Cressing Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!

Dear Parents, Children and Families.

Welcome back to school. It has been a great start so far and we are very pleased with how the children have settled into our class. We have been impressed with how well the children have approached their learning with great attitudes. We have had excellent discussions about ‘Our Class Code of Conduct’ and ‘Caring’ and it has been fantastic to see such thoughtful responses from the children.

Multiplication Tables Check.

In June every Year 4 child will undertake the Government’s Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). The children will be electronically tested on times tables questions. To help explain this further and to provide ways in which you can support your child I am holding two workshops this term. Please do try and attend one.

Monday 18th September 3:30 – 4:15pm and Monday 6th November at the same time. Please let me know if you and your child will be attending so that I can produce sufficient information packs. Please confirm by email – cmoulton@cressing.essex.sch.uk

Home Learning.

New home learning tasks are sent home in the small yellow book each Monday. Please ensure books are back in school by the following Monday. Please do ask if we can help with this in any way.

1. Daily times tables.

2. Times table tasks on DB primary.

3. Daily reading. 15/20 minutes. We encourage a wide variety of reading!

4. Learning the Year 3 and 4 Common Exception spelling words.

5. Writing task.

Important Class Information.

· PE is on Tuesday and Thursday.

· Homework – as above.

Adults in Year 4.

Mr Moulton – Class Teacher Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Miss Wild – Class Teacher Wednesday.

Mrs Babbs – Class Learning Support Assistant every morning.

This term’s main learning themes.

Bread Baking!! You will receive an invite to come and join us later in the half term for this.

European Countries. Looking at the features, cultures and important matters of different countries.

We will be reading and writing ‘Defeating the monster stories’, ‘Buddy Stories’, recipes, newspaper reports and autumn poetry.

Our two class novels are Zombierella by Joseph Coelho and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo.

We have our Wellbeing week in September where we look forward to exploring this them and other issues to do with Mental Health.

If you have any ideas / thoughts / expertise in any of these areas – please do let us know.

We look forward to working alongside you to help your child achieve their very best.

Mr Moulton. Miss Wild and Mrs Babbs – September 2023