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FULLY UPDATED FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR

to Year 4

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 summer holiday. We hope you and your families had a wonderful break. We are SO excited to see you all again and to welcome you into the Year 4 family. 

Our first half term is always a busy one as we settle into new routines and making sure we get the year off to a flying start!

We will have to work really hard together but we know that our children will be ready for the challenge! Parents and families - we cannot do this without you so a HUGE thank you in advance for all your amazing support 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. 

What is needed for Year 4? 

• Reusable water bottle to be washed and refilled daily please.
• School diary to record reading, spellings, homework and important dates/messages.

• Homework books (please return to school as soon as homework is completed).
• School reading book or a suitable reading for joy/library book.
• Lunch bags for those on a packed lunch.
• School stationery and a small pencil case will be provided for every child.  This must remain in school.  If you wish you bring your own pencil case, this must be small enough to remain in your tray and must not contain sharpeners or anything valuable.  We will give out basic stationery items during our first week back.

A small school bag such as a rucksack is ideal to bring items to and from school.

Parents - we really appreciate your help in making sure your child has everything they need for school on a daily basis. 

Children - we have high expectations of you to make sure you have what you need and that you look after it carefully please.  

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.  The Comprehension book will not come out until after Christmas. 

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

Maths:  Place Value, Addition and Subtraction. 

English Writing:  Gorilla by Anthony Browne.

English Reading: A World full of Animal Stories - 50 folk tales and legends by Angela McCallister.

Religious Education:  Branch 1 - Creation and Covenant. We will explore the biblical patriarchs, Abraham, Joseph and their families.  We will look at virtues and see how this affects the way a person lives.  

Catholic Social Teaching:  Principle 1 - Preferential Option for the Poor

Science:  Animals including humans 

History:  Ancient Civilisations (Ancient Greeks)

Computing: Computing systems and networks.

In other subjects:

In Art we will be studying Barbara Hepworth (sculptures).

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.

In Music we will listen, play, sing, improvise and compose our own music  and in Spanish we will be learning vocabularly linked to school. We will be singing Mamma Mia!

What else can we do to support our child?

1.  Please make sure your child comes into school in their PE kit on the days when we have PE and make sure it is a school PE kit.

2.  Please help your child by making sure they have a quiet space to complete all homework and then bring in homework books on (or before) the date the homework is due.  

3.  Please bring in reading books and school diaries each day.  We will help with reading book selection or make recommendations for those making free choices.  Please read at home and check your child's understanding of what they have been reading by talking to them about the book, checking their understanding of words and what they have read.  Recording reading in diaries is important too and is a great help.  

4. Check your child's diary regularly for homework and other information.  We may also use our parent messaging system to send you important school information so please make sure your email and phone details are up-to-date with the office.

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.

The programme will be open to all baptised Catholic children in Year 4 or those wishing to enter the faith via baptism. 

The sessions and family masses are essential preparation to receive the sacraments so you understand the importance of attendance at all the sessions.

Your child's First Reconciliation Service is expected to take place on Wednesday 18th March at 6pm.

The First Holy Communion Mass is expected to take place after the Whit holidays on 6th June 2026 with a celebration school Mass following on the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul on 29th June 2026.    

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.