Welcome to Year 4 - Mulberry Class

Hello, I'm Miss Wilson - it's lovely to meet you!

I'm the Year 4 Teacher at Dovecot Primary School.  Here's a little bit about me:

I love Disneyworld! Mickey and Minnie are my favourite characters

I love spending time with my nephew Jack - he's the best!

My favourite meal is a roast dinner and I love chocolate!!

I love to plan and take classes out on residentials.

Reading in Year 4...

Your child will be given a set of books and a reading diary to bring home. Your child will need to keep their reading diary and books in their book bags to bring to school every day.

Your child will read with myself or Miss Weston during the week. The children will also have lots of opportunities to read and enjoy books throughout the week at school and at home.

Star of the week… 

Each Friday one child’s name will be picked from a hat and chosen to be our Star of the Week. This child will be responsible for helping with jobs in the classroom throughout the following week including taking the register with a friend and so on. 

General Reminders…

The children will be doing PE every Tuesday. Please ensure your child has their PE kit on

Any letters or reply slips, which need to be returned, can be put in your child’s book bag.
The children are encouraged to check them each morning and give things in after the register.

Learning in Spring 1 ...

In Maths we will be continuing to focus on Multiplication. We will be looking at different ways in which we can find patterns and easy steps to help support our recall of multiplication facts. We will also be exploring area and how multiplication can help with this. We will also be exploring Length and Perimeter, Fractions and working with Decimals. 

In English we will be exploring a book called "Zeraffa Giraffa". This is the astonishing true story of Zeraffa, a giraffe who was sent as a gift from Egypt to France in 1826. A young boy, Atir, takes care of Zeraffa on her epic journey and the sailors sing songs as she gazes down at them. In France, Atir leads her through the countryside, and thousands of people marvel at Zeraffa. We will be looking at new vocabulary, ways in which we can be influential and correctly using rhetorical questions.

In Science we are exploring Living things and their Habitats. We will be exploring and identifying how to :

• recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
• explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
• recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

In Geography we will be exploring the Water Cycle. We will be looking at describing and understand key aspects of:

physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle

In PE we will be continuing to develop our Basketball skills from Year 3.

Learning in Autumn 2 ...

In Maths we will be focusing on Multiplication. We will be looking at different ways in which we can find patterns and easy steps to help support our recall of multiplication facts. We will also be exploring area and how multiplication can help with this. 

In English we will be exploring a book called "The Firework Makers Daughter". The book explores traditional tales, how the hero faces challenges along the way to her destination. The book also explores the relationships between a daughter and her father, we explore lots of inference and how we can make connections and assumptions from the book as well as from our own experiences. At the end of this story the children will be creating their own traditional tale, using alliteration, fronted adverbials and rhetorical questions. 

In Science we are exploring Electricity. We will be exploring what equipment we will need to make a working circuit. How we collect and use our electricity, as well as exploring materials that conduct and do not conduct electricity.

In History we will be exploring Anglo-Saxons and Scots. We will be looking at questions like - Why did they come to England and how they have influenced our lives today. 

In PE we will be continuing to develop our Dance Skills from Year 3, developing our use of timing. We will be exploring ways in which we can move and express ourselves and then building sequences with our partners with multiple balances, positions and jumps.