St Ursulas Catholic Primary School Welcome to Year

St Ursula’s Catholic Primary School Welcome to Year 4, St Paul’s! September 2020 -2021 “With God at the heart of our St. Ursula’s family, we welcome all as we learn and grow together. ”

Welcome to St Paul’s A message from your new Teachers Dear St Paul’s, Our names are Mrs Rose and Mrs Balcombe and we will be your Year 4 teachers next year. Mrs Rose Mrs Balcombe To begin with, Mrs Rose will teach you every Monday-Thursday and Mrs Balcombe will teach you every Friday.

Your Teaching Assistant will be Mrs Johnson. She will be with you Monday-Friday. We’re looking forward to welcoming you back to school and we have already started planning lots of fun lessons. Whilst in Year 4, you will be learning about: Dinosaurs, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, the Normans, British Wildlife, Canada and Brazil. There will be lots of opportunities to be creative, starting with making your very own dinosaur diorama! You’ll also be reading lots of fun books such as Catkin, Alice in Wonderland the Butterfly Lion! We can’t wait for you to join us! Mrs Johnson Love from, Mrs Rose, Mrs Balcombe and Mrs Johnson

St Ursula’s 5 Star Code of Conduct 1. To have faith and let God be our guide. 2. To respect our school and our planet. 3. To show kindness to everyone through our actions. 4. To be loyal, honest and understanding of others. 5. To keep trying our best - never give up!

Our Values • • • Faith Respect Kindness Community Resilience

• 2020/21 Class timetables will be available on the school website for parents to see in September. Class Timetable

What will we be learning in R. E. ? Autumn Term Family - Domestic Church Belonging - Baptism/Confirmation World Religions - Judaism Loving - Advent/Christmas Spring Term Community - Local Church Relating - Eucharist Giving - Lent/Easter Summer Term Serving - Pentecost Inter-relating – Reconciliation World Religions - Sikhism World - Universal Church

What will I be reading this Year?

What will I be reading this Year?

What will we be learning in Science? Topics • Animals, including humans • States of matter • Sound • Electricity • Living things and their habitats • Healthy living

What will we be learning in Maths? Topics • Number and place value • Addition and subtraction • Measurement • Multiplication and division • Fractions (including decimals) • Statistics • Geometry - properties of shapes • Geometry – position and direction

What CLC topics will we be exploring? Topics • What is it like to be a dinosaur? • Who were tougher – the Anglo Saxons or the Vikings? • How did the Normans change England? • What makes British wildlife unique? • Can we explore Canada? • Do you samba in Brazil?

What sports will we be playing? Topics Basketball Netball Hockey Gymnastics Tennis Athletics Rounders

Spanish, PE and Recorder Similar to Year 3, you will also have weekly Spanish, PE and Recorder lessons. Spanish and PE will be on a Tuesday. Recorder will be on a Wednesday. You will also do swimming for a whole term during Year 4. We will let you know more about this in September. Please make sure that you have the correct PE kit (a full list can be found on the school website) and your own recorder. All of which need to be clearly named so that they don’t get lost.

What will I be learning in PSHE? This Year we will be becoming a BOUNCE BACK! School. During our sessions each week we will be focusing on these key messages: Bad times don’t last. Things always get better. Stay optimistic. Other people can help if you talk to them. Get a reality check. Unhelpful thinking makes you feel more upset. Think again. Nobody is perfect – not you and not others. Concentrate on the positives (no matter how small) and use laughter. Everybody experiences sadness, hurt, failure, rejection and setbacks sometimes, not just you. They are a normal part of life. Try not to personalise them. Blame fairly. How much of what happened was due to you, to others and to bad luck or circumstances? Accept what can’t be changed (but try to change what you can change first). Catastrophising exaggerates your worries. Don’t believe the worst possible picture. Keep things in perspective. It’s only part of your life.

Pen Licenses Year 4 is where we start to give out pen licenses to children whose handwriting is very neat. Make sure to practise your handwriting over the summer holidays if you want to earn your pen license in Year 4! We like to see handwriting that is clear, joined up and consistently neat (most of the time).

Assemblies Monday: Gospel Assembly Tuesday: Class Assemblies Wednesday: Wednesday Word Thursday: Hymn Praise Friday: Golden Assembly

We’ll see you soon! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to Year 4 in September. We are really looking forward to the new year ahead.