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Welcome to Year 4
Meet the Team
Year 4 Staff
Mrs Helsden Mrs Crick Miss Thorington
Class Teacher LSA for year 4 Teacher trainee
(Previously a
Spanish and
French GCSE/A-
level teacher)
This year’s topics. This year at a glance: Q1- Anglo Saxons and Vikings- we will be understanding the settlements that happened after the Romans left the British Isles open for invasion from Scandinavian groups and how they lived. We will have a Viking visitor to help bring this to life and a letter will go out later in the quarter. Q2- France- We have a link with a French teacher and will be writing letters to children in France to ask about their lifestyle. We also have a great resource in Mrs Crick as she visited France to study there so can enlighten us even further. Q3- The Siege of Colchester- This is an in-depth topic that we are very lucky to be studying and involves many visits to the local areas of Colchester. Q4-Multiplication testing and our Geography topic- rivers. Studying many differing rivers around the county with walks around our local rivers. My local visit to the Lake District resulted in a lot of resources we can study about waterfalls.
Timetable & Routines-
Library day Tuesday (books changed)
Year 4
Early 9-9.30am 9.30am-10.30am 10.45-11.15am 11.15am/ 1pm-1.50pm 1.50pm-2.40pm 2.45pm-
morning (mon-Wed) (mon-Wed) 10.55am-12pm 3pm
work -10.10am (Thurs- 10.25-10.55am (12pm-body
Fri) (Thurs-Fri) counting)
Monday N maths Spelling Maths Guided Reading Topic Topic Topic Class
test Worship
H
K
Tuesday N maths Spelling Maths Guided Reading Topic Topic PE Class
practise Worship
A
C
Wednesday N maths Topic Topic Work Topic Work Topic work Computing Computing Class
Work (Forest school) (Forest school) (Forest school) Worship
N
E
(Forest
school)
Thursday N maths Spelling Maths Guided Reading Guided Reading Handwriting French with Mrs Crick Class
Mrs Porter practise 2-2.45pm worship
U
R
Friday N maths Extra Maths Music ½ class Music ½ class Topic Topic Topic
maths Mr Bosche Mr Bosche
U
R
(1/2 class maths) (1/2 class maths)
Year 4 Curriculum Look out for our quarterly newsletters to find information about our topics.
Expectations
What do we expect? What can you expect?
Firm but fair
The Kendall 5 are important to the
growth and independence of the class
and your child.
Growth mindset runs
throughout our learning and
really WILL make a difference Think about what
you knew at 5 years
if we ALL use it. old and now- things
you know now
Let’s work together to be the would have felt so
best we all can be. difficult at 5 year
old- it is only easy
if you have been
through the difficult
bit.
Essentials
You will need…
School Uniform (please ensure layers
this year- windows will be open to
ventilate classrooms)
• Grey trousers or grey skirt/pinafore
• Gold polo shirt
• Royal Blue and white checked dress
• School sweatshirt/cardigan or
royal blue sweater
• Black flat soled shoes
• Wellington Boots
Classroom Extras
• Spare long trousers-
Forest school days. • All children will be
given a school water
bottle.
Essentials
You will need…
PE Kit (Tuesdays)
• White t-shirt and royal blue shorts
suitable for PE.
• Trainers and plimsolls.
• A grey tracksuit and white trainers
can be supplied for outdoor games
in winter.
Forest School Kit (Wednesdays)
• Long-sleeved top (plus spare if muddy)
• Full length trousers (plus spare in case
they get muddy)
• Raincoat- essential
• Hat/Gloves/Scarf (if cold weather)
• Wellies (to remain in school every day)
Roles and Responsibilities
• Class jobs and table
What I expect and why-
rotation in alignment with We have a philosophy that children
Kagan (It is important as a have rights-
parent you support their 1. The right to be safe.
2. The right to be respected.
ability to work with people
3. The right to learn.
your child doesn’t like- it is
an important skill). There is a lot of research to say that
behaviour is important in whole class
• Growth mindset: GRIT! progress therefore, I expect all class
members to involve themselves in the
How it works and its role. class ethos and ensure we stick to
• Choices chart: allowing others those three rights.
How it works.
Homework
Home Learning
Homework is a important in learning
and developing- multiplication is
really very important and will play a
huge part in this year’s curriculum.
Mon. Timestable Rockstars (weekly)
Spellings (10 per week)
Thurs 5 reads (a comment about the
read is now required by the child in their
reading record).
1 week to complete all homework tasks.
I check it on a Monday lunch.Working Together
Let’s Get it Right
The best way to make contact with us is through a note in your child’s reading
record as these are checked daily by staff. We may also write to you in this way
so please check your child’s reading record regularly. If it’s a more urgent
message, you can always make contact with us via the school office.
Please read our weekly newsletter as this has important
information that you will need to know and check our class blog regularly.
Parent consultations are a chance for us to catch up and review how well your
child is doing at school. Further details will be released about the format as
we get settled through this year but, parent
consultations this year will be on:
Tuesday 8th & Wednesday 9th December
and Tuesday 9th & Wednesday 10th March.
Please don’t wait if there’s something you’d like to
talk about.Any Questions?
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