Badsey First School
Year 4
Welcome to our Year 4 class page
In Year 4 we are happy, kind and enthusiastic. We enjoy coming to school every day and learning new things. We know the importance of resilience and never giving up - we try hard in all we do.
Miss Penrose is our teacher and Mrs Thomas supports our learning too.
Summer Term News
It has been an absolute pleasure teaching Year 4 over the past term. We began the term by warmly welcoming Mrs Greaves and several new members to our classroom community, and it has been a joy to see everyone settle in so well. Among the many highlights was our exciting trip to the Bell Boating Regatta, where the children demonstrated teamwork, resilience, and plenty of enthusiasm. Alongside this, was our visit to Chedworth Roman Villa. There, we were all fascinated by the longest mosaic in the country and delved into what life was like during Roman times. In the classroom, the children have shown great creativity and imagination, particularly when writing their own quest stories and crafting poems in the form of magical spells. These pieces were not only inventive but showed real progress in their use of language. Back at school, swimming lessons in our on-site pool were a real hit, with students showing increasing confidence and skill in the water over the two-week period.
What are we Learning?
Please click the link below for our latest Termly Overview where you can find information about what your child will be learning.
Important Information
Forest School kit:
Children take part in outdoor learning whatever the weather and will need:
- Long thick jogging bottoms
- Long-sleeved t-shirt
- Fleece or warm jumper
- Extra socks
- Waterproof coat
- Wellington boots
- Extra hat, scarf, gloves
- Please ensure that all of these items are named.
PE kit:
- House coloured t-shirt
- Blue football-style shorts
- Blue school sweatshirt/cardigan
- Black P.E. slip-on or velcro pumps/daps/plimsolls or trainers that the child is able to manage themselves
For safety reasons, long hair must be tied back and earrings removed or covered.
Tuesday and Friday will be our P.E days for this half term.
Please send your child to school wearing their kit on P.E days.
There is no Forest School this half term.
Reading in KS2
As a school we love to read and think this is really important. It is the expectation that children read for 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Children can borrow books from their classroom or the school library. The children should be completing accelerated reader quizzes, when they have finished their book.
You can access accelerated reader here -
Our Reading into Writing journey this year:
Homework Information
Spellings
We teach spelling rules within class, as well as statutory spellings. This term's spellings can be found here -
Times Table Rockstars
This year, there will be a big focus on times tables in Year 5. Your children will have their logins and instructions on how to access the site sent home. There will be lots of exciting battles and challenges set on Times Table Rockstars to ensure learning them is made fun.
You can access TTRS here -
