Year 4 – Newsletter
Welcome Back
A big welcome back to all the pupils! The teachers, Miss Newton, Miss Taylor
and Mr Burns, have been hard at work preparing for the new term and sorting
the Year 4 classrooms.
Curriculum
This term, Year 4 will be learning about Bear Grylls as part of their RESPECT
curriculum! Bear Grylls is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter, most
well-known for his TV shows, such as ‘Man vs Wild’ and ‘Born Survivor’. We are
excited to find out about his survival techniques and his adventures hiking across the
Himalayas and climbing Mount Everest! The children will also take part in missions
which will focus on our RESPECT values. We will need to use resilience, our
communication skills and teamwork to successfully complete the missions together.
Home Learning
To help support your child at home, we encourage parents to read with their child
daily! Frequent reading will enable your child to increase their language fluency,
comprehension skills and reading stamina and will help with all areas of the
curriculum.
Support with homework where possible would help enable your child to progress
further throughout the year. Please take a look at our fantastic homework menus,
which you can find on the school website and at the front of your child’s homework
book. English and Maths homework is given out on Thursday and is due in the
following Tuesday.
Another excellent way to support your child at home, is by practising spelling their
high frequency words or practising the spelling rule they are being taught that week.
Spellings will be given out on a Thursday and there will be a spelling quiz on the
Friday of the following week.
Similarly, the Year 4 children will be tested on their Timestables at the end of the year
and so practising these at home will help to prepare them. We will be learning our
Timestables up to 12 and will be practising them in class also.
General Information
Swimming lessons will take place throughout the year on a weekly basis.
4MT – Monday afternoons
4KN and 4BB – Thursday mornings
To ensure your children get the best out of these sessions, please send them into
school with the correct swimming costume and a towel.
Club letters will be sent out in due course. Please return reply slips as soon as
possible to guarantee your child’s place.
Our Year 4 Team –
4KN – Miss Newton, Miss Bolger
4BB – Mr Burns, Miss Shields
4MT – Miss Taylor, Mrs Smith, Miss Wallwork
Key Stage Lead – Mrs Buckley
Madame Beth and Mr Trueman will also be in Year 4 every Friday for our weekly
French and Computing lessons.
If you do have any concerns or need more information, please speak to one of the
class teachers on the playground before school, or make an appointment through the
school admin office.
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook where you will be able to catch up on our class
news!