Welcome to Year 4

Miss Hilton is our Year 4 teacher and Mrs Lowe is our Teaching Assistant in the morning and Miss Hilton is our Teaching Assistant in the afternoon. Miss Toole will be covering Miss Hilton's PPA time every other Tuesday. 

PE Lessons:

Our PE lesson is swimming for the Autumn term and the first half of the Spring term. Our swimming lesson is on Mondays. Please make sure your child come to school with the correct swimming kit: one-piece swimming costume for girls, trunks (not swimming shorts) for boys, a towel and swimming hat. 

Our school day starts at 9am, with children arriving from 8:40am, and finishes at 3:30pm. 

Here is our weekly timetable for the Autumn term. 

Communication

We use ClassDojo as our main communication tool. We will share what the children have been learning in class and communicate all class/school-related information with you using this platform. It is essential that you are connected to our class page.

We also use School Spider (which is our website provider) for you to sign up your children to after school clubs and booking a parent/teacher meeting when the time comes.  

It is really important that you have access to both of these platforms so you know exactly what is happening in our school. 

Our Curriculum

We adopted the Dimensions' Learning Means the World curriculum in September 2022 and we love it! The curriculum is driven by the 4Cs of communication, conflict, conservation and culture which meets the needs of our diverse school community. It is designed to inspire an enthusiasm for learning, engaging with and learning about challenging 21st century issues, dealing with tomorrow’s issues today.

The progression through school follows four phases: Explorers (EYFS), Pathfinders (Years 1 and 2), Adventurers (Years 3 and 4) and Navigators (Years 5 and 6).

To find out more about our new curriculum please click here.

In the files at the bottom of this page, you will find our curriculum newsletters and WHISK (WHat I Should Know) sheets for each Learning Means the World Unit.

Adventurers

As well as developing subject-specific skills through the themes, the children will also be acquiring skills which will help them become well-rounded individuals and ready for their next phase of learning. Our Adventurers will learn to be brave, risk-takers, resilient and prepared. For more information about Adventurers, click here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Miss Hilton via ClassDojo or speak to her at the start or end of the school day.