Mastering Multiplication in Year 4

 This Halfterm in Year 4 we showed fantastic Resourcefulness using counters to explore arrays and multiplication. Working with reciprocity in pairs, the children practiced solving complex equations like 7 x 3 being Reflective and splitting them into smaller groups, like 5 x 3 add 2 x 3 This smart strategy, used prior knowledge, and helped build strong Resilience for tackling any multiplication problem they face.

"I need to remember this, I can use my 2 times and 5 times tables to help me answe my 3 times tables!" - Elsie, Elm

"I really like finding the links between my tables. My teacher showed me that if I double the 3 times table, I get 6, and if I treble it, I get 9." Munsha, WIillow 

"My favorite math trick is checking my 9 times table. I noticed that if you add the two factors of the answer together, they always equal 9." - Kylie, Maple

Year4 Certificates

 

Well Done to all of our certificate winners this week, you have all worked so hard and the staff are very proud of you all.

Elm Class 

E for Excellence: Lochlan

Star Writer: Gabia

Teacher Happy: Joshua

4 R's

Reciprocity: Emma

Reflectivenes: Roza

Resilience: Chirag

Resourcefulness: Mohib

Maple Class 

E for Excellence: Ara

Star Writer: Maya

Teacher Happy: Mikail

4 R's 

Resourcefulness Success

Willow Class 

E for Excellence: Ayra

Star Writer: Kai

Teacher Happy: Mavis

4 R's

Resilience: Victor

Have a restful, relaxing weekend. We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Monday.

 

Year 3 Certificates

It has been an excellent week in Year 3 and the children have been working hard to make progress in their learning.

         Let's look at the story of this week...

In Literacy, the children were introduced to their new story for the rest of the Autumn term, 'How to Live Forever.' The children began by using their inference skills to predict what might happen in the story. They then read the story, before planning and writing their own diary entries as one of the characters. It certainly has been a very busy week, well done everyone!

In Maths, the children have completed an arithmetic, reasoning and end of unit test for their addition and subtraction unit. This has allowed the children to demonstrate the progress they have made across this term. The hard work has really started to pay off! Well done Year 3!

Finally, the children have performed in their Christmas Celebration. The Year 3 team are immensely proud of the children's hard work in learning the lines, choreography and songs in such a short period of time. They were fantastic! 

This weeks certificate winners are...

E for Excellence - Rayyan, Leo and Domanic
Star Writer - Jack, Isaam and Amaya

4R's - Kateryna, Aryan and Levi

Teacher Happy - Damian and Cedar Class 

Year 4 Spellings 8.12.25

 Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.

	A	B	C
1	calendar	probably	would
2	early	promise	should
3	earth	purpose	could
4	difficult	straight	path
5	library	strange	bath
6	length	strength
7	learn	suppose
8	recent	surprise
9	regular	though
10	island	although

Year 3 Spellings - Monday 8.12.25

Look…Say…Cover…Write…Check 

WB:08.12.25

	Group C	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu
1	running
2	stopping
3	learn
4	length
5	library

 

Look…Say…Cover…Write…Check 

WB:08.12.25

	Groups A/B	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur
1	swim
2	swimming
3	running
4	stopping
5	swapping
6	island
7	knowledge
8	learn
9	length
10	library

Year 3 Christmas Play

 Dear Parents,

If your child has a speaking part, kindly send them in on Monday 8th December, 2025 with their costumes, as we are filming.

The children without speaking parts will need to bring their Christmas jumpers in their bags for them to change into before filming.

Please note that the actual dates for the Christmas Play remain as published on the tickets sent home.

Thank you.

Kind regards

Year 3 Team

 

Year 3 Certificates

 

It's been an excellent week in Year 3 and the children have been working hard to make progress in their learning.

         Let's look at the story of this week...

In Literacy, the children have been retelling the story of 'Stone Age Boy' through their independent writing tasks. This piece of writing allowed them to demonstrate their knowledge of the story, whilst also changing some elements of it. The children were able to effectively use expanded noun phrases to add additional detail to their writing, whilst also remembering to write in paragraphs. Well done everybody! 

In Maths,  the children used their knowledge of adding and subtracting using the column method to subtract a 2 digit number from a 3 digit number, before moving on to work on complements to 100 and using inverse operations. It's certainly been a busy week in Maths

Finally, the children have been preparing for their Christmas Concert performances next week. The Year 3 team wish the children the very best of luck! 

This weeks certificate winners are...

E for Excellence - Rory, Lenny and Sreeja 
Star Writer - Adon, Elliot and Anu

4R's - Serghei, Evangeline, Isaac and Vanessa

Teacher Happy - Ava,

Year 4 Certificates

Well Done to all of our certificate winners this week, you have all worked so hard and the staff are very proud of you all.

Elm Class 

E for Excellence: Emma

Star Writer: Lola

4 R's

Resilience: Moyo

Reflectiveness: Lochlan
Reciprocity: Joshua

Resourcfulness: Hayden

Maple Class 

E for Excellence: Edie

Star Writer: Anaelle

Teacher Happy: Alesha

4 R's 

Resourcefulness Noah 

Willow Class 

E for Excellence: Isabelle

Star Writer: Jessica

Teacher Happy: Lawrence

4 R's

Reciprocity: Lawrence

Have a restful, relaxing weekend. We look forward to seeing the children on Monday.

 

Christmas Carolling in the Community

 

This week, our wonderful Year 4 children had the special opportunity to visit the local care home and share some festive joy with the residents. After practising their songs at every opportunity, the children were excited and ready to spread some Christmas cheer!

Once at the care home, the children began singing their carefully rehearsed carols, and smiles quickly spread across the room. The residents and staff couldn’t help but join in, singing, clapping, and even dancing along with the children. The atmosphere was full of warmth, happiness and that magical Christmas sparkle that happens when people come together.

The children represented our school beautifully, demonstrating confidence, kindness, and a real sense of community. Well done, Year 4! You were all absolutely amazing and should feel incredibly proud of yourselves for making such a positive difference.

What a wonderful way to celebrate the season—through music, togetherness, and the true spirit of giving.

"I love that I recognised people from when i've read to them." - Moyo, Elm 

"Did you see man singing and dancing along? He was so happy" - Vikyhat, Elm 

"I enjoyed how excited and happy the residents were to see us!" - Munsha

"I liked that the people all enjoyed it so much. We had fun too!" - Ronnie