Year 4
Welcome to Year 4’s class page…
Welcome to Year 4’s page of our website. Here you will find lots of information about what we will be doing and what we have been doing!
Mrs. Morgan teaches Year 4 and is supported by Mrs Bird, Mrs. Spacey and Mrs Smith. Miss Mallinson takes us on Friday morning for Music.
This term’s Stars!
Now that we are allowed to have assemblies together again, we have restarted our Star Award Assembly on Friday morning. This is a very special assembly where Mrs. Morgan tells us how amazing one of our friends has been this week – our parents are even allowed to come! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Just like the rest of the school, we are set homework on a Friday and it is due in for the following Friday. As we are in Year 4, we are starting to get ready for the build up in homework as we go into Year 5 and Year 6 and then on to high school. For this reason we get either English or Maths homework that will last about half an hour; some weeks we will get both English and Maths work to do.
We are also given a set of Spellings and Times Tables to learn on a Friday – we have our test the following Friday.
Reading is incredibly important in Year 4. We are encouraged to read as often as possible – aiming to read at home at least five times a week.
Our PE sessions are timetabled for Tuesday and Friday mornings. Sometimes this has to change – especially if the weather is nice.
Year 4’s Latest News
Year 4 – Safer Internet Day
During Safer Internet Day, Year 4 enjoyed a variety of tasks about how to keep safe online. The children discussed what information should not be shared with strangers such as their names or address. The children also enjoyed our school assembly which highlighted how...
Year 4 World Book Day
Year 4 enjoyed an exciting (but very rainy!) World Book Day. During the day children took part in an orienteering book hunt, showed how competitive they are during a very challenging book quiz. They also designed a new book cover for our class reading book.
Festive Reading Challenge – The Entries
Well done to all of our children who entered the Festive Reading Challenge. It has been so lovely seeing so many children enjoying reading and thinking outside the box in where you can enjoy reading a story. Staff have been blown away by the creative, original photo...
Festive Reading Challenge
At The Willows, we strive to provide opportunities for our children to engage in reading activities and actively read for pleasure. During this festive season, we would like to set you a reading challenge that shows how fun and creative reading can be. You need to...
Brass, String & Woodwind Christmas Concert
Tuesday 14th December saw all of our musicians join their families in the school hall to celebrate their musical talents and progress. Throughout the pandemic we have been incredibly keen to continue our music lessons in one way or another. Our peripetetic music...
Inter-House Dodgeball Competition Results
A big well done to all of our pupils across school who participated in our first inter-house competition of the year, playing dodgeball. Pupils from each year group competed against their peers from the other house teams in our dodgeball tournament. Each classes...
Spring Term Golden Mile Challenge
After the success of our first term's Golden Mile whole-school competition, I am excited to announce the start of a new competition for the Spring Term. At The Willows, we are passionate about encouraging children to live a healthy, active lifestyle and our Golden...
Year 4 Brass4All Christmas Performance
Since September, our Year 4 children, working with Mr. Squires-Evans and Mrs. Spacey, have been learning to play a brass instrument - either a baritone, cornet or trumpet. In these three months, the children have worked incredibly hard and have been able to record...
RE Inspection
Mrs Johnson (our Chair of Governors) was delighted today to be able to share the report from our recent Diocesan RE Inspection in which we achieved 'Outstanding' in all areas. This Section 48 Inspection, as it is known, covers all aspects of the Catholic Life of the...
Year 3 and 4 Quidditch Club
This half term, Year 3 and 4 children have been invited to take part in Quidditch Club, after school on a Monday evening. Quidditch is a fast paced, multi-skilled sport which is probably best described as a mixture between dodgeball and handball. The children have...
Year 4 – Brass4All
Brass4All is our wonderful programme run by Mr. Squires-Evans, our Specialist Brass and String Teacher, that gives every child in Year 4 the opportunity to learn a brass instrument completely free of charge. Our PTFA purchased the instruments two years ago and ever...
Year 4 – Investigating Sound
Throughout this half term, Year 4 have been learning about Sound - more specifically how sounds are made. In the lesson you can see below the children were tasked with recognising that vibrations make sounds and it is these vibrations that then travel to the ear. ...
Year 4 – Zach & Lilly-May’s Prayer & Liturgy
This week, Zach and Lilly-May led our Prayer and Liturgy. Their Mission called us to greet people we see with a smile.
Year 4 – Gerard & Amelia’s Prayer & Liturgy
This week, Gerard and Amelia led our class Prayer and Liturgy. Leading on from Sunday's Gospel, they asked us to make a promise to Jesus.
A very special Friday…
Today marks an extremely special occasion for our Willows family; it is the first time we have all gathered together for our worship since March 2020. The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted on so many elements of our everyone’s lives, from seeing our friends and family...
