Year 4 2024 - 2025
Mrs Dutton 3/4LD
I have been teaching at Woodlands Primary School since September 2013, and lead our Year 3/4 team. I am passionate about teaching all subjects, but I really enjoy teaching English, exploring different narratives and writing imaginatively and creatively. I lead English across our whole school, and love to plan exciting activities to promote reading at Woodlands. When children reach the top of the reading chart or strive for 5, it makes my heart sing!
When not in school, I can usually be found running around after my three children or my dog, Bertie. I love reading stories with my children or baking yummy treats in the kitchen.
My motto is 'Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars!'
Miss Gittins 4MG
Hello! I am Miss Gittins and I have been working at Woodlands Primary School for 7 years now. This year, I have been studying at university to gain a National SENCO award- which I will have achieved by September 2023. I have enjoyed working on my studies and respect how much effort it requires to learn new thing- we are all life long learners!
As a teacher, I am passionate about problem solving and building resilience within ourselves. I am a firm believer in having a growth mindset and not saying, ‘I can’t do it’ but instead saying ‘I can’t do it YET’. I love finding fun ways to find a solution and celebrating achievements within my class.
When I am not in school, I am usually found at the gym, enjoying different fitness classes, running around Chester or enjoying a good book or film. I am also a huge fan of music; I love Elton John, and I even have a cat called Kate Bush (named after a brilliant musician from the 70s).
Miss Stringer and I have already been planning fantastic and fun-filled learning opportunities for you to enjoy next year. I cannot wait to get started and see what we can all achieve together!
Miss Shepherd 4BS
Hello, I’m Miss Shepherd and I’m extremely excited to be your Year 4 teacher at Woodlands Primary
School this year! I will be entering my fourth year at Woodlands and I am extremely excited to be leading
PE across the school this year.
In Year 4 there are lots of exciting things to look forward to and, other than the core subjects, we will be
working on topics such as: The Rotten Romans (one of my favourites), Wild Vs. Captivity and our natural world.
When I am not in school, I enjoy spending time with my family, friends and my three dogs Cleo, Lottie
and Mila. I love listening to music and going to concerts of my favourite artists as well as going on long
walks with the dogs, who tend to get very muddy!
I am passionate about all things art related and history as these were some my favourite subjects I
studied. We are going to work hard but at the same time I’m sure we will have a fantastic year together.
Miss Stringer 4MG
Hello, I'm Miss Stringer and this is my 9th year working at Woodlands! I'm very excited to be in year 4 this year with Miss Gittins, I know that we will all have lots of fun together. I love all things reading (my favourite author is Terry Pratchett), and have a passion for English. I also enjoy teaching French and SMSC, I love to explore different ways of thinking about the world.
When I'm not at school, I like to have lots of fun with my 3 children, Ryan, Nathan and Elysia. We love escape rooms, and even got to play The Crystal Maze in Manchester during the summer. I also love listening to music too, one of my favourite bands is The Lancashire Hotpots, my children and I have enjoyed a few of their gigs. We also enjoy trips to the theatre and visiting family in Liverpool.
I can't wait to get started, I just know that we will have a fantastic year ahead!
Welcome to Y4!
Autumn 1
Welcome to Year 4.
We are looking forward to a wonderful and exciting year.
This half term, we will read, 'Gorilla' by Anthony Browne.
This beautifully illustrated story introduces Hannah. Hannah loves gorillas, but she has never seen one. In the modern world, her father's too busy to take her to the zoo – or for anything else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her father for a gorilla – but is disappointed when she discovers that the gorilla she's got is just a toy one. However, something extraordinary happens!
At the end of this unit of work, we will write our own narrative based on the story of 'gorilla'
Our Mastery Targets for Autumn 1 are:
- Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases
- Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
- Use fronted adverbials followed by a comma
- Organise paragraphs around a theme (Use paragraphs to organise and sequence more extended narrative structures)
In our shared reading sessions this term, we will be exploring 'A world full of animals stories' by Angela McAllister. This book contains 50 folktales and legends for us to enjoy!
Our Mastery Targets for Autumn 1 are:
- Ask questions to improve understanding
- Draw inferences (inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions); justify with evidence
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In maths this half term, we will study place value. Our mastery targets for these units are; |
Times Tables In June, our Year 4 children will take their statutory Multiplication Times Tables Check (MTC). To find out more about this check, please read the guide attached to the website page. In readiness for this, throughout the year we aim to grow our times tables knowledge tp ensure confident and speedy recall of all times tables up to 12 x 12. This term, we will practise our 3s, 4s, 6s and 8s. Please support your children as much as possible practising them regularly. You may wish to use TTrockstars and URBrainy. https://urbrainy.com/mtc/test |
PE Days
In year 4, our PE days for this half term are Mondays and Fridays. Please come into school in your PE kit on those days. If the weather is sunny, please remember to bring plenty of water and a sunhat. Suncream should be applied before school.
Our PE topic for this half term are Dance and Tag Rugby.
