Welcome to Stoat Class!

Welcome back to Summer 1 in Stoat class!

I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter holiday. This term we have started off by building shelters in Forest School. The children thoroughly enjoyed building a shelter that was big enough for their whole group. There was some amazing team work and some incredible observations at the end about what worked well and what they would do differently next time. We will be continuing to focus on times tables in preparation for the Times Table Test and we encourage the children to practise as much as possible and as often as possible at home too.

In English this term, we are going to be reading "Westlandia" by Paula White. We will use this as a stimulus to write a non-chronological report. In maths, we will continue to focus on decimals and then we will look at money. Please give your children the opportunity to use money so that they are familiar with the coins and can make up various amounts with different coins and notes.

Our foundation subjects this term will be: Geography, Science and Re. In Geography, we will be looking at coasts while in Science we will look at animals including human. At the end of the term in RE we are studying Islam.  

As the weather is now warmer, it is not necessary for the children to bring coats to school, however, a light rain coat or jacket is still recommended. The children must also bring a named water bottle to school every day.

Don't forget spellings and Mymaths homework is set every Friday. The children continue to do amazingly well in the weekly spelling quiz and I am very proud of them. The children need to practise their times tables daily and I encourage them to use timestables.com - speed tests to help them recall the times tables quickly and accurately.

Please ensure that your child is:

• Reading at least three times a week
• Completing their Mymaths homework
• Practising times tables daily
• Visiting Rockstars at least twice a week
• Practising Year 3/4 spelling words
• Learning and practising the Spring 2 KIRFs

Homework

Please find below some links which will support your child when completing their homework for this term. 

Year 4 - Multiplication test

In June, your child will need to take a short online test to make sure their times tables knowledge is at the expected level, answering questions up to 12x12. As well as practicing times tables and Rockstars at school, please ensure your child is recalling multiplication facts at home too. You can find further information about the test at: Information for parents about multiplication check

Below I have attached a link to what the Year 4 times tables test will look like, this will be very useful for children to use at home: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

Guided Reading

This week in guided reading we started our new text, 'Head kid' by David Baddiel. After reading the blurb, we made predictions about the book. We also used inference to start to build up  picture of the main character. This book has had some humorous parts and we are enjoying it.

KIRFS

We have sent home KIRFs sheets with their homework. These are Key Instant Recall Facts that the children need to know to support other areas of maths. There is a set stuck in their homework books and a second set of the same facts to display somewhere at home to help you with regular practise. They will get a new set each half term.