Parent Letter

Dear Parents/ Carers,

I hope you’ve all had a lovely Winter holidays and a great Christmas if you celebrate it! I’ve got a lot of brilliant things planned for Warblers class this term and I’m eager to get started.

In Warblers class this term we will still be practicing our spellings, handwriting and times tables for our start of the day activity. As I’m sure you are aware, these are important requirements for every child’s learning- please ensure your child arrives in school on time so as not to miss anything.

We have a very exciting Spring term ahead of us in which we will be looking at topics such as Rivers and how they’re used (Geography) and the works of British artists (Art). We’ll be studying Non-fiction for report writing in English. If you would like more information on what else we will be learning about in the Spring term, please refer to the curriculum grid provided!

This term’s PE lessons will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure your child comes to school already wearing appropriate PE kit (school PE T-shirt with logo on or plain white/black/navy t-shirt, joggers or shorts, trainers and normal school jumper). Likewise, students should bring weather-appropriate covering clothes for Forest School (e.g. a long-sleeved shirt, long trousers/ joggers if wearing shorts) on Tuesdays for safety purposes. Please ensure all uniform and removable clothing is named to avoid confusion and/ or loss of property.

Children are welcome to bring a fruit or vegetable snack to consume during morning break time, and are encouraged to have a named water bottle for the whole day.

Optional homework can be found in the Home Learning task labelled as such and included with this letter. Mandatory We ask that the children practice on Spelling Shed and Times Table Rockstars a minimum of twice a week or for 30 minutes. Please encourage your children to access these websites as much as possible. Year Fours have the Government mandated times tables test at the end of the school year, so it is especially important for them to get as much practice as possible.

I hope that we can work together to have as fruitful a term as we did in the Autumn!

Best wishes,

Mrs R. Yeo

Warblers Class teacher