Year 4
Welcome to our Year 4 class page.
Welcome to Year 4!
General information
Please send children into school wearing their PE kits on PE days. For Autumn term, this will be on Tuesday and Thursday.
Please note that Key Stage 2 children are not provided with free fruit at morning break. Please send your child in with fruit if you wish for them to have a snack. Please don’t send in any food which contains nuts.
We will provide everything the children need in terms of stationary and equipment for everyday use in the classroom, including a pencil case, so there is no need to buy equipment.
Children will now be tested on different times tables on a weekly and will need to now learn all their times tables this year. We will now be practicing the times table check weekly in school in preparation for their tests this academic year. Practicing this will also be the children’s weekly Edshed maths homework. Children can also access this website using the following link to practise times tables:
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
I have uploaded some information in the downloads section below which provides some further guidance on the multiplication check. If you require any further information please contact me via the class email year4@hollinsgrundy.com
Brass lessons on a Wednesday.
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Miss Starr (class teacher)
Miss Hamer (teaching assistant) Mrs Rhodes (PPA cover Tuesday morning – arithmetic, PE, PSHE)
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| Start and finish times | 8:55 – 3:30
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| Spelling tests | Spelling tests every Friday, first thing.
This term, children are in different groups for their spellings.
Termly spellings were sent home on 18/9/26. If you need another copy or are unsure of your child’s group, please email year4@hollinsgrundy.com
Groups may change half termly.
We practice spellings in 2 x weekly lessons and during our morning activities.
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| Times tables check and practice | The statutory times table check will be in May.
Please practice daily with your children.
This half term we will be recapping x2, x5, x10, x3, x4, x8 and introducing x6, x7, x9
Did you know that as multiplication is commutative, you only need to learn 47 multiplication facts (see attachment below).
We practice times tables daily.
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| Arithmetic | Tests weekly on Tuesday morning with Mrs Rhodes.
Daily fluency built into lessons.
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| Homework | A homework grid was sent home on 18/09.
There will be 4 tasks this term.
The additional tasks are focused on times tables, handwriting and grammar.
Grammar sheets will be sent home weekly and can also be accessed on EdShed.
Weekly maths quizzes are uploaded to EdShed |
| PE days and kit | PE days this half term (Autumn 1) are Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Please sent children to school in full PE kits
– House colour tshirt (red, green, yellow, blue) – Black shorts/tracksuit bottoms. – Pumps or trainers Children can wear their school fleece or jumper.
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| Brass | Brass will be on Wednesday afternoons.
Children will be sent home with Brass instruments on Wednesday 23rd September and a link to a liability form will be emailed for parents to fill in
A link will be sent to you to fill in the form taking responsibility for your child’s instrument.
Please send your child to school with their instrument every Wednesday morning.
All instruments have been cleaned since last school year. |
| Rewards | In year 4 we use class dojo to record our house points.
Table reward charts with rewards given at the end of each day for moving their name up.
Green, Amber, Red policy for children who are repeatedly showing a lack of effort or ignoring warnings about poor choices. These are recorded on the computer instead of on the classroom wall.
3 reds in a week will result in a letter being sent to parents.
Golden tickets given in class for exemplary behaviour, work and manners.
Smile award given in assembly on Friday to one person who has made excellent effort that week.
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