St John the Baptist Class : 2024-2025
The Year 4 Team (St John The Baptist's Class) are Miss Cross, Miss Walker, Miss Taylor, Miss Lee and Mrs Judd
Welcome to St John the Baptist's Class page.
OUTDOOR LEARNING
12.09.24
Today the children in Year 4 enjoyed their first Outdoor Learning day of the new school year, with the theme focused on teamwork. They began by learning key skills needed to collaborate effectively, which they then applied during a series of team-building exercises. As they completed each task, they earned credits for demonstrating good teamwork which were later exchanged for materials to construct a protective capsule for the ‘Egg Drop Challenge’. The day was a fantastic opportunity to strengthen relationships within St John the Baptist Class, reinforcing the idea that teamwork truly makes the dream work!
ROMAN RULE STUNNING START!
11.09.24
Today we launched our new topic, 'Roman Rule'. The class had a fantastic time in role as Roman soldiers tasked with building straight roads to various cities in order to invade and conquer them! Some of the children chose to dress up in Roman-themed costumes to help them get into the spirit of the event. The children had to collaborate with the other pupils in their group in order to plan and build the roads efficiently. Each time they reached the main city, they removed a cone from the floor to eventually reveal the title of our new topic!
TEACHERS
You will be taught by Miss Walker on Mondays and Tuesday and Miss Cross on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
PE
Please be advised that Year 4's PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Children must have black plimsolls/trainers, a school T-shirt and plain black shorts. If your child has pierced ears, please ensure that earrings are removed on PE days or, alternatively, please provide your child with surgical tape to cover their jewellery. All kit should be labelled clearly and is to remain in school until the end of the half-term when it is returned home for washing.
HOMEWORK
Homework is set on a Friday and is to be handed in the following Wednesday. Homework consists of a spelling worksheet and a times table worksheet. Children are also required to read at home every week. Reading diaries help to keep track of the reading taking place at home and in school and are to go home and be brought back to school every day. Reading diaries are checked along with the homework sheets every Wednesday.
Please try to read as much as possible at home with your child and keep their diary up to date. If they have evidence in their diary of having read at home three or more times that week, the children receive 10 Dojos! There are also rewards for children who remember to bring in their diary every day. Children who consistently keep up with their reading for the whole half term are rewarded with bonus Golden Time! So there's lots of incentives for the children to lose themselves in a good book (aside from it being enjoyable!).
Along with their usual weekly homework, children can further support their learning in class (and earn lots of Dojos!) by completing 'Power Projects'. Please see click here for an overview of this term's projects that relate to our first history topic: 'Roman Rule'.
OVERVIEW OF LEARNING FOR THE AUTUMN TERM
Please click here for a brief summary of some of the learning that will be taking place in St John the Baptist class this term.
Dear children, parents and carers,
Welcome back!
We hope that you all enjoyed the summer break.
We are excited to start the new academic year and to get to know the children in St John the Baptist Class. We consider it a privilege to be their teachers this year and will strive to ensure that they achieve their best and feel safe, happy and ready to learn. We can already tell that the class is full of fantastic characters and feel certain that we are going to have a lot of fun as we journey through Year 4 together.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns - we are looking forward to working together with you to support your child to flourish.
Please check this web page for regular updates on what the class are getting up to!
We look forward to meeting you all and to a successful year ahead,
Miss Cross and Miss Walker