Welcome to Year 4!
Mrs Smith, Mrs Machin and the Year 4 children welcome you to our class page!
Our Summer 1 topic is: Why is 1066 an important date in history?
Topic Web – Topic Web Summer 1 2022
Topic knowledge organiser- Normans Knowledge Organiser
Science knowledge organiser – Sound Knowledge Organiser
Key HOT questions for our topic:
- What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
- How did the Normans change Britain?
- Why are Motte and Bailey castles a key part of Norman history?
- How were Norman children’s lives different to yours?
- What is the Feudal System?
- Where did Normans travel from during their conquest?
- Why was Edward the Confessor to blame for the events of 1066?
This term’s areas of learning:
| Writing | Tales of Fear based on The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman |
| Reading | Whole class reading focussing on Anglo-Saxon Boy by Tony Bradman |
| Maths | Decimals, money and time |
| Science | Sound |
| Creative curriculum | Coats of Arms, sketching kings and textiles including The Bayeux Tapestry |
| PE | ASM PE lessons weekly (PE kits every Thursday please!) |
If you are isolating due to Covid, please visit your Showbie page daily to find new work and get feedback. This is also where the homework will be posted.
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We recommend that your child also regularly accesses the following learning platforms: 
- Times Table Rock Stars
- Reading Eggs
- Purple Mash
- Top Marks (Hit the Button)
- Oxford Owl (free E-Books!)
- BBC Bitesize (a brilliant learning resource!)
- Link to Year 3/4 Statutory Spellings- Look, cover, say, write, check.
- A list of suggested reading books for Year 4 children. –https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-4-pupils-ks2-age-8-9/
- Supporting well-being is super important right now. Here’s a great website to lots of free well-being activities…. https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/category/free-resources/
- Stay fit and healthy with some sporty challenges with ASM! –> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3adMR45pFcwVUrii4WGKw