Hello, I’m Mrs. Hutchinson and I am the teacher in Year 4.
In Year 4, we also have Mrs Reilly who teaches on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
PE
PE is every Monday and Friday afternoon. Children need to come into school dressed in their school PE kit, navy shorts, joggers or leggings, white t-shirt and navy hoody. We always try to do PE outdoors when we can, so please can children make sure they are dressed appropriately for the weather.
Reading
All children have a school reading book. They need to bring their book into school every day, even if they haven’t read at home that evening, this is because we try to read with the children as much as possible. School books are changed when the children have told us they have completed their book. Reading is such an important skill that is transferrable to all subjects across the school and it is vital that children are listened to and questioned about what they have read.
Please try and read with your child as much as you can. Reading at home needs to be recorded on Seesaw so that we can keep track of how often your child is reading. Certificates are given at the end of each week to celebrate children who have read at home.
Spellings
Children will receive their 10 spellings on a Friday, these will be assigned on Spelling Shed and children will also be given a paper copy. Spelling tests will be on the following Friday morning. Spelling Shed is an amazing tool to help the children learn their spellings. Children should be practicing their spellings every day to help embed their knowledge and be apply their spellings in their writing.
Proud Cloud
The proud cloud is a positive influence on the class, children can earn their place on the proud cloud by demonstrating one of our learning powers or by demonstrating excellence.
Marvellous Me
I use Marvellous Me regularly to let you know when your child is doing particularly well with a project or activity in school, including Star of the Week, Writer of the Week and Mathematician of the Week. Children will also be sent badges for gaining great marks on their spellings that week and for reading at home.
TTRockstars
The children need to using TTRockstars to practise their times tables. Year 4 children have a statutory test on their times tables in June.
Contact
If you have any questions or queries throughout the year, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can contact me on our class email lpyear4@thelinksprimary.org.uk
