Skylarks

Welcome to Year 4!  We hope all our families had a wonderful Summer holiday.

The Skylarks team consists of:

Class teacher Mrs Turner (every day except Thursday),

TA’s Miss Cooper and Mr Cooke

Mrs Davis (HLTA) on a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon.

 Ms Kirkland (HLTA) on a Thursday morning

 

Reading

Please read with your child at least three times a week. Please sign and initial your child’s reading record each time you read with them as it allows your child to go into a raffle for a prize!

Books are changed every Friday. We do encourage children to keep their book for at least a week. In addition, every Friday, the children are encouraged to borrow library books to enjoy too.

 

Home Learning

Home learning will be sent home every Wednesday from week 2 and will need to be returned the following Monday. Each home learning task will be linked to the learning in the classroom. We hope you enjoy supporting your child with home learning, however, please do not hesitate to contact us if you feel your child needs support.

A list of spellings, sent home from week 1, are for your child to practise and learn.

Spellings will be tested each Thursday.

 

P.E.

The children will be having PE learning on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Children can wear their PE kit to school on these days. If you are unable to provide a PE kit for your child, please pop into school for a chat so that we can give support with this.  

 

Times tables

This year we will be learning all the times tables up to 12 x 12, in preparation for the official Multiplication Tables Check in May 2026.

Some useful websites: 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk) 

Times tables games - Timestables.co.uk

Times tables Speed Test X - Timestables.co.uk

 

A few ideas to help learn the times tables in a fun way include:

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• Ask a grown-up to ask you some times table questions
• Singing them whilst brushing teeth, getting dressed, going up and down the stairs, playing football in the garden or throwing and catching a ball.   More information about the test will follow later in the year.

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