Tawny Owls Year 4 2024 - 2025

Curriculum Learning Summer 1

A warm welcome back to Tawny Owls’ class!
I hope you have all had a lovely break and are ready for your next enriching term in Year 4.

Tawny Owls’ class will be taught by Miss Michiels, with the support of Mrs Henderson, who will carry out interventions and assist our class where needed. Mrs Austin will be teaching Year 4 on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.

This term, P.E. lessons will take place on Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons. Please ensure your child brings in the correct P.E. kit and trainers every Monday morning. During the summer term, children should also bring a sunhat for when they venture outside. Please make sure that all P.E. clothing is clearly labelled so that lost items can be returned to their rightful owner.
Additionally, please provide your child with a water bottle and a waterproof coat each day.

Reading, spelling, and maths homework will be set on Class Dojo each Friday and is due the following Wednesday.
Please support your child in completing their homework via the online learning platforms and ensure it is handed in on time.

Daily reading at home is essential. We recommend that children in Lower Key Stage 2 read for 20 minutes regularly. This will help your child build confidence as a Cuddington Reader, meet a variety of characters, and explore new places through exciting stories, adventures, and real-life events. Developing a love for reading and authors will also help expand their vocabulary and strengthen their writing skills. While listening to your child read, please ask them questions about events in the story, characters’ thoughts and motives, and encourage them to make accurate predictions based on the text. This will help develop their comprehension skills.

Spelling homework focuses on words and patterns that have been introduced and practised in lessons. Children are encouraged to revisit these at home to reinforce their understanding, improve accuracy, and build confidence in using them in both written and spoken work. Regular practice will help embed these spellings and support their overall literacy development.

As part of our maths homework, children are expected to log into Doodle for 10 minutes daily. The tasks set within Doodle consolidate mathematical learning from both the current and previous year groups. They focus on addressing misconceptions and reinforcing concepts that may need further practice. Doodle also offers an excellent opportunity for children to apply the skills they’ve recently learnt in class, helping build their confidence and improve mathematical fluency.

There will be ongoing times tables challenges set on TT Rockstars, which your child can complete independently at home in preparation for the Multiplication Tables Check later this school year.

To stay up to date with what’s happening in our class, please check our Class Dojo story regularly.

It’s going to be an exciting term in Tawny Owls!

Kind Regards,

Miss Saartje Michiels
Year 4 Teacher,
KS2 English Lead,
Design & Technology Lead.

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