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    • Year 4

    Welcome to Year 4!

    What Your Year 4 children will need each day

    Item Day /s Details
    PE kit Needed Everyday Include shorts, t-shirt, sweatshirt, pumps or trainers joggers in a named bag (not a carrier bag)
    Dinner money Monday Online payments through our School Money app
    Homework Wednesday  
    Book bags Everyday Only books to be carried in them
    After school club Everyday apart from the last day before a holiday To be booked in advance, phone school for details.
    Reading Everyday Please read to and encourage your child to read a little each day. All children have reading records to share what they’ve been reading with their class teacher.
    Drop in sessions Monday 9.10-9.25am Please make an appointment with the office to check staff are available.
    Swimming Kit Wednesday Your child will be informed when they need their swim kit. They need a bag for their kit, a towel, long hair tied back, no jewellery. Girls need a one piece costume. Boys need short trunks.

    Ways to support your child 

    Reading with them and sharing stories, discussing stories and what has happened.

    Also reading different types of texts eg non fiction, instructions, newspapers, recipes.

    Use maths skills in everyday activities, practise times tables.

    Telling the time using an analogue and digital clock

    Research topics

    Learn spellings

    Encourage them to do their homework in a calm space and have it in on time.

    Music practise daily, in school Tuesday

    Playing games (e.g. board games / card games)

    Take them to the library

    Take them swimming

    Enhance their knowledge and experience by taking them to places of interest like museums, country parks, castles etc.

    Take them shopping so they can use money, get them to spot good deals and work out change

    Click on the links below to see full details of what will be covered in each Year 4 Theme
    1. Y4 Theme 1 'What did the Romans do for us?'
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    2. Y4 Theme 2 'What happened to the Mayans?'
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    3. Y4 Theme 3 'What's that Sound?'
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    4. Y4 Theme 4 'How did you travel here?'
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    5. Key Vocabulary Word Lists Year 4.pdf
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    For more information about what your child is expected to learn by the end of Year 4 click here

    1. Year 4
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    2. Writing Assessment Checklist year 4
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    3. Reading Targets Year 4
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    4. Maths Targets Year 4
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    5. Year 4 Science targets
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    Please bear in mind these are generalisations for children of this age,  some will be working towards them and some may have exceeded them by the end of the year.

    For more details about what your child will be learning this year, see our Curriculum Area

    Homework

    1. Water Mill Homework Overview.pdf
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    2. Year 4 Optional Homework Ideas Theme 1.pdf
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