Year 4
Welcome to Year 4!
Your children have settled well into year 4 and are beginning their new learning for the year. They are really impressing us with their hard work.
Below are a few notices about the following year:
Children are expected to be in school between 8:30am and 8.40am and will be dismissed at 3pm.
PE lessons take place on a Wednesday afternoon. The children can wear appropriate clothing for the full day. Sometimes your child may do PE outside. Therefore, please ensure that they are dressed appropriately. Swimming will be taking place later in the year, and we will be in touch closer to the time.
Homework:
From this week, the children will have a timestable of the week to learn. We have given them a test to see what they already know, and we are looking for them to improve their scores' week by week. The children are expected to learn the table of the week at home. We are going to start with the 2 timestable and work up.
Spellings:
The children have five spellings per day to learn at home. They are tested on spellings on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A full list of the following week's spellings will be sent home on a Monday.
Reading:
The children read daily in school, and we encourage this to be the case at home too. At this age, we find that children have developed their own interests and prefer to read a book of their choice rather than a given text. Therefore, we are happy for your child to read a book from home. We do however, still provide some children with a reading book as this is to support their reading skills. Listening to your child read as often as possible will really help their fluency and asking your child questions about what they have read will aid their comprehension. If your child does not have appropriate books at home, please ask them to speak to us and we will be able to provide books.
If your child develops asthma or any allergies or medical conditions that we need to be aware of please let me know as soon as possible.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to any of the year 4 team.
Thank you for your support.
Mr Foulkes and Miss Delaney.