Dear Parents,

We hope that you all had a relaxing spring break and Easter. It has been an exciting start to the term with our residential to Condover. The children made us feel so proud and they were fantastic ambassadors of Frodsham CE Primary.

Year 4 had a fantastic spring term, with highlights including our visit to Chester, our Ancient Greek topic which resulted in the children making delicious Greek salads, and publishing our writing based on Leon and the Palace Between and Escape from Pompeii.

Curriculum

During the summer term our topic will be volcanoes. We have attached a topic web that will enable you to see the learning journey that your child will be undertaking across the rest of the term. This term we will also be engaging in a whole-school project on plastic which will result in what will be an amazing exhibition of all of the children’s work.

PE

We are timetabled to have PE on a Monday morning so please remember to bring in PE kits after the weekend. Please make sure that your child keeps their PE kit in school for the whole week, due to any potential swaps and that every piece of clothing is labelled with their name. Swimming will take place on a Wednesday morning at Brio, Ellesmere Port and will run until the end of term finishing on 16^th July. On a Wednesday, children should come to school wearing their swimwear under their uniform.

Homework

Please encourage your child to read at home as much as possible and to have their reading diaries signed and dated. Mrs Richards will check reading diaries on a Tuesday as part of our Read Around the World Whole school challenge.

Spellings will be given out at the beginning of term for the whole term and spelling tests will be on a Monday.

English and maths homework will continue to be set on a Friday, due in the following Wednesday. Please also encourage your child to learn their times tables. We will be practising these in class and will have frequent times table checks which will help to prepare them for the Year 4 multiplication check which will take place week beginning 9^th June. We will hold a meeting for parents on 15^th May at 5pm to provide information on how to support your child. The children have done a fantastic job so far learning and recalling their tables so thank you for your support. 

As always, feel free to pop over before or after school to speak to us if you have any concerns or questions or email admin if you would rather have an appointment. We look forward to continuing to work with you and your child and build on the fantastic spring term that we have had.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Palfreyman