Welcome to Year 4 St Jeanne Jugan and St Patrick

STAFF: Miss Baker and Mr Pendlebury

Summer 2025

Key Information

Key events 

VE Day - 9th May 2025

Year 4 Timetable

Here is a normal daily timetable for Year 4 students:

8:30: School opens

8.30-8:45: Time Tables and Spelling practise

8:45am – 9.30am: RE.                          

9.30am – 10.30am: Maths                  

10.30am – 10:45am: First break           

10.45am – 12.05pm: Reading & English

12.05pm – 1.05pm: Lunch

1.05pm - 3.05pm: Handwriting/Science/Topic/PE/Spanish/PSHE/Art/DT

3.10pm: Prayer and home time 

PE

PE will take place weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday.

4P - outdoor Tuesday outdoor Wednesday

4B - Outdoor Tuesday outdoor Wednesday

ALL children should come to school dressed in their PE kit and remain in this all day. 

Indoor kit consists of:

1. White shirt
2. Navy Blue shorts
3. Trainers

Outdoor kit consists of:

1. White shirt
2. Navy Blue shorts (plain, navy tracksuit bottoms weather dependent)
3. Trainers
4. School jumper/plain, navy jumper
5. Suitable waterproof jacket (weather dependent)

During the Summer Term when swimming is taking place, children should come into school in their school uniform and bring their swimming kit with them in a suitable bag. This should include:

1. Costume
2. Towel
3. Swimming cap (for long hair)

Girls:-

• One-piece swimming costume – no bikinis*
• A swimming hat is required to be worn if the hair covers the eyes or airways
• A towel

* Please note that in order for your child to benefit from the swimming lessons appropriate aquatic clothing must be worn. Should your children wish to wear items of clothing that cover up parts of the body, there are specific aquatic clothing designed for this purpose. Cotton leggings are detrimental to teaching and are a risk to health and safety.

Boys:-

• A pair of traditional swimming trunks
• A swimming hat is required to be worn if the hair covers the eyes or airways
• A towel 

No Bermuda or long shorts are allowed, as these can be dangerous - for reasons of safety the swimwear should be sufficiently tight fitting to allow the freedom of body and limb movement without causing unsafe water resistance.  

Jewellery of any description should not be worn in the School Swimming lesson.  It is important that earrings in particular are removed.

Goggles are only permitted for medical reasons.  Parents must produce a letter from either a Doctor or Optician to state that your child has a medical condition and is required to wear goggles in the school swimming lesson.

HOME LEARNING

Children are expected to complete home learning activities to help with their Maths and English.

SPELLINGS - Given out on a Monday to practise. They will be tested on Friday.

We will be following the spelling seeds programme which will link with our writing focus for the week. 

MYMATHS - Online activities linked to classwork - they are expected to complete the weekly activities when set.

TIMESTABLES ROCKSTARS - Children should be aiming to practice their multiplication and division fact recall as often as possible. 5-10 minutes each day is ideal. Knowledge of these facts feeds into almost all other mathematical units we cover throughout the year. Short, frequent practice can be the most useful to support your child with progress in maths. 

CURRICULUM

Religion

This term we will be exploring the themes of Pentecost and Reconciliation. We will also explore Caritas topics including solidarity and the common good and rights and responsibilities.​ We will be taking part in weekly collective worships as part of our ongoing journey within our faith.

English

In English we will be developing our reading, writing, spellings and grammar skills through a range of fiction writing and non-fiction opportunities - The focus this term will be on strengthening our writing through the following texts; Weslandia, Baker by the Sea, Iron man and The Matchbox Diary

Reading

Guided reading sessions, whole class reading sessions and our daily class read will enable children to develop their reading skills and comprehension alongside an ever growing love of reading. We will be learning through the texts 'Poems from a Green and Blue Planet' and 'The Last Firefox'.

Reading at home

We encourage parents to read with their child for 30 mins every night. This can be a school book or a book from home. 

Reading Records should be signed daily and brought in everyday for a member of staff to sign and change the book where necessary. 

Maths

At the beginning of this term we will continue to explore decimals. We will then be moving on to time, money, shape, statistics and position and direction.

Keep learning your times tables - You should know your 2s, 5s and 10s from Year 2,  3s, 4s and 8s from Year 3 and Year 4 will focus on the rest of the tables, up to the 12 Times Table.  Year 4 will be completing a Times Tables Check at the start of Summer 2!

Practise your times tables everyday by logging onto Times Tables Rockstars and working on the battles and completing soundchecks regularly!

Science

This term we will be exploring animals and living things and sound. We will learn how to categorize living things based on teeth, and diet. We will also learn about volume, pitch and sound waves.

Topic

In Topic Summer 1 for Geography we will be learning about waterways of the UK with a focus on the river Mersey and Manchester's canal system.

In Summer 2 for History we will be comparing the impact of Anglo-Saxons and Romans on the United Kingdom and report on how they have shaped our modern day lives.

PSHE

Throughout the Summer term we will be looking at the module Money and work which will focus on

• Spending decisions based on their budget, values and needs  

• How to keep track of money and about different ways to pay for things

Physical health and mental wellbeing

• To identify all factors that maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally, including when to go to the doctor.  

• How to maintain dental health, including how to brush and floss correctly and visiting the dentist regularly.

Keeping Safe

• The importance of taking medicines correctly and using household products safely. 

• To recognise what is meant by a ‘drug’ and the affect of, risks and side effects of drugs. 

For any further information please see the TenTen parent portal. The leaflet with the log in details has been attached below.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Children have been given logins for: - You will find these on the inside front cover of their reading journals.

- Reading Eggs

- Times Tables Rock Star

- My Maths

These apps and webpages are fantastic resources for the children to access independently to help improve their core skills of reading, spelling and times tables. 

Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.