Welcome to Year 4!
Your Class teachers are Mr Seldon (Ash Class) and Mrs Loudwill (Juniper Class).
Please contact them at:
jasonseldon@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
and catloudwill@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
Ash and Juniper Weekly Update – Friday 27th March 2026
Dates for your diary
Tuesday 31st March: KS2 project day – doors are open from 1.45 until 2.45. Your child should bring their project in on the day and not before please.
Thursday 2nd April – Final day of the half term.
Monday 20th April – First day back to school
Tennis club – This will be next THURSDAY instead of Tuesday due to project day.
Our Learning this week:
English: This week, the children had reported on the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb as if they were journalists at the time and also created posters to warn people about the curse of the tomb!
Maths: The children continued their fraction learning. They learnt how to add and subtract fractions.
History: The children started a 2-page spread on all the things they have learnt about Ancient Egypt. They will finish this next week. The children also watched how to mummify a tomato. We have used a control tomato to compare against and will check them both over the next few weeks.
PE: The children continued with their tennis coaching. Their last lesson will be next Thursday due to project day.
Homework:
Maths: Please complete the assigned sessions of Times Table Rockstars that have been set. You can log in at this link https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school. The children should be completing 15 minutes per week. This will be 5 minutes in the Soundcheck area and 10 minutes in the Garage.
Reading: Please read five times a week at home. Reading completed in school does not count towards the five times. Please remember to send in reading books with your child
every day.
Spellings: Please complete 8 games on Spelling Shed www.edshed.com
Have a lovely weekend!
Mr Seldon and Mrs Loudwill
Homework Expectations in Year 4
Reading:
Children in KS2 are expected to read 5 times a week for 15-20 minutes at a time.
Spelling:
In Year 4, children are expected to compelte 8 games on Ed Shed.
Maths:
In Year 4, children are expected to complete 4 soundchecks and 5 garage sessions a week.
Homework is set every Friday and then it is checked on the subsequent Friday.