OUTWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Year 4 2026 - 2027
Miss Exley
Welcome to Year 4!
Year 4 Staff:
Teacher - Miss Exley
LSA's - Mr Neil
HLTA -Miss Fitton
On this page, you can keep up to date with Year 4!
This half term, PE will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thursdays will be a lesson with a specialist Lacroose coach Please ensure the children have their full outdoor kit. All long hair must be tied back and no jewellery (including stud earrings) for health and safety reasons
We are beginning our new term looking at Europe with a focus on Ancient Greece which I know the children are going to enjoy!
We are lucky that the warmer weather is still with us but there are lots of rain showers too so please make sure the children have a water proof coat so they can still go outside even if it is a little drizzly. The weather does seem to turn quite quickly in the autumn so it might not be too long before we need to start wrapping up again!
General Reminders
PE
PE is on a Tuesday and Thursday, so the children must come into school wearing their PE kit. All children will need: Blue/black shorts, a white t-shirt and pumps or trainers. In colder weather they will need blue/black jogging bottoms and sweatshirt.
Water Bottles
It is very important that your child brings a water bottle into school so that they are kept hydrated throughout the school day. Please ensure that the water bottles are clearly labelled and contain only water. It is important that they take them home everyday to be refilled.
Homework
Homework can be found in the links below. Children can submit homework via paper copies or you can always send me a picture on Class Dojo. The children will receive homework that supports their learning and extends their skills. Homework is a vital component so please encourage your child to complete their homework. If there are any issues or questions, please feel free to send me a dojo.
TTRockstars
Children should be playing TTRockstars daily for at least 10 minutes. This will help to prepare them for their Multiplication Tables Check in June 2027
Learning
Recommended Reading for Year 4
Below are some links to websites for children to practise times tables online. The websites have a variety of times tables games.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
https://www.mathsisfun.com/timestable.html
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
More online games to support learning!
https://primarygames.co.uk/tiles/newtilesres.html
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=MagicSquares - This will help practice your problem solving.
https://primarygames.co.uk/pg3/ppods/powerpods.html - This will help you practice your fraction, decimals and percentage equivalents.
https://plprimarystars.com/for-families/play-game - A fun football themed maths & English game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar - This is a variety of spelling and grammar games to support your learning in class.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4 - This will help to learn your timestables
If you prefer to reduce your child's screen time, here are some activites you might enjoy doing together:
Play board games - this really helps develop children's long term memory
Play pick-up sticks - Pick-up sticks is a game where a bunch of long, wooden sticks are dropped on the floor and you have to pick them up one by one. Like Jenga, you have to try and remove a stick without disturbing others. Each stick is a different colour and worth a - different number of points. The person with the most points at the end wins! You can even forage for your own sticks and paint them! This is great for observation, fine and gross motor skills and thinking stratigically
Practise spelling with water pistols - Encouraging children to practise their spelling can sometimes be tricky. Bring the fun by introducing water pistols and spell out words with the water!
A-Z nature hunt - List one thing from nature for every letter of the alphabet. For example, A for archway and B for bugs. Now, go on a walk and use your list as a bingo board to spot as many from A to Z as you can. Another game that is great for long term memory and also gets the children thinking about the outdoors and their local area.
Uniform
Please see the link below for the correct uniform. We really want the children to feel proud to part of the Outwood family and the school unifirm really supports this.
https://www.outwood.stockport.sch.uk/page/uniform/54545
Class dojo
This is the best way of contacting me if you have any queries, concerns or just to say hello! Please understand that any messages sent out of school hours may not be responed to until the following day.
If you have any concerns, questions or would like to speak to any member of staff, please feel free to send a dojo to arrange a time