*Key points for learning at home are in this shade of blue

Reading

Please try to read every night at home and record it in your child’s reading record.  We recommend reading for as many minutes as your child's age, plus four minutes.  Don't overdo it and be sure to congratulate yourselves each time!

Short regular reading sessions really make a difference to the progress your child makes.

Teaching Methods

If you're keen to lend a helping hand at home but concerned about teaching your child differently from the school, we hear you.  Our Curriculum section, located within the School's Policies page, offers detailed insights into the teaching methods we employ across various subjects.  From long addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to English grammar and beyond, you'll find comprehensive guides to ensure consistency and support your child's learning journey.  Feel free to explore and access this valuable resource, providing you with the confidence to assist your child's education at home.

Subjects

In Year 4, we explore a range of subjects, all listed below.  For some subjects, we provide additional content to give you a deeper understanding of our activities and learning experiences.

Art

Class Worship

Computing

Autumn 1 - We are software developers

In this unit, you will start by playing and analysing educational computer games, identifying those features that make a game successful.  You will  then plan and design a game, with a clear target audience in mind.  You will create a working prototype, and then develop it further to add functionality and improve the user interface.  Finally, you will test their game and make any necessary changes.

• Scratch
  An online version of the main programming tool we use for coding

Please don't access the links below before they have been covered in class.

• Lesson 1 - game evaluation
  Some links to some example educational games - best accessed on Windows laptops, PCs and tablets

• More educational games

• Lesson 2 - If and then coding examples

Autumn 2 - We are toy designers

In this unit, you will work together to design a simple toy that incorporates sensors and outputs and then create an on-screen prototype of your toy in Scratch. Finally, you will  pitch your toy idea to a Dragons’ Den-style panel.

• Scratch
  The coding tool that is going to be used to program your toy simulation

• An example of how to program a toy simulation

Spring 1 - We are musicians

• Snap!
  An alternative coding tool that works on iPads

• Lesson 2: Making a start with sequencing
  An online version of isle of tune

Spring 2 - We are HTML editors

In this unit you will learn about the history of the web, before studying HTML (hypertext mark-up
language), the language in which web pages are written.  You will learn to edit and write HTML, and then use this knowledge to create a web page.

• The Internet Archive Wayback Machine
  Click here to see what the Internet used to look like.

Lesson 1 Learning about the web

Lesson 2 - Editing HTML in web pages

• X-Ray Goggles
  A web editor

Lesson 3 - First Steps with HTML

• O2 Learn materials
  The coding tutorial that will help you learn to code - currently needs to be logged into

Lesson 4 - An HTML project

• Mozilla Thimble editor
  A web editor for you to use when coding web pages.

• Remixable Thimble projects
  Somewhere to start

• w3schools’ interactive list of HTML tags

Lesson 6 - Developing and Refining

• Google Advanced Image search

English

• Woodlands Literacy

• https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
  Free stories to stream on your laptop, phones or ipads

• https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
  Great reading activities

  https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
  Reading and spelling activities

Maths

• Six Times Table Maths Song
  This is the six times table maths song we have been singing along to in class to help us learn our 6 x tables.
• Times Table Rockstars
  Click on the link to logon to Times Tables Rockstars
• Maths Playground
• Maths Zone
• https://whiterosemaths.com/
  A wide range of different maths activities

Music

PE

• St Veronica's PE and Sports Page
  Check out our dedicated PE and Sports page

Phonics

PSHE

RE

Science

• https://sciencebob.com/
  Practical science investigations
• https://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/
  Science activities

Spellings

Other Resources

When following links online, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online.

Collins Big Cat Books

St Veronica's recently purchased more than 300 new phonic based reading books to supplement our existing home readers. To find out more, click here.

Other Links

• BBC Newsround
• BBC Bitesize

• https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
  a wide range of different activities covering the whole curriculum