Welcome to Year 4!  

Your Year 4 team is Mr Wilmshurst (Juniper class teacher), Miss Bassett (Sycamore class teacher),  Mrs Seager (Sycamore LSA) and Mrs Bamber (Year 4 LSA).

This term we will be learning about The Digestive System. Please feel free to bring in anything related to the topic to share with the class.

Update! Terms 4 - 6: Both classes will have a PE lesson on Thursday afternoons (Bristol Forever Sport and Outdoor Learning) & Friday mornings (Real PE). Please make sure that children come to school dressed in PE kit on both of those days. Children may also like to bring in their wellies (in a named bag) or outdoor shoes to keep on their peg for Outdoor Learning. 

Reading

We ask that children bring in their reading records daily to keep an up to date log of their reading. Their reading records will then be checked on Fridays. Please read with your child regularly as it is a great way to develop their reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension, and their writing. Year 4 continue to use 'VIPERS' for reading comprehension so please do use the question stems provided below when reading at home. We are proud of our classroom libraries that are well stocked in response to our children's interests. Our books are up to date and they are very well looked after by the children and class librarians. 

Spelling

Update! Children will no longer have weekly spellings to learn and practise at home which were then previously tested at school on a Friday. However, the Year 3/4 Statutory Spelling List can be found at the bottom of this page and we would appreciate your support in practising those words as well as revisiting the Year 2 Common Exception Words.

Maths

Mathletics tasks will be set each Friday to be completed by the following Friday. Mathletics really helps with the children’s confidence and fluency in maths. Please also use TT Rockstars to support your child with their times tables as these are essential to their mathematical development and confidence. By the end of Year 4, we would like children to know all their times tables up to x12. 

Please also use this website to practise times tables ahead of the check in June:

https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.