A Warm Welcome to Wolborough CE Nursery & Primary School
A Warm Welcome to Wolborough CE Nursery & Primary School
Wolborough C of E Nursery and Primary School

Brunel Class

Welcome to Brunel class.
A warm welcome to the new members of year 4 this year, I look forward to collaborating with you and your child as this academic year starts.
In Year 4, We are taught by Mr Prowse every day apart from Tuesday mornings where we are taught by Mr Curtis.

Our topics this half term are -
In English, we will be focusing on 'I dont believe it Archie!' a fiction text about a normal boy who has unbelievable things happen to him everyday. 
The second text we are looking at this term is Wheels, an information book which documents how an invention has changed the world and changed over time. 
We will be working on spellings from Spelling shed and Year 3/4 common exception words. These will be given as homework each week alongside math’s work on Times Tables Rock Stars. As you are aware at the end of Year 4, we have the multiplication tables check. More information will be sent out closer to them time.
PLEASE use every opportunity to practice multiplication facts from 2 – 12. Children should be encouraged to have instant recall of these facts so any activities will help them. We follow the White Rose Maths scheme of learning at the year 4 level, which allows us to cover the wide range of topics in small manageable steps. 
Our topic work this half term is 'Adventures across the Americas' and the children will learn about both North and South America, and compare and contrast these different environments while also using key skills such as map work.
In Science we will also learning about Sound and how it is created and travels. 
We will also be talking about how to keep ourselves, both body and mind, healthy in PSHE and learning Spanish vocabulary.
In RE we will complete our work to answer the question – 
We ask children to bring reading books into school every day. We have lots of opportunities to choose different books from different places, such as the school library, the class book corner, the town library and our special ‘Buzz Books’ that link to our class book. Our class book is read by Mr Prowse everyday, with everyone engaging in prediction and comprehension questions.
Please share any book your child brings home even if they have chosen something which is above their reading age- enjoy the story together.
We thought that it would be helpful to let you know the Brunel class expectations so that we can start the school year smoothly.
  • School starts at 8.55am so please can you ensure that your child is in school at this time
  • Children must have the correct PE kit in school every day. If this comes into school on the first day of term in a labelled bag then it can be left on their peg for washing at half term. We may do PE at any time so it is useful if their kit is in school at all times. However our current PE days are Tuesday and Friday.
  • The homework expectation is that children ready three times a week, complete at least 15 minutes of TTRS and complete 4 games of spelling games on EdShed a week. 
  • The school day ends at 3.20pm so please can children be picked up promptly on the bottom playground. 
If you ever have any questions concerning the learning or the school day, please do not hesitate to speak to me at the end of the day.Â