Y4 Newsletters
Y4 Newsletter Lent Term 2020
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to school. We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year! This is another important term for your child as we continue to prepare them for their move into the upper part of KS2.
In English, we will continue to work with them to boost their writing, grammar and reading comprehension skills to enable them to achieve their very best each term. In Maths we will work hard to increase their arithmetic speed, times table recall skills and support their understanding to help them answer a range of reasoning questions too. We also have some exciting opportunities in store for the children with topic work exploring the ancient Egyptians. In ICT, we will continue to focus on the important subject of e-Safety as well as constructing a series of Scratch coding projects.
Our Catholic Life is central to all we do at St Mary’s and we place great emphasis on our values: Kindness, Respect, Commitment, Responsibility, Appreciation, Honesty and Resilience. Our mission statement is linked to all our curriculum areas.
It is important that you continue to encourage your child to read at home every day and continue to listen to your child read as much as possible. This will help to develop their reading speed and fluency, extend their understanding and extend their vocabulary. We will especially expect those children who are receiving additional support in reading in school to be reading regularly at home, to an adult wherever possible. We reward children who consistently read at home, so signing your child's organiser helps to make sure they get the recognition they deserve.
As well as reading with your child, please encourage them to practise times tables for 5 minutes each day. The national expectation is that they should know all of the times tables up to 12 times 12 by the end of Y4 when they will take part in a national online test. Even if your child already knows these, they should regularly rehearse them to maintain the rapid recall needed at this level. Someone testing them at random each day will have a huge impact on them being able to respond quickly and use these facts accurately in calculations.
Homework will usually be given out on a Friday and collected in on the following Friday. As well as this, spellings will also be given out weekly on Tuesdays and tested the following Tuesday. There may be additional homework given throughout this term for groups or individuals if we feel that it will help your child.
P.E will take place on Fridays with Miss Birch, so please ensure your child’s P.E kit is kept in school.
Please note that your child needs to come to school with their own water bottle (already filled). We also value your cooperation in ensuring your children do not play on the playground apparatus before or after school.
If you have any questions or comments, or would like to help out with anything we are doing in school, then please feel free to come and speak to us.
Thank you for your support,
Mr Poole and Mrs Daykin.
Dates to note:
January 13th Nottingham Cathedral visit February 25th and February 26th Parents’ Evening
January 17th Egyptian Topic Day February 24th Road Safety Quiz
January 29th Hyson Green Library visit March 5th World Book Day
February 11th – Safer Internet Day March 25th Great Orchestra Experiment
February 14th – Break up for half-term April 3rd – Break-up for Easter.
You will find a curriculum map of the main activities for this term on the curriculum page
Year 4 – Advent 2019
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to school. We hope you had a restful break over the summer. This is another important year for your child as they move up into Year 4 and the top of lower KS2!
In literacy we will continue to work with them to boost their writing, grammar and reading comprehension skills to enable them to achieve their very best each term. In maths we will work hard to increase their arithmetic speed, times table recall skills and boost their understanding to help them answer a range of reasoning questions too. We also have some exciting opportunities in store for the children this term with topic work exploring biomes and climates. In ICT we will focus on the important subject of e-Safety by deepening their understanding so they can write and perform an e-Safety rap.
There will be an emphasis throughout school on the children demonstrating and understanding our school values as part of the character curriculum. We want our school values to underpin everything the children do: Kindness, Respect, Commitment, Responsibility, Appreciation, Honesty and Resilience.
It is important that you encourage your child to read at home every day and continue to listen to your child read as much as possible. This will help develop reading speed and fluency, boost their understanding and extend their vocabulary. We will especially expect those children who are receiving additional support in reading in school to be reading regularly at home, to an adult wherever possible. We will reward children who consistently read at home, so signing your child's organiser helps to make sure they get the recognition they deserve.
As well as reading with your child, please encourage them to practise times tables for five minutes each day. The national expectation is that they should know all of the tables up to 12 times 12 by the end of Y4. Even if your child already know these, they should regularly rehearse them to maintain the rapid recall needed at this level. Someone testing them at random each day will have a huge impact on them being able to respond quickly and use these facts accurately in calculations.
Homework will usually be given out on a Friday and collected in on the following Friday. As well as this, spellings will also be given out weekly on a Tuesday and tested the following Tuesday. There may be additional homework given throughout this term for groups or individuals if we feel that it will help your child.
P.E will usually take place on Fridays. However, we may also do additional P.E sessions throughout the week, so please ensure your child’s P.E kit is kept in school at all times.
Please note that your child will need to come to school with their own water bottle (already filled). We also value your cooperation in ensuring your children do not play on the playground apparatus before or after school.
A number of enrichment opportunities will take place this term including a trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. A letter will go out about this is due course. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to help out with anything we are doing in school, then please feel free to come and speak to us.
Thank you for your support,
Mr Poole and Mrs Daykin.
Dates to note:
Friday, September 13th - INSET Day Friday, October 18th - Break up for half term
Friday, October 8th - Trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park Monday, November 4th - Return to school
Tuesday, October 11th - Harvest Assembly Friday, November 13th - Parent/Carers’ Evening
Wednesday, October 9th - Parents’ Evening Friday, November 15th - Y4 Assembly
Monday, October 14th - Black History Week starts Friday, December 13th - KS2 Christmas production
Thursday, October 17th - INSET Day Friday, December 20th - Break up for Christmas
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to school. We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year! This is another important term for your child as we continue to prepare them for their move into the upper part of KS2.
