Welcome to Year 4, Comet Class at Shalfleet Primary
Staffing – The teacher for Comet class is Mrs Blackburn and supporting the class is Miss Heimour
In Comet Class our learning is active and through creative and stimulating activities, we aim to challenge the children at every opportunity whilst encouraging them to develop their confidence. We support them to work collaboratively, sharing ideas wherever possible and learning through mistakes – in fact we celebrate them as a means to helping us learn!
We are encouraging children to become more independent with all aspects of school life; from remembering the correct resources each day; bringing in a water bottle daily; becoming good independent learners to bringing in letters and any monies in a named, sealed envelope to their teacher. Please support your child to develop their independence skills.
Click to download the following planning documents
Y4 Comet Welcome Letter 2023-24
Y4 Comet Long Term Plan 2023-24
Please find below information on this years planned events/trips – please note these may be subject to change.
This years class charity is The Shoebox Appeal
Autumn 1
Harry Potter World Trip
Autumn 2
Egyptian Inspire Day – Parents invited in
Spring 1
Estelle Baker – Romans Workshop
Spring 2
Brading Roman Villa Trip
Summer 1
Ventnor Botanical Gardens Trip
Summer 2
Yarmouth Geography field trip
South America Day – Parents invited in
Uniform
Uniform – We ask that you regularly check that all clothing is named, including their PE kit, and that all children are provided with a hat in hot weather, and a coat when it is cold or wet.
Homework
As your child enters Year 4, their homework commitments and expectations will alter to reflect their growing maturity. The weekly homework timetable for Year 4 is as follows:
English -set on Mondays – to be handed in by Thursdays
Maths – set on Thursdays – to be handed in by Mondays
Topic – at least one topic task needs to be completed
Topic homework will consist of a topic grid which will have a variety of tasks related to the topic; children can choose any task. The work should be completed on A4 paper. They hand in the tasks once they are complete; they are expected to be completed independently, although some guidance may be needed.
Children are expected to read their school book or other media at least three times a week. Homework will also involve learning their spellings and spelling rules.
As with all homework, your support would be greatly appreciated as discussion and practise will help improve confidence.
Food & Drink
Fruit time – The children can bring a piece of fruit to eat during morning play.
Drinks – Each child will need to bring in a water bottle to drink throughout the day.
PE & Outdoor Learning
In Comet Class, we have P.E. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Children are asked to come to school wearing the correct clothing on these days; they will also be responsible for removing jewellery and keeping it safe during P.E. lessons. For the first half term the class will have dance lessons on Mondays too, so can they please wear PE kits on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Autumn 1.
Forest Schools activities will be on Mondays – clothing needs to be brought in for children to change into.
National Read a Book Day
We started with the class reading picture books; this they enjoyed very much. From this they developed their own mini story and then produced their own books.
Miss Issac judged them. The class were delighted to have their own books and to take them home!
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