Things to Remember!

• Our PE days are:

  4JH Thursday & Wednesday

  4MM Thursday & Wednesday

• We are still asking that all children come into school, on those days, dressed in their PE kit (so that they do not need to change). All children will need to be dressed in an appropriate PE kit

• You don't need to bring lots of things from home - just the essentials: packed lunch box, water bottle and coat;
• Remember to bring in reading books and homework folder EVERY day.

Trips and visits

Egyptian day (in school)

Viking workshop (in school) 

Rivers trip (Summer 1)

Portsmouth (Spring 1)

Stubbington Residential (Summer 2)  

Music: Ukelele concert 

Year 4 have been working hard learning the ukelele this term with Miss Reynolds. They have been learning the different parts of the ukelele, the sting names, how to pluck and stum and to play chords. The children have made lots of progress with this and we were really proud to watch their performance this week. Here are some photos from the concert.

Viking Workshop

 We enjoyed our Viking Day experience with Bjorn the Viking. It was our first time meeting a Viking face-to-face and we were thrilled to hear about Viking history, culture and mythology as well as where they came from and why they invaded other countries.
We learnt all about the gods such as Odin, Freya, Thor and Loki the god of mischief. We invaded Anglo-Saxon England and conquered all before us until we finally met our match when we came up against King Alfred in Wessex. We also got the chance to examine Viking weapons such as spears, axes, shields
and swords. Thank you, Bjorn, for a super Viking Day! 
 

Learning for Autumn 1

Autumn 1 2025 

Autumn 2 2025

Spring 1 & 2 2026

Summer 1 & 2 2026

Times Tables

Quick recall of all times tables up to 12 x 12 really helps children in all aspects of their maths work and as a school we believe that it is a crucial skill for all our children. The Year 4 children will be the first group of children to take the National Times Table Check in June, where they will be given 25 questions, with 6 seconds to answer each, tested on a computer.

We will be working hard in school to help the children master their times tables and there are also lots of ways at home that you can help your child and we would love you to support them at home too, even 

five minutes every day working with your child, firstly to learn a specific times table and then testing them with random questions (not just in order from 1-12) has a huge impact.  

If you want to look at the format of the Times Table Check then please visit mathsframe as it looks and works in a similar way.  We will be using this in school to so that children are familiar with the format.

Homework policy

Recommended time allocated for homework:

Useful websites:

Mathletics	Times Table Rockstars	BBC Supermovers	Tommy's Trek	Topmarks	Marlon's Magical Mission

If you need any further advice or help regarding times tables, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.