Welcome to Year 4!  

Your Year 4 team is Miss West (Juniper Class Teacher), Miss Bassett (Sycamore Class Teacher), Miss Rowlands (LSA) and Mrs Stones (LSA). Miss Hunt (Class Teacher) will also be teaching in Juniper class on a Wednesday afternoon.

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

Both classes will have a PE lesson on Wednesday mornings (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

Our children follow Unlocking Spelling and have three taught sessions per week. They then have two follow-up activities where they apply this learning. You can find the progression document for our Year 4 spellings, following the Unlocking Spelling scheme, below. In addition, the Year 3/4 Statutory Spelling List can also be found at the bottom of this page and we would appreciate your support in practising these words as well as revisiting the Year 2 Common Exception Words.

Maths

Update! MyMaths will replace Mathletics for weekly online maths homework. Your child will receive one task each week to reinforce their classroom learning. Your child will receive their new login credentials early this term. Please also use Times Tables 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 contact class teachers if you need your children's login credentials for this.

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

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

Your children may also enjoy 'Hit the Button' as a way to focus on individual tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

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