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Year 4

Welcome to Year 4!

There are two teachers in Year 4 – Miss Crooks and Mrs Whittingham. Our teaching assistants are Mrs Mrvik, who works in Miss Crooks’s class, and Miss Harwin, who works in Mrs Whittingham’s class. 

 

Miss Crooks

 

Mrs Whittingham
Mrs Mrvik

 

Miss Harwin

 

 
Important notices

Every child should arrive at school on time and ready to learn. We will open our gates at 8:35am and children need to have arrived by 8:45am to ensure they do not receive a late mark in the register. The gates will shut promptly after 8:45am. Being on time each day will enable your children to receive the best of their learning opportunities.

The children will be doing P.E with Mr. Oliver each week on a Thursday. Your child should come to school wearing their PE kit.

Swimming will start on Friday 13th September for Mrs Whittingham’s class only. Miss Crooks' class will be swimming in the second part of the year (February start). You will be given more information nearer the time.

During the Autumn term, Miss Crooks's class will have the opportunity to enjoy our Forest Schools experience on a Friday.  

Please ensure you sign up to WEDUC at the start of the year as we do not want you to miss any important information.

Please contact the office if there are any changes with personal details e.g., new address or change to mobile phone numbers.

Please ensure that school uniform is labelled.

Diary Dates!

  • 6th January 2025 - School re-opens for children
  • 17th January 2025 - University Workshops Start
  • 11th February 2025 - Safer Internet Day
  • 14th February 2025 - Last day before half term
  • 25th February 2025 - School re-opens for children
  • 4th/5th March 2025 - Parents evening 
  • 6th/7th/10th/11th March 2025 - Book Fair l (3.15pm - 3.45pm)
  • 21st March 2025 - Red Nose Day
  • 4th April 2025 - Last day of the Spring term
  • 22nd April - School re-opens for children
Reading and Homework Expectations

The children will have many opportunities to read and enjoy books throughout the week at school, especially in shared reading sessions and through listening to our class text. Children in Year 4 visit the school library each Wednesday where they can choose both fiction and non-fiction books.

We ask that children read at home as often as possible, ideally 10 minutes each day and that they record this in their reading diaries. Reading at home and discussing books with your child is a great way to build on and improve not only their reading fluency, but also their wider reading skills such as inference and comprehension. Regular readers who record it in their reading diary are rewarded with bronze stickers.

Spellings are given out every Friday and your child will be tested on these the following Thursday.

Homework will be handed out each Friday and will be due in the following Tuesday. Sometimes homework will consist of projects which last a few weeks. We will inform you when this is the case.

Times Table Rockstars

Fluency in all the multiplication tables up to 12x12 is important for children in Key Stage 2. Many of the concepts covered in the Year 4 mathematics curriculum require children to be fluent in recalling their times tables facts. Due to new government requirements, Year 4 children will complete a Times Tables assessment at the end of the year.

Times Tables Rock Starts is a fantastic tool for your child to practise their skills. Once logged in to Times Tables Rock Stars, children can compete in ‘Battle of the Bands’ against the other Year 4 class, compete with their friends and children around the world. Your child’s log in details and password remain the same as last year... Just a quick 10-minute practice every day will have a huge impact on their development in this area. Children are rewarded for their efforts on TTRS and we are able to see where they have excelled and where they may need some additional support.

 

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