Year 4 – Zephaniah Class

Class information

This year Zephaniah Class will be taught by Mrs Kaur (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and Mrs Cole (Thursday and Friday). We will be working in close partnership to ensure consistency for the children. We are both looking forward to watching the class develop new skills and acquire new learning as they tackle the challenges of year 4.

Welcome to Zephaniah Class

The children are taught all the main subjects from the National Curriculum. The long-term overview, which can be found below, outlines what is taught and when.

Reading

At Rosherville, we take part in ‘RED TED’. This stands for Read Every Day, Talk Every Day. It aims to encourage children to enjoy sharing a book and reading at home as much as possible.

Every child has a reading record. Each time you read at home with your child, hear them read or witness them reading independently, please sign your child’s reading record to show this.

• Reading record signed = child earns 1 point
• Each child can earn a maximum of 3 points per week
• We want every child to show that they have read at least 3 times a week (3 points)

On Friday, the reading records will be checked. Every child’s points will be recorded and teachers will count every child who has read 3 TIMES that week. Teachers will share their class score and the class with the highest score will be the winners for the week and will keep the RED TED bear and trophy in their classroom.

PE

PE will be taught every Monday and Wednesday, and children should come to school wearing their PE kits on these days.

PE Kit- white T-shirt with dark blue or black shorts or joggers and trainers.

In terms 5 and 6 the children will be going swimming every Thursday. They will need to bring a swimming costume and towel on this day.

In terms 1, 3 and 5 the children will be attending Forest School on a Friday, this will be instead of their second PE lesson on Wednesday. Children should come to school wearing clothing suitable for learning outside, this includes sensible footwear such as trainers or wellington boots. They will also need a change of clothes as they may get muddy!

Communication

Communication with parents will be via Arbor and Seesaw so please keep an eye out for notifications. You will be provided with login details, but please speak to one of us if you have any difficulties.

Our timetable can be downloaded below. Here, parents and pupils have the opportunity to view the class schedule to see the day-to-day routine including the range of curriculum that is covered. We have found that children with SEND have responded well to visually seeing the structure of the day ahead.

Our learning this year will be based on the topics below and will change accordingly each term. Parents will receive a Topic Web, Knowledge Organiser and recommended Reads at the start of each term informing them about what the children will be learning. This will also be available below to download.

At Rosherville Church of England Academy, we have introduced ‘50 Things Before I Leave Rosherville Primary’, this helps to give children the opportunity to tick off big items throughout their primary years. The experiences and activities Year Four/Five get to complete include:

#1 Learn to Swim
#19 Use a Needle and Thread
#22 Write a Prayer
#40 Make Something to Sell

More Infomation about the subjects can be found on our curriculum pages.