Your term

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Your teaching team

Updated by Miss Gilbert, Monday 14 September

  • Mr Wentel Class Teacher
  • Mrs Reed Teaching Assistant

Your term

Week –

– weeks to go

Term ends

Your teaching team

Updated by Miss Gilbert, Monday 14 September

  • Mr Wentel Class Teacher
  • Mrs Reed Teaching Assistant

Today

Normal uniform. Book bag every day.

Nothing extra needed today.

Tomorrow

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PE kit worn to school

Sturdy trainers, no jewellery please.

Updated by Miss Gilbert, Monday 14 September

Celebrating this week

Stars and stories

Star of the week

Isla

For the kindest explanation of place value I have heard all year, and for never giving up on her partner.

Your term ahead

Dates for your diary

This week

What your child needs

Print this week

PE days

Tuesday and Wednesday

Swimming 12.40, PE 2.00

Reading

Tuesdays and Fridays

Books changed Friday

SPELLINGS

Tested Friday

Words where y changes to i before -ed and -er, plus two tricky words

    Year 4

      Set on Monday. Try three a night rather than all ten the evening before.

      Multiplication

      10 mins a day

      This week we are on 6x and 7x

        Awesome Anglo-Saxons

        What we are learning

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        As Mathematicians we are...

        Year 3 and Year 4 are both focusing on place value, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division.

        As Readers and Writers we are...

        As readers and writers we will be starting with 'Ocean Meets Sky', a dream narrative where we can explore stories through dreams. After half term we will be reading 'Hortense and the Shadow', a ship's captain log.

        As Investigators we are...

        Science: Electricity. Identifying common electrical components, exploring how to create a complete circuit and investigating which materials conduct electricity.

        As Enquirers we are...

        Geography: Why do people live near volcanoes? History: Anglo-Saxon Britain, exploring who the Anglo-Saxons were, why they came to Britain and how Anglo-Saxon Britain changed over time. RE: Where and why do people of faith pray?

        As Creators we are...

        Art: Drawings, learning about painting and mixed media and how we can use light and dark tones to create a piece of artwork. Music: Indonesian music, adapting and transposing motifs from different eras. PE: swimming, and gymnastics focusing on balance and presentation.

        As Communicators we are...

        Computing: Online Safety, developing an understanding of how to stay safe and responsible when using the internet and digital devices. French: phonics and animals.

        As Young People we are...

        Learning about ourselves and our relationships with others. We will particularly look at working together and how we can solve friendship problems.

        How you can help us

        Help at home

        TT Rockstars Times tables practice, 10 minutes a day Open → Oxford Owl Free e-books matched to book bands Open → Spelling Shed This week's list, set every Monday Open → BBC Bitesize KS2 Anglo-Saxons and electricity units Open → Open →

        This term's reading

        • Ocean Meets Sky
        • Hortense and the Shadow
        • The Diary of a Killer Cat
        • The Ice Palace
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        What we have been up to

        Class diary

        • Sep 12 2026 00:00

          Our Anglo-Saxon role play day

          We turned the classroom into a settlement and spent a very long time arguing about who got the best hut.

        • Sep 08 2026 00:00

          First swim of the year

          Every single child got in the pool. Some of us even got our faces wet.

        • Sep 02 2026 00:00

          Meeting Mrs Reed

          Our new teaching assistant introduced her dog to the class on a video call. He was not impressed.