Year 4 Autumn Term Newsletter
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to the start of what we hope will be a
fantastic year. We trust you had a happy
and relaxing summer break.
We invite you all to our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session on
Thursday 17th from 3:20 to 4:00pm. This will be a brief meeting in
the Main Hall presented by the Year 4 teachers who will outline the main
routines and systems used in Year 4. If
you feel there are any issues you wish to discuss in detail, please make a
separate appointment. Mrs Kilpatrick and other staff will supervise the
children on the playground during the meeting.
Home Learning
Home learning will be given out on a Thursday and then
collected in on the following Thursday. Each week the children will be given a
set of spellings to learn and either a short maths activity or a short writing
task. Each subject should take no more
than 20 minutes to complete. In addition to this, the children will be expected
to practise their times tables weekly and read aloud to an adult at least 3
times a week. Please update the yellow reading record books to record this and
sign once a week. They will be collected in every Thursday as part of our
monitoring system. It is also vital that your child is given the opportunity to
discuss what they have read in order for them to deepen their understanding.
Reading could take the form of a reading book, library book, newspaper,
magazine, leaflet, recipe or website.
PE
Full PE kits are expected to be in school at all times
(including hair bands for long hair and socks if your child is wearing tights).
Jogging bottoms can be worn as we will
be outside. Please note that earrings must be removed for PE lessons. If your
child has trouble removing and inserting their earrings, please remove these
before school on their PE days.
Timetabled PE slots are:
Monday ALL
YEAR 4 Swimming kit (including a
swimming cap)
Tuesday ALL
YEAR 4 PE lesson
Thursday ALL
YEAR 4 Fitness Session
Cooking
If any parents are available and willing to run cooking
sessions in the school day, please come and speak to your child’s teacher. We
can be very flexible in times to suit you. The recipes and ingredients will be
supplied by the class teacher.
Dates for your Diary
Thursday 17th September 3.30pm ‘Meet the Year 4 Teacher’
Wednesday 23rd September Whole
school and individual photographs
Friday 25th September Bernards
Heath Mini Marathon
Thursday 8th October Harvest Festival
Thursday 15th October Parents Evening
Thursday 22nd October Parents
Evening
Monday 26th October Half term
Monday 2nd November Inset Day
Friday 6th November House Challenge Day
Wednesday 18th November Trip to the British Museum
Tuesday 15th December Carol
Concert 2pm and 7pm (Years 3 and 4)
Thursday 17th December Christmas Lunch
Friday 18th December End of Term
(1:30pm finish)
Monday 4th January INSET
day
Tuesday 5th January Spring
Term starts
We look forward to an exciting year ahead and hope that your
children will really enjoy their year in Year 4. Finally, we are always happy
to meet with parents and encourage you to come and speak to us about any
matters which may arise. We look forward to meeting many of you on the Thursday
17th September.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Astley, Mrs Hall, Mr Reynolds and Mrs Wood
