Mr Keise
assisted by Debbie & Yasmine
CURRICULUM
OVERVIEW
Click here for Year 4 overview
MR KEISE'S KEYS TO SUCCESS
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Have a positive attitude to learning
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Follow the school rules
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Be kind to everyone
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Read everyday
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Practise your times tables every day
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Remember learning should be challenging and fun
READING
For guided reading lessons this term we will be reading the book Zombierella which is a fresh take on the classic fairy tale. We will continue to work on our different reading skills using the book as a medium for our outcomes.
HOMEWORK
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Daily reading with children making a response in their reading journal every day and parents making one comment a week.
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One SPaG Task – a separate book will be given for this.
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Ten spelling words with one or two tasks set based on the spelling grid in the front of the homework books.
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Practise of times tables through Times Tables Rock Stars (minimum of 25 minutes spent each week).
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One comment to be posted on Google Classroom in response to The Junior Weekly Article.
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All homework needs to be completed for the following Wednesday morning. Please upload the spelling tasks to Google Classroom for me to mark. The SPaG book should be brought into school for Wednesday to be marked in class. Children will be tested on their spellings each Wednesday and their score will be recorded in their reading journal.
ENGLISH
We have started reading the book Winter’s Child which is a modern fable about a boy who wishes for it to be winter forever without realizing the consequences this may have on his family. We will complete a range of different writing outcomes, focusing on different grammar, punctuation and spelling skills.
SERVICES
This year our theme is our school values; Faith, Family and Fascination. Throughout the Autumn term we will be looking at these values through events and people of faith in the Old Testament. We will look into Faith, Family and Fascination more deeply whilst seeking to encourage these values in our own lives. Some services may focus on one value, where others may cover all three.
Our service dates are as follows:
Friday 31st, January – Jesus Goes Missing
Friday 28th, February – Jesus heals a paralysed man
Friday 21st, March – Jesus resurrects Lazarus
BOOK LIST
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PSHE
At Boutcher School, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and relationships as a whole-school approach to underpin children’s development as people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity. We use the Jigsaw Programme which offers us a comprehensive, carefully thought-through Scheme of Work which brings consistency and progression to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area. The Curriculum map can be found on the school website. During the spring term the topics being covered across the school are: ‘Dreams and Goals’ and ‘Healthy Me’. In these units, children think about their dreams and what they want for the future as well as how they can live a healthy life.
SCIENCE
Our topic this half term is Sound. Children will learn about where sound comes from and how we hear sounds. They will take part in practical activities and experiments to learn more about how vibrations are the root of all sounds.
THEME
Our theme for this term is Vikings, Scots and Anglo-Saxons. We will be looking at the start of their respective empires and how they spread across Europe. As well as the challenges they faced, their cultural beliefs and how they lived their daily lives.
R.E
This term we will be learning about Hinduism. The question we’ll be answering this term will be: What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? To answer this we’ll consider how Hindus understand God, how they might show their faith, and consider festivals and rituals they partake in.
MATHS
Please support your children to keep their times tables knowledge running smoothly! We rely more and more on quick recall of mental maths facts to underpin our learning. Time spent practising on Times Tables Rock Stars forms part of their weekly homework. There will be a national times tables test for Year 4 on their times tables knowledge.
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Methods Handbook.
PE
At Boutcher, we follow the ‘Real PE’ approach. Real PE is a unique, child-centred approach that engages and challenges children in their PE lessons. It focuses on the development of agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning. Real PE focuses on six key cogs, these are: Creative, Cognitive, Health and Fitness, Personal, Physical and Social.
In the spring term, we will be working through the ‘Cognitive’ and ‘Creative’ cogs in our weekly PE lessons.
Our PE day is: Thursday
On this day, children should come to school wearing PE kit and do not need school uniform.
PE kit is as follows:
-plain white t-shirt or polo top
-navy blue jogging bottoms, leggings or shorts (no logos)
-school navy blue jumper or cardigan
-suitable trainers for PE
COMPUTING
We will use code.org to teach the computing curriculum. Each child will have their own login and will have one session weekly.
MUSIC
Year Four will be learning drumming with a weekly lesson every Wednesday.
FRENCH
At Boutcher we will now be teaching French in our Modern Foreign Language lessons. French will be taught by Miss Simmons once a week and children will practise French throughout the week with their class teacher through daily greetings and classroom instructions.