Class 4

WELCOME TO THE CLASS 4 WEBSITE:

Welcome back, Class 4!

We hope you had a relaxing break. We are looking forward to welcoming you back to school for Term 4!

The Year 4 Team includes myself, Mrs Grzes, Mrs McLanaghan and Mrs Atkins. Mrs Grzes and Mrs McLanaghan are our Teaching Assistants and Mrs Atkins will be teaching the class on Friday afternoons.

Key Information:

This term we will have our PE lesson on Tuesday mornings and Forest School on Tuesday afternoons. Please ensure that the children come to school wearing their PE kits on Tuesdays with suitable clothing and footwear in school for forest school. Please can they wear their school jumpers over their kit if the weather is colder.

PE kit should include:

Team colour t-shirt.
Black shorts or jogging bottoms.
Black trainers.
School jumper.

Please could you encourage your children to bring the following in each day:

A named water bottle.
A healthy snack such as fruit or carrot sticks for break time (please no crisps, biscuits, chocolate or anything containing nuts).
Sun cream if needed.
A coat.

Reading

We believe reading is so important to help children across the curriculum as well as inspiration for their creative writing and reading for pleasure. Children in Class 4 should read for fifteen minutes a day to support their fluency and comprehension skills. Please let me know if you need any recommendations for brilliant books you could share at home!

Please ensure your child brings in their reading book every day.

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 24th February - First day back in school for the children.
Thursday 6th March - World Book Day.
10th March to 14th March - British Science Week.
Friday 21st March - Comic Relief.
Friday 4th April - Last day of term.

If you have any questions and wish to contact me, please either contact the school office or email me at: class4@st-peters-canterbury.kent.sch.uk

Best wishes and thank you for your continued support,

From Mrs Taylor-Martin and the Year 4 Team

Year 4 Term 4 Curriculum Map

Term 4 Spelling:

Spellings

Please remember to practice your spellings each week. We will have our spelling tests on a Friday.

Your child will be reminded of their group and given a printed copy of their spellings for the term in the first week back.

Pink Group:

Green Group:

Blue Group:

Home learning:

Homework will be sent out on Fridays and due back on Wednesdays. There will be either a piece of English or Maths work to complete. We also have an additional homework menu (below). You can choose to complete different activities from the menu linked to our current topics (this is optional).

As part of their homework, please ensure your child is using TTRS and Purple Mash alongside their weekly tasks. Spellings will be given at the beginning of term and the children will then be tested on Friday mornings. All of these logins can be found inside the front cover of your child's homework book.

In July, Year 4 will participate in the times tables check. We will be using this website to support us. Please use this site at home to increase your child's confidence in this area. Please find the link for the website below:

https://talkingtimestables.uk/y4_ks2_mtc_practice_tests_multiplication_tables_check.php

Support and guidance for parents / carers

English:

Here is the writing checklist we use in Year 4. This is what we are working towards including in our work.

Maths: support for parents/ carers (Key Instant Recall Facts)

To help develop children’s fluency in mathematics, we ask them to learn Key Instant Recall Facts each half term.

Children should aim to practise their KIRFs at least 3 times a week.

Please see attached this term’s list of KIRFs which are aligned to the new maths curriculum. They are intended to be challenging and where possible the children will be taught the necessary maths in lessons beforehand.

If you have any questions about how to help your child with these at home please speak to your child’s class teacher.