Welcome to Year 4 

Class Teacher: Miss Moss 

Teaching Assistants: Ms Hudson and Mrs Maiden 

Keep checking our class page for updates on all of the fantastic things we are doing in and out of school!

PE 

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon with Mr Deacon. Please ensure that your child has a PE kit in school so that they can take part. 

Spellings 

Our spelling test is every Tuesday morning. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings at home.

In school, we are focusing on the 'Common Exception Words' for the current year group and previous year groups where necessary.  These are words that cannot often be spelt phonetically and are most commonly used in their writing.

Reading 

Reading is incredibly important to us at St John's. School policy states that children must read at home at least three times a week in addition to any reading done in school.  Reading must be recorded in their yellow reading record book and signed by an adult. 

We do the Reading Raffle every Friday! 

Timestables

In June 2020 we will be completing the online multiplication tables check (MTC). This was introduced by the government to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. 

Find out more here.

Year 4 should continue to access TT Rockstars. The children will be having weekly slots in the Computer room using this programme and they will also have in-class sessions to improve their accuracy and speed. BUT...children can access TT Rockstars from home from computer and an ipad/tablet! All they need is their login details. They are stuck inside their reading records. If they don't have them, please see Miss Moss.

Click on the image and get started! Miss Moss will be playing too, can you beat her?

Homework

Children are expected to complete 2 activities from the Homework Mat by Friday 27th March. We expect children to take pride in their homework, as we will displaying them in class before half term for other children and teachers to view. 

As part of our non-negotiable homework, children should be reading, completing their spellings and practising their times tables weekly. 

Our topic this Spring term is...

Raiders and Invaders! We will be learning all about the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings. 

Our class novel this term will be How To Train Your Dragon by Cressuda Cowell.