Y4 – Latest Class Notices

Reminders:

KS2 Neurodiversity Celebration Week 

March 16th to 20th 2026

During the week beginning 16th March, all pupils from Y1 to Y6 will engage in a variety of activities that will support their awareness and knowledge of neurodiversity terms and concepts at an age-appropriate level. Awareness and knowledge is the first step towards developing a whole Belmont community with positive attitudes towards neurodiversity and neurodivergence.

In KS2 (Y3, Y4, Y5 & Y6), the children will have an assembly at the start of the week where they will learn that neurodiversity is a way to describe how all of us are different in the way we think, feel and learn. These differences are not easily visible (they are inside us) and this can make it harder to recognise and understand these differences in others.

In class, the children will look at how differences can be supported in schools to make things fair for everyone to learn. This will help the children to understand the delicate balance between needs and wants. They will also share some story books in class and will complete a class quiz together with their teacher.

STEM Week Resources

Children need to bring in a small size pringles tubes for an activity during STEM Week.

Each child will also need a small, clear drinks bottle that is around 500 ml ( the disposable type) for a different activity.

 

Year 4 Multiplication Check 

-Use the link below for parent information about the Year 4 Multiplication Check

Multiplication_tables_check_information_for_parents

 

Calendar/Key dates

w/b March 16th – 20th – Neurodiversity Celebration Week

w/b 23rd March: STEM Week

Thursday 19th of March – Parents Consultation Evening (Rowan class)

Wednesday 25th of March – Parents Consultation Evening (Both Maple & Rowan)

Thursday 26th of March – Parents Consultation Evening (Maple class)

30th March – 10th  April – Easter holiday

Monday 13th April – School Back Summer Term begins

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

Y4 – Teacher & Class Information

Teachers:
Rowan- Mrs Clifton
Maple – Miss Jama

Support Staff
Mr Nudds
Miss Porter
Mrs Abu Zohra

 

Weekly Routines

MondayBring in Reading Record with at least three comments.

Both classes PE – come to school in kit.

TuesdayHomework set and due in from the previous week.

Timestables test

Bring your Recorder for Music –  Maple

WednesdaySpelling test (Wed or Thur)
ThursdaySpelling test ( Wed or Thur)
 FridaySwimming kit.

Bring your Recorder for Music- Rowan

 

Word Aware

Our topic this term is ‘Rivers’

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.

Y4 word aware Spring – Rivers

Y4 Spring Learning Tree 2025-6

 

Knowledge Organisers

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

Rowan Google Classroom         Maple 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

Children are to come to school in full PE kit. Swimming lessons begin next Friday (19th September). Please see the letter sent on MyChildAtSchool (MCAS) for further details.

 

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.

 

 

Y4 – Reading

Class reading book for Maple and Rowan.

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

 

Another useful website.

Love reading 4 schools (Year 4)

 

 

Y4 – Homework/ Home Learning

 

ReadingDaily (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 & PunctuationCGP Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling book

 

SpellingThe words are listed below. These words are set on a Tuesday for a spelling dictation task the following Wednesday/ Thursday.

Statutory spellings Years 3 and 4 words

MathsMaths CGP homework book.

White Rose Calculation Policy

Times TablesChildren 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.

Belmont 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 of Spring term creative home learning tasks are posted on Google Classroom.

 

This week:

Grammar & PunctuationEnglish CGP Grammar book:

Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling book. Please look closely at which pages we give you.

Pages 8 and 9 ‘Pronouns’

Due  17/03/26

Maths:Please complete the sheet on ordering and comparing mixed number fractions.

You should also be regularly practising on Timetables Rockstars in preparation for the Year 4 timestables check.

At this point in the year, practice in ‘Garage’ mode mostly and do some practice in ‘Soundcheck’ mode (which is timed). 

Due  17 /03/26

Spellings
Y4 wordsSpelling rule

Word endings – ‘sure’ and ‘ture’

 

accidentallyexposure
centurygesture
continueenclosure
Februarytemperature
interestfurniture

tested w/b 18/03/26

Y4 – Learning this week

Learning this week
EnglishExplanation texts
MathsMultiplication
Learning next week
EnglishNewspaper
MathsLength and Perimeter