Welcome to Year 4

Our staff are:

Mr Parker (4NP class teacher)

Ms McLean (4JM class teacher)

Mrs Mayne (Year 4 support staff)

Typical Year 4 Timetable:

Key Information:

Full PE kit to be worn on Wednesday.
Library day is on Monday
Please read at least three times a week with your child.
Books can be changed every day, as often as your child wants to.

Communicating with your child's class teacher:

Our direct year group email is year4@stmatthewsleeds.co.uk. As both classes use this email, please make it clear in the subject line who the email is for (FAO Mr Parker or Ms McLean).

Names in clothing:

Please ensure that your child's clothing is clearly labelled with their name so their clothing can be rightfully returned (should it be taken off).

Homework:

MyMaths online homework will be set every Friday.
New spellings will be given every Monday to learn by the following Friday. These can be found in Google Classroom and are also available up in the classroom for the children. Some suggested strategies for practising spellings can be found below. In addition to the weekly words, we encourage the children to learn the spellings on the Year 3/4 spelling list (see below). Can you learn them all by the end of Year 4?
Practise Times Table Rockstars. We set regular 'battles' between classes to encourage the children to do this.

Autumn Term 1

Our current topic is: The Romans

Spring Term 2

Our current topic is: The Anglo-Saxons

Summer Term 1

Our current topic is: The Caribbean

Malham Residential 2026

Day 1:

We have had a lovely start to our time in Malham. The sun has been shining and 4JM have visited Janet's Foss and Gordale Scar. 4NP have been developing their map reading skills and navigating footpaths in the local area. In the evening, working as a team we enjoyed a walk around the village hunting for flags.

Day 2:

We enjoyed a walk up and over Malham Cove and saw some glorious views. We also completed a river studies session which included using rubber ducks to measure the speed of the river. We found some amazing wilflide in the river too. In the evening, we completed some team challenge games in the hostel garden.