Welcome to Year 4

Here you will find some useful information about Year 4 and links to our planning. Over the academic year, we will also be updating the term links below to share with you some of our class work.
For Year 4, the school day starts at 8.55 (doors open at 8.50) School finish: 3.20pm.

Seesaw

At St. George’s, we make regular use of a platform called Seesaw (http://seesaw.me).
It is a secure online journal where students can document and reflect on what they are learning in class. Pupils are able to add the things we work on (including photos, videos, worksheets, drawings and voice recordings) to their Seesaw journal. We also set the weekly spellings, and sometimes other tasks, for pupils to complete at home.
Should there be a period of school closure, we are also able to use this platform to record and deliver lessons.

Useful Information for Parents

Physical Education: PE is on Monday for all pupils and then Tuesday (Corndon), Wednesday (Ercall) or Thursday (Lawley) and kit must be worn to school on these days. Monday PE takes place outside, so please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. In the Summer term, swimming lessons take place at Shrewsbury School – pupils are to wear swim wear underneath their PE kit.
Key Dates:

Homework

Year 4 are expected to practise times tables, read daily/frequently over the week, and practise weekly spellings.
Times Tables: Frog Club is tested weekly and pupils are sent home with sheets to practise each week. This is particularly important in Year 4 as children take part in a statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC).
Spellings: Weekly homework is set and tested every Friday. This will be updated on Seesaw.
Reading: Please record a page number and a brief comment in the reading diary. Children can also record themselves reading or taking part in reading activities on Seesaw.

Long Term and Medium Term Planning