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 12th December 2025

Dates for your diary

Forest area Wednesday 17^th December – We will (hopefully) be using the forest area again next Wednesday afternoon. Please can you ensure your child brings in the appropriate clothing/footwear.

Bike track Monday 15^th December – We have the track booked for Monday morning. If your child wishes to bring their bike in, please can you ensure they have a helmet too.

Film –The two films we are hoping to show the children next week are PG rated. Please can you give consent if you are happy to do show on the SchoolComms app in the payments section (no payment required).

Christmas dinner Wednesday 17^th December – If you haven’t already done so, please book your child’s Christmas dinner on the Gateway App. On this day, your child can wear a Christmas jumper to school.

Christmas Parties: On party day, there is no school lunch provided and children are asked to contribute towards a bring and share lunch. There is a document below for which food you will need to bring in. Please remember we must have a list of all of the ingredients for purchased and home-made items to allow us to serve it. Children can come dressed in party clothes on this day but must be in sensible footwear.

Our Learning this week:

Maths: This week, the children continued with some consolidation of previous learning. They practised their number bonds to 100 and adding and subtracting fractions. On Wednesday, the children completed some Orienteering involving their times tables!   

English: The children continued to explore the book Until I Met Dudley by Roger McGough and Chris Riddell. They have made up their own informal explanations for how an electrical circuit works, and then researched made notes and wrote a technical explanation of how they work.

History: The children showcased all their history learning this term into an Anglo-Saxon and Viking poster. They wrote about the different kings, the laws and punishments, Lindisfarne, Sutton Hoo and lots of information they had learnt over the past two terms.

DT: This week, the children made their circuits to go onto their frame and drew their final designs onto card. Next week, they will put everything together for their light up Christmas decoration.

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.