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• Useful Websites and Links

Welcome to Year 4

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Year 4. 

PE

• Year 4 will have PE on Mondays and Wednesdays (this may be subject to change).
• They will need to come to school on those days wearing their PE kits.
• If there are any changes to these days, you will be informed via the school text messaging service (please ensure that your contact details are up to date).
• Earrings are not to be worn during a PE session. If your child wears earrings, they need to be able to remove them and store them safely for the session.

Homework

• Homework will be set on a Friday and will need to be completed by the following Wednesday. I will put a note in children's home diary, so you are able to see what homework has been set.
• Homework provides children with the opportunity to practice and consolidate their learning from lessons. 
• There may be times when a project homework is set. These are optional and a minimum of two weeks will be given for it to be completed. 

• Spellings – these will be given to the children on Mondays, and they will be tested the following Monday in class.
• ‘Spelling Frame’, is a great website that allows the children to practise their weekly spellings through games and tests. Your child's login should be stuck in their home diary. 
• Weekly spelling lists will be stuck in your child's spelling book. These are taken home to practise from. 

• Times tables – In June, the children will be expected to take part in the government’s statutory times tables check. This determines if they can recall their times tables fluently.  Regular, weekly practise on TT Rockstars will help the children to practise this. Using a little and often approach is a fantastic way for them to build confidence, accuracy and fluency. Alongside this, the children will have a weekly times tables test on Thursdays, and this will consist of random questions up 12 x 12.

• Reading – regular reading at home, to an adult, is invaluable for your child. Please try to listen to your child read at home as often as possible.  Not only does this allow your child to develop their fluency and accuracy skills, but it also allows them to develop their inference and deduction skills (through questioning and conversations you may have with your child about the text).  For example, what your child thinks may happen next in the story, why a character behaved in the way that he/she did, what the author actually meant when they wrote a particular word or sentence.    
• In the back of your child's diary, there is a 'top tips' sheet with the type of questions you may ask your child. 

Equipment

• Water Bottles – please ensure that your child’s water bottle is labelled and contains only water – no juice.
• Snacks – please ensure that your child brings only healthy snacks to school – no crisps or chocolate for morning play.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school office or to email me directly on Lratcliff@weaver.cheshire.sch.uk.