WELCOME TO YEAR 4

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Welcome to Year 4! We hope that you all had a relaxing summer. We are really looking forward to teaching your children again. They have grown quite a bit since Year 1!

We’ve already had a fantastic start to September. Our class have been taking part in many activities, including sharing our holiday news, exploring the school rules, art for our new class display and discussions all about our class and the year ahead!

Staff

Mrs Palfreyman will teach the class on Monday and Tuesdays. Mrs Griffiths will teach them on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; however, we are both in school all week if you need us. We are lucky enough to have the help of Miss Forster and Mrs Richards in our class.

Curriculum

During the autumn term, our topic will be Ancient Greece. In RE our topic will be Letters of Creation. In science, we will learn about the digestive system, teeth and food chains.

PE

PE will be on Monday and Thursday mornings. Please make sure that your child keeps their PE kit in school due to occasional changes in the day and that every piece of clothing is labelled with their name. If your child’s ears are pierced, please make sure they do not wear earrings on PE days.

Homework

Please encourage your child to read at home as much as possible and to have their reading diaries signed and dated. Reading diaries will be checked once a week as part of our whole school ‘Read Around the World’ challenge. It would be really helpful if you could write a comment in their diary after each time your child has read.

Spellings, English and maths homework will be set on a Friday and are due in the following Wednesday. Extra time will be given if a creative piece of homework has been set.  

Throughout school, all children are being encouraged to log in to TT Rockstars three times a week for 10 minutes. This is particularly important in Year 4 to prepare the children for the statutory multiplication check that takes place in the summer term. This half term we will be having times tables tests on a Friday so children should practice their 11 and 12 times tables to help them achieve their Rock Star challenge.

Multiplication check

The multiplication check will take place within a 2-week window from Monday 2nd June 2025. The purpose of the multiplication check is to determine whether children can recall their 12x12 tables fluently. We will be providing further information closer to the time and in the meantime will be practising our times tables in school. Regular practise of times tables at home will also help to prepare your child for this.

On Thursday 3rd October we will be visiting Noddfa as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and preparation for those wishing to be admitted to communion.  

We have booked a two night residential for the children to Kingswood Colomendy on April 30th to May 2nd 2025. Further information will be sent in the spring term. We do not have the final cost yet, but we are expecting it to be approximately £260. You will be able to pay instalments on Parent Pay shortly. We are really looking forward to the residential and we’re sure the children will have an amazing time.

We look forward to working with you and your child again this year and building on the fantastic start that we have already had.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Palfreyman