Class! We are looking forward to an exciting and rewarding Autumn term, filled with opportunities for the children to learn, explore, create and challenge themselves. Our curriculum this half term offers a wonderful range of engaging topics designed to build confidence, independence and a love of learning.

In English, we will develop our writing through warning stories, newspaper reports and concrete poetry, while continuing to strengthen spelling, punctuation and grammar. In reading, we will build retrieval and inference skills through a variety of texts and our class book, The Storm Keeper’s Island. In Maths, we will explore place value and numbers up to 10,000 before developing our skills in column addition and subtraction, with a continued focus on fluency, reasoning and problem-solving.

Across the wider curriculum, there is plenty to discover. In Science, we will investigate solids, liquids and gases through our Changing States of Matter topic. Our Geography learning will follow the journey of a river from source to mouth, while in Art, children will develop their painting skills through the work of John Constable and Claude Monet.

Children will also enjoy tag rugby and fitness in PE, learn about the seasons in French, explore computer networks in Computing, and consider creation stories in RE. In PSHE, we will focus on healthy choices, physical activity, resilience and developing a positive growth mindset.

Our PE days are Thursday and Friday. Homework is due in every Wednesday and new homework will be sent out each Friday. We also ask that children read at least five times each week at home. Regular reading makes a huge difference and helps children develop their fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and enjoyment of books.

We are excited for a busy and enjoyable half term and look forward to seeing every member of Oak Class grow in confidence, celebrate their achievements and embrace new challenges!

Little Waltham Primary School

Oak Class

Aspirational and Challenge Project Homework for Autumn Term

Spellings to Learn in Year 4

Curriculum Overview

Recommended Reads for Year 4

Year 4 Parents Curriculum Meeting

Multiplication Check Information for Parents

School Trips