Welcome to Year 4!
Autumn Term Headlines
- Please see our Curriculum Leaflet for details of our curriculum this term (attached below).
- Reading books and red reading records are to be in school every day please.
- PE this half term will be Monday and Wednesday. The children will need to come to school wearing P.E uniform on these days with long hair tied back please. On Wednesday, we will be swimming so children will need to bring their swimming kit into school on this day.
- Water bottles to be brought into school everyday.
- Please ensure all children have appropriate clothing for the weather conditions.
- Fruit or vegetables can be brought in to be eaten for snack at morning playtime.
Key Dates
Wed 9th Sept Swimming starts Year 3/4 for 7 weeks
Wed 16th Sept Welcome Evening for Years 1-6 parents 3:30-5:30
W/C Mon 28th Sept Music Lessons start
Wed 30th Sept Online Safety Session for parents – 4pm – 4.45pm
Thurs 1st Oct Full Governing Body Meeting – 6pm
Fri 2nd Oct Harvest Assembly – 9:15 am (Years 1-6)
Tue 13th Oct Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Wed 14th Oct Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Thurs 22nd Oct Break up for Half Term
Fri 23rd Oct Staff Development Day (INSET)
HALF TERM
Mon 2nd Nov Children return to school
Wed 4th Nov Individual and Siblings photographs
Wed 4th Nov Flu Immunisation Programme for all year groups
Tues 10th Nov Meeting for Year 4 Parents about Tattenhall Residential – 5pm
W/C Mon 16th Nov Book Fair in school
W/C Mon 16th Nov Anti-bullying Week
Thurs 26th Nov Full Governing Body Meeting 6pm
Fri 4th Dec Christmas Jumper Day
Fri 4th Dec (tbc) PTA Christmas Fair
Tues 15th Dec Christmas Play – 2pm
Wed 16th Dec Christmas Play - 2pm and 6:30pm
Thurs 17th Dec Christmas Dinner
Fri 18th Dec Christmas Assembly in Church – 9:15am
Fri 18th Dec Christmas Party pm
Fri 18th Dec Break up for Christmas
You can find out more about our curriculum this term in the Curriculum leaflet below.
Daily Essentials
Times Tables - Please practise your times tables focusing on improving the efficiency of your answers. The aim is for all children in Year 4 to know up to 12x 12 by the end of Year 4. Suggested websites include Hit the Button and Daily 10 (both found on Top Marks) and Monster Multiplication and Multiplication (both found on Purple Mash) . We also recommend the apps 1 Minute Maths White Rose and DK Times Tables. We have weekly tests to identify times tables that can be improved with targeted intervention. Children should practise using whichever method works best for them. The suggested websites can be found on the Useful Links section of this website.
The children will complete the statutory multiplication tables test in the summer term. More information about this can be found in the document below.
Spelling - Please learn your spellings which are tested every three weeks in school. We will recommend a range of different activities to help with learning spellings but it is important that you find an activity that works for you.
Reading - Please read regularly, both aloud to an adult and to yourself. Please read a range of different styles of texts. Below is a recommended reading list for Year 4 children. If you finish your school reading book read a book from home, or you could even listen to some extracts from recommended stories from the list above.