Key Dates for your Diary:

• 19^th Feb – Venus trip: Cutty Sark
• 22^nd Feb – Roman Dress Up Day
• 23^rd Feb – Earth Trip: Cutty Sark
• 1^st March – Banji Alexander Author visit
• 6th March – World Book Day Dress up

Welcome to Year 4!

Our class email is venus@kafed.org.uk

Class Teacher: Miss McMahon

Tuesday Cover Teacher: Mrs Brannan

Supporting Adults: Mr Samuel & Mrs Miller

Key Information:

PE -  Currently on TUESDAYS with a Mrs Brannan, children must arrive to school wearing their FULL KITS: plain black shorts/leggings/tracksuit bottoms and a plain white t-shirt. No jewellery, including watches, to be worn for health and safety reasons.

Homework: Homework will issued on Fridays and should be completed on Times Table Rock Stars and EdShed. Homework consists of 5 spellings games and 30 mins timetable practise each week - this does not have to be done in one night and should/could instead be played daily for continued practise. Fortnightly Big Maths challenges will also be sent home. 

Reading: Reading albums have been sent home and have a list of suggested activities which could be completed alongside reading. Children can change books in class once they have finished reading them. Album should be handed to class teachers in the morning.                    

Daily reading is an essential to aid your child's development in all curriculum areas.

Evidence suggests that children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform better in reading tests than those who don’t, but also develop a broader vocabulary, increased general knowledge and a better understanding of other cultures.

Reading for pleasure is more likely to determine whether a child does well at school than their social or economic background.

What difference can YOU make as a parent?

You can make a huge difference! Parents are the most important educators in a child’s life – even more important than their teachers – and it’s never too early or too late to start reading together.