In English, we will continue to work with them to boost their writing, grammar and reading comprehension skills to enable them to achieve their very best each term. In Maths we will work hard to increase their arithmetic speed, times table recall skills and support their understanding to help them answer a range of reasoning questions too. We also have some exciting opportunities in store for the children with topic work exploring the ancient Egyptians. In ICT, we will continue to focus on the important subject of e-Safety as well as constructing a series of Scratch coding projects.
Our Catholic Life is central to all we do at St Mary’s and we place great emphasis on our values: Kindness, Respect, Commitment, Responsibility, Appreciation, Honesty and Resilience. Our mission statement is linked to all our curriculum areas.
It is important that you continue to encourage your child to read at home every day and continue to listen to your child read as much as possible. This will help to develop their reading speed and fluency, extend their understanding and extend their vocabulary. We will especially expect those children who are receiving additional support in reading in school to be reading regularly at home, to an adult wherever possible. We reward children who consistently read at home, so signing your child's organiser helps to make sure they get the recognition they deserve.
As well as reading with your child, please encourage them to practise times tables for 5 minutes each day. The national expectation is that they should know all of the times tables up to 12 times 12 by the end of Y4 when they will take part in a national online test. Even if your child already knows these, they should regularly rehearse them to maintain the rapid recall needed at this level. Someone testing them at random each day will have a huge impact on them being able to respond quickly and use these facts accurately in calculations.
Homework will usually be given out on a Friday and collected in on the following Friday. As well as this, spellings will also be given out weekly on Tuesdays and tested the following Tuesday. There may be additional homework given throughout this term for groups or individuals if we feel that it will help your child.
P.E will take place on Fridays with Miss Birch, so please ensure your child’s P.E kit is kept in school.
Please note that your child needs to come to school with their own water bottle (already filled). We also value your cooperation in ensuring your children do not play on the playground apparatus before or after school.
If you have any questions or comments, or would like to help out with anything we are doing in school, then please feel free to come and speak to us.
Thank you for your support,
Mr Poole and Mrs Daykin.
Dates to note:
January 13th Nottingham Cathedral visit February 25th and February 26th Parents’ Evening
January 17th Egyptian Topic Day February 24th Road Safety Quiz
January 29th Hyson Green Library visit March 5th World Book Day
February 11th – Safer Internet Day March 25th Great Orchestra Experiment
February 14th – Break up for half-term April 3rd – Break-up for Easter.
You will find a curriculum map of the main activities for this term on the curriculum page
Year 4 – Advent 2019
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to school. We hope you had a restful break over the summer. This is another important year for your child as they move up into Year 4 and the top of lower KS2!
In literacy we will continue to work with them to boost their writing, grammar and reading comprehension skills to enable them to achieve their very best each term. In maths we will work hard to increase their arithmetic speed, times table recall skills and boost their understanding to help them answer a range of reasoning questions too. We also have some exciting opportunities in store for the children this term with topic work exploring biomes and climates. In ICT we will focus on the important subject of e-Safety by deepening their understanding so they can write and perform an e-Safety rap.
There will be an emphasis throughout school on the children demonstrating and understanding our school values as part of the character curriculum. We want our school values to underpin everything the children do: Kindness, Respect, Commitment, Responsibility, Appreciation, Honesty and Resilience.
It is important that you encourage your child to read at home every day and continue to listen to your child read as much as possible. This will help develop reading speed and fluency, boost their understanding and extend their vocabulary. We will especially expect those children who are receiving additional support in reading in school to be reading regularly at home, to an adult wherever possible. We will reward children who consistently read at home, so signing your child's organiser helps to make sure they get the recognition they deserve.
As well as reading with your child, please encourage them to practise times tables for five minutes each day. The national expectation is that they should know all of the tables up to 12 times 12 by the end of Y4. Even if your child already know these, they should regularly rehearse them to maintain the rapid recall needed at this level. Someone testing them at random each day will have a huge impact on them being able to respond quickly and use these facts accurately in calculations.
Homework will usually be given out on a Friday and collected in on the following Friday. As well as this, spellings will also be given out weekly on a Tuesday and tested the following Tuesday. There may be additional homework given throughout this term for groups or individuals if we feel that it will help your child.
P.E will usually take place on Fridays. However, we may also do additional P.E sessions throughout the week, so please ensure your child’s P.E kit is kept in school at all times.
Please note that your child will need to come to school with their own water bottle (already filled). We also value your cooperation in ensuring your children do not play on the playground apparatus before or after school.
A number of enrichment opportunities will take place this term including a trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. A letter will go out about this is due course. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to help out with anything we are doing in school, then please feel free to come and speak to us.
Thank you for your support,
Mr Poole and Mrs Daykin.
Dates to note:
Friday, September 13th - INSET Day Friday, October 18th - Break up for half term
Friday, October 8th - Trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park Monday, November 4th - Return to school
Tuesday, October 11th - Harvest Assembly Friday, November 13th - Parent/Carers’ Evening
Wednesday, October 9th - Parents’ Evening Friday, November 15th - Y4 Assembly
Monday, October 14th - Black History Week starts Friday, December 13th - KS2 Christmas production
Thursday, October 17th - INSET Day Friday, December 20th - Break up for Christmas
