WELCOME TO YEAR 4

We hope that you all had a relaxing Easter break and feel well rested. We’re looking forward to getting stuck into our learning for this summer term.

Year 4 had a fantastic spring term, with highlights including our Romans topic, publishing our stories, some great art work and taking part in a fun and engaging maths day!

Curriculum

During the summer term our topic will be volcanoes and earthquakes. We have attached a topic web that will enable you to see the learning journey that your child will be undertaking across the rest of the term.

PE

We are timetabled to have PE on a Monday morning so please remember to bring in PE kits after the weekend. Please make sure that your child keeps their PE kit in school for the whole week, due to any potential swaps and that every piece of clothing is labelled with their name. The children will be attending swimming lessons every Thursday morning.

Homework

Please encourage your child to read at home as much as possible and to have their reading diaries signed and dated. Mrs Barlow will check reading diaries every week.

Spellings will be given out at the beginning of term for the whole term and spelling tests are on a Monday.

English and maths homework will continue to be set on a Friday, due in the following Wednesday. Extra time will be given if a creative piece of homework has been set.

Times tables

Please encourage your child to learn their times tables. We will be practising these in class and will have frequent times table checks and practice sessions.

In June, the children will take part in the statutory Multiplication Tables Check. The purpose of the check is to determine whether children can recall their times tables fluently. The children have done a fantastic job so far learning and recalling their tables so thank you for your support. More information on this can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/multiplication-tables-check#information-for-parents

As always, feel free to pop over before or after school to speak to us if you have any concerns or questions or email admin if you would rather have an appointment.

We look forward to continuing to work with you and your child and build on the brilliant autumn and spring term that we have had.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Wood