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Class Reading Books for Summer Term

Yr 4 Whole Class Reading The Great Kapok Tree - The Teach Hub

Notices:

Please do not forget to pack a swimming cap for your child. All children must have a swimming cap to be permitted to swim. 

Many children do not have a glue stick. Please send one in for your child to use. 

Next week, we will be performing our Rainforest Show to parents on two occasions. These are:

11.06.25  Doors open at 14:00 for a 14:10 start.
12.06.25  Doors open at 9:30 for a 9:40 start. 

 

Please see the learning planned for RSE for Year 4 Summer 2

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)

Summer 2: Changing Me

Taught Knowledge:

                  Know that personal characteristics are inherited from birth parents and this is brought about by an ovum joining with a sperm

                  Know that babies are made by a sperm joining with an ovum

                  Know the names of the different internal and external body parts that are needed to make a baby

                  Know how the female and male body change at puberty

                  Know that change can bring about a range of different emotions

                  Know that personal hygiene is important during puberty and as an adult

                  Know that change is a normal part of life and that some cannot be controlled and have to be accepted 

Key Vocabulary: Personal, Unique, Characteristics, Parents, Making love, Having sex, Sexual intercourse, Fertilise, Conception, Menstruation, Periods, Circle, Seasons, Change, Control, Emotions, Acceptance

Please note vocabulary from previous years will be consolidated. 

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher. 

 

 IMPORTANT: Many children do not have a glue stick. Please send one in for your child to use. 

 

Swimming - Is a statutory part of the curriculum so all children must attend
                     - Please make sure your child's clothes are labelled and that shoes with laces can be tied independently.
                     - If your child is not swimming e.g. they are not well enough, please send a note in to Ms Beatty or Miss Abdullah

New lunch menu - please discuss meal choices with your child so they know what the choice is for that day.

Please remember the children should have a healthy snack for morning playtime. 

Water Bottles - Please ensure that your child brings a named water bottle to school with them each day so that they can hydrate regularly throughout the day.

 

Multiplication Tables Check - Please click on the link below to access important information about the Year 4 Multiplication tables check in the summer. 

This noticeboard will be updated on Thursday afternoons to share homework and keep you updated with life in Year 4.

 

Teachers:
Maple - Ms Beatty
Rowan - Miss Abdullah 

Support Staff

Mrs Barrett
Mr Nudds
Mrs Skinner

 

Reading for Pleasure books for class

As part of our focus on reading in school, we would like to develop the lending library of books within each class. This will enable the children to foster a passion and love of reading at Belmont and ensure that they have access to high quality texts.
Please find links to the book list that has a variety of books that we would love to have in class.  Once a book has been donated to the class we will add a tick to show we now have it.  Please check the list to ensure that the book that you would like to donate is one that we don't already have.
These books will be stamped to show who has generously donated them and shared with all the class.
The books come from the Recommended Books for Year 4 List which can be found below.

Y4 recommended book list

 

Love reading 4 schools (Year 4)

Books donated so far

 

Summer Term

Our topic this term is 'Tree of Life'

The below list is part of an initiative called Word Aware that we are using in school. We thought it would be helpful to share this list with you so that you can use some of these words at home when discussing the topic. If your child speaks a different language at home, it would be helpful to discuss and translate these words using your home language. We may add to this list during the topic as new words are introduced. 

 

Learning Tree

Word aware grid 

 

Knowledge Organisers

Further information about the learning in history and geography is available on our new Knowledge Organisers. These are available on the Maple and Rowan Google Classrooms in the Classwork tab.  The link will be updated when the children have joined their new Google classroom. 

Maple Google Classroom         Rowan Google Classroom

 

Handwriting 

As you may be aware Belmont uses a cursive handwriting scheme for those children who can consistently form all non-cursive letters correctly.
Here is a link to the handwriting guidelines to enable you to support your children practising letter formation at home. 

Belmont Handwriting Guidelines

 

PE Days

Rowan and Maple class on Monday. Children are to come to school in full PE kit.

Rowan and Maple class swimming on Tuesday. Please wear full school uniform and bring your swimming kit in a bag. 

 

Weekly Routines

Monday

Bring in Reading Record

Rowan and Maple PE

 

Tuesday

Swimming 

Times table test

 

Wednesday

French - Maple and Rowan

Bring in homework.

Spelling test

 

Thursday

Music

Friday

 

Calendar/ Key dates

School Diary

Dates for the diary
05.05.25 - Bank Holiday 
26.05.25 - Half Term
11.06.25 - Performance to parents. Doors open at 14:00 for a 14:10 start.
12.06.25 - Performance to parents. Doors open at 9:30 for a 9:40 start. 
13.06.25 - Non-uniform day in exchange for raffle or tombola donations. 
16.06.25 - Trip to Kew Gardens

Home Learning

For further information about Home Learning and ideas on how to support your child please click here

Reading

Daily (15-20 mins)

Please ensure that all books are recorded in the reading record along with the dates that reading has taken place. Please sign/initial these entries. Comments about the book and your child's reading are welcomed. Three comments per week is ideal.  

Reading records are checked on Monday,  however;  reading books can be changed on any day.

Children may borrow books from the classroom library and the Junior Library.

Please note that children are responsible for changing their own books. 

Grammar & Punctuation

Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling book

 

Spelling

The words are listed below. These words are set on a Tuesday for a spelling dictation task the following Tuesday. 

Year 3 and 4 Word List

Maths

Maths homework book.

 

Times Tables

Children will be tested weekly, in school, on the level they have been given for homework. These websites will help make learning at home fun and maximise results.

Times Tables Challenges can be printed here.  Timestables.co.uk                                                                             Times Tables Rock Stars 

Topmarks Primary Homework Help  Hit the Button 

Creative Home Learning  Details are on Google Classroom.

 This week:

Grammar & Punctuation

English CGP Grammar book:

Page 87 - Word families

Page 42, 43 - Commas for writing lists 

Maths:

Maths CGP book:

Page 56-57 Money

Please continue to practice Times Table Rockstars every day!

Spellings

Y4 words

Y4 words 

accidentally

 

business
address caught

 

appear century

believe

certain

breathe

arrive

 

 

Y4 Calculations Policy

Learning in school this week:
English Persuasive writing
Maths

Time

Learning next week:
English Persuasive writing
Maths Shape
 

French 

French homework is optional but we recommend children use Year 4's French Google Classroom, Linguascope and Belmont's French Website to consolidate what has been taught in class.

French Google Classroom

French Google Classroom

All year 4 children have be invited to their French Google classroom where they can find French tasks and activities. 

Belmont French Website

Belmont French Website

Go to Belmont's French website to find out what we have been doing in class and for extra activities and videos. The French website is updated regularly. Children must login to their Belmont Google account to access the website.

Linguascope

Linguascope

 We recommend children use Linguascope regularly to learn French and other languages. The Linguascope link and log in details can be found in year 4's French Google classroom.