4CC
Welcome to 4CC!
Class teacher: Mrs Clutterbuck and Mrs Foyle
Teaching assistant: Miss O'Grady
Below is some key information that you might find useful:
English
This term, we are reading The Baker by the Sea by Paula White. We will be writing and answering job adverts, writing a letter to a council leader regarding flood damage and creating a tourist brochure to attract holidaymakers to the village. We will also be learning the punctuation and grammatical features appropriate for Year 4. The children will have opportunities to draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally, progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures.
Maths
In maths this term, we are focusing on shape. Using a variety of representations, pupils will focus on classifying and comparing geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes. Pupils will also learn to identify acute and obtuse angles, compare and order angles up to two right angles, and recognize lines of symmetry in 2D shapes, including completing symmetrical figures.
Science
This term in science, we will focus on the states of matter. Pupils will learn about what makes a solid, liquid and gas and how the states interact. It is also Science Week this term and the theme is curiosity so do encourage your children to think about some scientific questions they would like answered.
PE
4CC have their PE lessons each Monday and Tuesday. Therefore, the children will need to come into school wearing their PE kit on those days and will remain in them for the rest of the day.
Homework
Homework is given out each Friday. The children will have a piece of work in their homework book which supports their learning in school. They will also have their weekly spellings to practise, as well as a times tables sheet. Homework is to be returned on Thursdays. The children have their times table tests every Tuesday and Wednesday, and their spelling test every Thursday.

Home reading
We encourage children to read at least 4 times a week at home. In 4CC, for every 4 home reads, the children get a raffle ticket. The ticket goes in to our raffle for the chance to win a book prize. Raffles are each half term.
Times tables
By the end of Year 4, children are expected to know all of their times tables up to 12x12. We practise times tables as often as we can in school. The children are expected to practise their times tables each week at home as part of their homework.
Here are some of the ways they could be practised at home:
* https://urbrainy.com/mtc?test#
* The PiXL App 
* https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
* https://www.purplemash.com/#tab/home/maths/times_tables_ma
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb
The children have their times tables test every Tuesday and Wednesday.
Maths and English
The links below have some great videos and explanations for the topics we will cover in Maths and English.
Maths:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
English:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
Games:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb