Welcome to Year 4
Working in Year 4 will be
Mrs Humpage
Mrs Teresa van Staden
Mrs O’Connor – Wednesday morning
Mrs Ruffell – during the week
Timetable
What they will need:
 Everyday they should bring in their reading book and reading
record book – school bag
 Letters to be given to the teacher at the beginning of the
morning
 Monday – PE kit – this half term is outdoor games – trainers
 Tuesday – a book to read with their reading partner in Year 2,
their swimming kit in a small bag and coat when the weather
starts to get colder
 Wednesday – guitars – put upstairs in them music room and
taken home at the end of the day
 Thursday – recorders – taken home at the end of the day
Expectations
• now familiar with the routines and organisation of the juniors –
wearing indoor plimsolls, how break time and lunchtimes are
organised
• to become more independent and involved in their learning
• that they take pride in their work and present their work to a high
standard - handwriting
• to build on their previous year’s learning so that they continue to
move forward
• that they take responsibility – within the classroom – monitors
• that work is completed and handed in on time so that feedback
can be given and acted upon – marking and feedback time
• Behaviour – keep to the class rules we have decided upon
Curriculum
The Year 4 curriculum overview can be found on the website and this
gives an outline of what we will be covering this term.
On the class webpage you will also find the weeks homework. Mrs
Hawkes has already informed you of the new procedures and
arrangements.
We will have some new topics this year and with the new curriculum
the expected outcomes in maths have changed and some have
moved down from year 5 whilst some of the Year 4 outcomes have
been moved into lower year groups. For example, by the end of year
4 children are expected to know all their tables to x12.
Year 3 and 4 word list
Spellings
list A
accident(ally)
early
address
eight/eighth
knowledge
length
purpose
question
appear
exercise
material
regular
believe
experiment
mention
remember
breath
famous
natural
separate
build
February
notice
straight
calendar
fruit
often
strength
centre
group
ordinary
surprise
certain
guide
peculiar
though/although
complete
heart
popular
through
continue
history
possess(ion)
weight
describe
increase
potatoes
difficult
interest
probably
actual(ly)
earth
learn
quarter
answer
enough
library
recent
arrive
experience
medicine
reign
bicycle
extreme
minute
sentence
breathe
favourite
naughty
special
busy/business
forward(s)
occasion(ally)
strange
caught
grammar
opposite
suppose
century
guard
particular
therefore
circle
heard
perhaps
thought
consider
height
position
various
decide
imagine
possible
woman/women
different
important
pressure
disappear
island
promise
list B
Homework
Homework as you know will be given on a:
Wednesday – talk homework – RE the ‘Wednesday Word’
Friday – English – comprehension task , grammar task and spellings
Maths - online task using ‘My Maths’ programme or a maths
investigation
www.mymaths.co.uk
(You will be given a guidance for parents sheet which will have your
child’s login details on.)
On-going – multiplication tables – x 6 x 9 related to x 3 and daily
reading
Homework books – same standard of presentation, returned to school
by Wednesday – maths book can be used for working out and
evaluating their task when doing an online activity.
Other websites we will be using include:
www.topmarks.co.uk – that supports many curriculum
topics in addition to English and Maths
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ - all
subjects
www.sumdog.com which is an online interactive
programme
books in on time please
website
http://www.stadrians.herts.sch.uk/
And Finally!
Remember that if you have any concerns then please
come and speak to me. I. like you, want the best for
your child and therefore I should be your first port of
call.
Mrs Flint or Mrs Dell will be happy to make an
appointment for you and I will be more than happy
to meet with you – before or after school.
Myself and Mrs van Staden, look forward to working
in partnership with yourselves and your child, and we
hope it will be a happy and productive year.