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Class teachers:  Mrs Cannavan (Monday and Tuesday with Year 4 and Wednesday with Year 6)

Mrs Hames (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Mrs Watts 

Welcome back to school after our Christmas break.  We hope you all had a very happy Christmas and that the year ahead will be filled with many blessings for you all.

We return to a really exciting term filled with lots of opportunities to use the knowledge and skills developed in the Autumn term and add to them with new ones.

Our Year 4 children are a dedicated and hardworking bunch so we know they will be ready for all the challenges the New Year will bring.  A big thank you to our parents and families - we always say this but it doesn't lessen the meaning - we CANNOT do this without you so a HUGE thank you for all your amazing support, flexibility and encouragement. 

Do please keep checking this page regularly as we will be updating it with useful information such as PE days, spellings and other homework, learning and activities. 

When is PE?

We will have outdoor PE lessons on Wednesdays and Fridays this term. On these days, we ask that the children please come to school dressed in their school PE kit. Please follow school guidance on PE kits.  

What homework will be given and when is it due?

Year 4 children will have 3 CGP homework books; one for Spelling and Grammar, one for Reading Comprehension and the other for Maths.  

Home reading is essential and we ask that all reading is recorded in homework diaries for us to monitor. Diaries will be checked each Friday.  

What will we be learning?

We will put our full year curriculum map/plan on the curriculum page so you can have a sneak peek at the year ahead.  Please look at the Year 4 curriculum map.

For the Spring 1st half term our core subjects will be covering the following:

Maths:  Multiplication and Division, Length and Perimeter. 

English Writing:  Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit

English Reading: 

Religious Education:  Branch 3 - Galilee to Jerusalem.  This helps children understand who Jesus is, how he revealed God’s Kingdom, and how the Church continues his mission through healing and forgiveness.

Catholic Social Teaching:  Principle 3 - Solidarity and Peace

Science:  States of Matter

Computing: Programming - repetition in shapes.

In other subjects:

In DT we will investigate fastenings by making a book sleeve. 

In PSHE, our unit will build our religious understanding through the parable of The Prodigal Son.  It will show us that God loves us, and nothing we can do will stop Him from loving us. Children will also learn about different types of sin, and the importance of forgiveness in relationships.

Multiplication Tables Check 2026 - statutory government check.

In June 2026, Year 4 children will be completing an online assessment of times tables knowledge up to 12 x 12.  The purpose of this is to check your child's knowledge is at the required standard and that they can recall this knowledge quickly.  There will be 25 questions to complete on-line and they will need to type in their answers at speed onto the computer.  This online check is called the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) and is a statutory assessment completed by all Year 4 children across England. 

We will prepare for this in school but from past experience, your support at home is very important.  To prepare for this, we will send information home and will invite all children to practise at least 3x a week using:

Times tables rockstars Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) logins in school diaries

Multiplication Tables Check - 2025 - Timestables.co.uk

Multiplication Tables Check - Mathsframe

Final results are not published officially but will be included within end of year reports.

Sacramental Programmes - First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion

This school year, the sacramental programmes will be led by Mrs Cannavan in school, with support and guidance from Father Paul and the Parish of St John Vianney (St Wilfrid's Church).

Preparation for the programmes will in the form of a short number of after school sessions and family masses.  Please see the RE page for full details.

We hope you have found this update useful and we look forward to working with you this year.  We cannot do this without you!

Mrs Cannavan, Mrs Hames and Mrs Watts.