Class 4 2024 - 2025

Mrs Richards

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to our Autumn 2 term.

This term we will be continuing to build upon the routines and practises set in September. The children are now familiar with the new timetable and coping well with the increased expectations of being in a new year group. All children have now been assessed on the Accelerated Reader programme and have their ZPD (zone of proximal development). This means that they will be able to accurately choose books that have a suitable level of challenge for their reading ability. The children will take quizzes on the books that they read to check their understanding, and each half term will re-take the Star Assessment quiz to see if their ZPD has increased – fingers crossed!

We are also busy preparing for our first ever Year 3 and 4 Christmas production – we are very excited about this! Your child has been given their part and the scripts have been sent out via School Spider. Please can you ensure that you provide your child with a suitable costume and send it into school in a labelled bag no later than Wednesday 27^th November – the production is on Wednesday 4^th December (2pm and 5.30 pm) and we will want to practise with costumes before then. Thank you for this.

Times tables: the children are progressing well learning their times table up to 12 x 12. However, practise at school alone is not enough so please can you encourage your child to spend 5 – 10 minutes (a day if possible) on TTRockstars or other tables websites. If you do not have internet access, then practising together or making matching games with facts and answers is a great way to support their learning. They will have the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check in early June 2025 and although this seems along time in the future, we know it comes around very quickly.

Homework: We are continuing to use Atom Prime for homework. If you have forgotten your login details then you will need to reset your password using your personal email. We are unable to do that for you. Each week, your child will get a maths, reading and grammar piece of homework. The questions are adapted to your child's responses and there are videos and help-buttons to assist if your child is struggling. All work set is designed to support the work that we are doing in class.

Children are also expected to read at home most days for between 10 - 20 minutes. This will build their 'reading miles' which has multiple benefits for their Literacy, plus have a positive effect on other subjects. Please could you encourage your child to do this or, even better, read with them. They are definitely not too old for this, and it is a great way to discuss the books that they are reading which, in turn, will help with their comprehension skills.

In the meantime, if you have any queries then please contact me via email or, if possible, speak with me at the end of the day as morning are a bit busy.

Thank you in advance for all your support and here’s to another great term.

Mrs Richards 😊

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Subject Details:

Pathways to Write – Leon and the Place Between

Class reading book – The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Numeracy – Multiplication and Division

Geography – Countries of the World

Art – Clay Sculpture

DT – Light-up Christmas cards

PE – Dance and Gymnastics

RE – God, Self, World and Personal Belief