Year 4 2016 - 2017

Welcome to Summer term in Year 4!

I hope that you're having a fantastic start to term.

I am very pleased to have such a great, fun class, and they've been a pleasure to teach so far. We are lucky enough during four mornings a week to have the help of the brilliant Mrs Gardiner, whom the class know well from last year. We are also fortunate to have Mme Carter teaching French and Mr Curran leading half of our PE sessions.

We will continue to have weekly times tables tests on Thursdays and spellings tests on Fridays, so any help with which you could provide your child would, I’m sure, be greatly beneficial. Spellings, Literacy and Maths homework is set on Fridays and due in the following Wednesday (unless a creative homework has been set, in which case, extra time will be allowed).

In my opinion, regular reading is a vital key to unlocking children's success in Literacy, so Mrs Gardiner and I will do our best to hear the children often. If they could please be encouraged to read at home and have their red Reading Diaries signed, that would be brilliant. Your child can change their book whenever they are ready; we will give opportunities within school time for them to do this.

We are timetabled to have PE on Wednesdays and Fridays, but it would be useful if children kept their kit in school each day, in case of hall time swaps. Please ensure that both your child’s PE kit and school uniform are clearly labelled with their name.

I hope that this year will continue to be wonderful, productive and successful for your child; fun-filled as well as educational.

I am looking forward to the rest of the academic year together - in particular, our trips to Ingleton and the swimming baths!

Many thanks and best wishes,

Mr Coates