Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Cumbria
The Year Four Team
Curriculum Overview
This Week in Cumbria
Week Beginning: Monday 8th September
What a busy week the children have had already. They have continued to work hard and try their best.
Cumbria has been introduced to the class text, The King Who Banned the Dark. They have written wonderful letters giving advice to the young prince about dealing with his fear of the dark.
In Reading we are sharing a longer book called, Harklights. This has already grabbed their attention and is proving popular. Some children have already finished their own reading books and completed a quiz which helps to check their understanding.
In Maths, the class are using great maths talk to explain their ideas in relation to place value.
PE is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. However, please ensure kit is in school for extra PE or even for changing if your child gets soaked in the rain!
I’m looking forward to meeting lots of families next week at the meet the teacher event.
Keep up the good work, everyone.
Mrs Shrimpton, Mr Nunn and Mrs Cheeseman
Class Timetable
This is an example timetable of what a typical week in Cumbria will look like.
PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday this term.
Home Learning
Reading
Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book.
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Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.
Spelling
Below is a list of the 100 most common words that your child is expected to know how to spell by the end of Year 4 (please see attachment).
The spelling strategies document below shows what strategies are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words:
Spelling strategies
Times Tables Rock Stars
To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account.
Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!
Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.
Maths strategies
Please see below attachments for examples from White Rose Maths including the four operations, (add, subtract, multiply, divide) and how we extend learning using reasoning style questions.