Year 4 2024 - 2025

Mr Aspinall

Welcome To Year 4 Class Page

Class Teacher: Mr Aspinall

Teaching assistants: Miss Jilani

Curriculum

Attached below is an annual overview of the topics and curriculum that we will be covering during the coming academic year. This is broken down into more detail in our termly curriculum newsletter, which is available from the school office or can be viewed on the curriculum newsletter page on this site.

Start and end of the day

The school day is from 8.40am – 3.20pm Monday – Friday. Please wait with your child in the Pencil Playground. A member of staff will be there to greet you and your child at 8:40am, with doors closing at 8:50am. The register is taken at 8.55 am. If children arrive after 8:40am when we have closed our doors, please ensure they report to the school office on arrival.

At 3.20pm a member of staff from the Y3 team will be waiting to greet you and handover your child/ children. If you wish to speak to a member of staff then please phone us or send a secure message using Class Dojo, as parents/carers will not be routinely allowed into school without an appointment.

P.E

All classes take part in weekly PE sessions of gymnastics/dance/games as timetabled, aswell as a term and a half of swimming lessons starting during the Spring Term. Children are expected to change into their PE kit; a Mersey Vale kit is available - t-shirt, shorts and PE bag. Children should also have navy jogging bottoms and sweatshirt in cold weather. A hooded sweatshirt with the school logo is available and costs approximately £12.25 depending on the size. Please speak to the school office for more information about how any of these items can be ordered. Please ensure all items of clothing (including their uniform) are labelled with your child’s name inside. We find it most useful for children to bring PE kits into school on Monday and leave them in school until Friday. Y4 PE sessions will happen this term on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Additionally, children will continue to take part in Forest School sessions every two weeks. They will need a change of clothes and footwear suitable for outside activities in a variety of different weather throughout the year. The list of children in Groups A and B are posted on the Year 4 window. Our Forest School day is Thursday.

Homework

Homework is given to all children throughout the school in line with our Homework Policy. Brief details of the homework that will be set for Year Four are as follows:

Homework is given out each Friday to be handed back into class the following Thursday.
Spellings are given out each Friday to be tested the following Friday.
Children are also encouraged to learn their multiplication tables.
All children have a home/ school reading record book and they should aim to complete a short amount of reading each night.

We hope you find the information on this page useful, but if you have any unanswered questions, please contact a member of the Year 4 team via Class Dojo, or through the school office.

Kind regards,

The Year Four Team

Below you will find a link to Year 4's Curriculum map for 2023-24

Year 4 Curriculum map 2024-2025.pdf

Our 'Reading for Pleasure' Book this term is...

Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'

Useful Information for Parents/Carers...

2024 Y4 Multiplication Tables Check - Information for parents

Links to website to use to support your child's learning in class.

https://www.timestables.com/

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

https://mathsframe.co.uk/ (to access all games children will need school username and password)