Summer Term 2025 

This term our essential question is 'How can we protect and promote wildlife in our local area?' Please read the curriculum overview below to find out more about what we are learning this term. 

English

The children in Year 4 enjoyed reading their stories to younger pupils at school. The Year 2 children enjoyed listening to their innovated stories about the Stone Age and has now inspired them to write their stories next week. 

RE

We learned about the story of Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus.Then we re-enacted the story through drama. 

^{Spring Term - Jan 2025}

We hope you've all have had a fabulous Christmas and are looking forward to the new term. This term our essential question is, 'Were the Vikings raiders or settlers? For more details about what we are learning this term, please click on the coverage below.

Clarinets

Please click on the link below to watch us perform. 

_English

We have a Kenning about Beowulf. Please click on the link below to listen to us sharing our poems.

Autumn Term 2024-2025

We hope you've have had a fabulous summer holiday and are looking forward to this year in Year 4. This term, our essential question is, 'What would it be like to live in the Amazon Rainforest? For more details about what we are learning this term, please click on the coverage below.

Reading records will be checked on a Monday and house points will be awarded if you have read 4 times the previous week.

Homework will be set on a Friday and should be handed in by the following Wednesday.

Spellings will be tested on a Monday; a copy can be found below as well as in your homework books.

Swimming and PE will both be on a Friday.

Miss Ironmonger and Miss Hailes 

RAINFOREST POEMS

We have read the poem ‘A sensory stroll’ and have written our own poems about the rainforest.

Clarinet Concert

Year 4 held a clarinet concert for the school. They sang songs and also played several notes on the clarinet for some festive themed songs. The children watching were very impressed. Follow the link to the video page below to see their performances. 

Please encourage your child to practise their times tables in preparation for the end of Year 4 Multiplication Check.  Using the following websites and APPs will enable your child to become more proficient in their recall of multiplication facts

• ttrockstars.com - children have individual log ins in homework books

• www.timestables.co.uk

• www.topmarks.co.uk - hit the button. This is also available as an APP

Online links

Usernames and passwords in homework books

Purple Mash

https://www.purplemash.com/harlaxton

TT Rockstars

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Leader in Me

On a daily basis, the children try to demonstrate our core values within school. As we aim to practise them so often, they become good habits that we can use not only in school but also at home too. 

• Habit 1: Be Proactive (You’re in Charge)
• Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind (Have a Plan)
• Habit 3: Put First Things First (Work First, Then Play)
• Habit 4: Think Win-Win (Everyone Can Win)
• Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood(Listen Before You Talk)
• Habit 6: Synergise (Together Is Better)
• Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (Balance Feels Best)

Websites for additional homework ideas.