With the launch of the sponsored read and half-term coming up, we thought we would share some ideas for reading with your child. We find that lots of children are great when sight reading the words but can still miss the meaning of the text. Here are some questions you could ask.

Reading Comprehension Questions

We were very impressed today by the scores in the times tables test. The children have clearly been learning them and lots of them were confident.

Next week, Year 3 will be tested on x4 along with a few x3 so that they keep these fresh.

Year 4 will be tested on x4 and x6. 

It was great to see that so many have been using Times Tables Rock Stars.

If your child is using another programme, please record it in the reading diary so that we can give them a merit too.

They have done some great music with Mrs Stalmans this week in creating sound scapes.

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 4 children,

This is a reminder that if your child is in Year 4, they will be taking the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check in June. We are able to administer it at any time during a 3 week window starting on Monday 5th June. We will let you know what day we are doing it closer to the time.

We are focusing on tables in school and really do value the support you give in helping your child to learn their tables. It is one skill that is so useful and necessary for many  aspects of maths particularly as children move through the school.

Please encourage use of Times Tables Rock Stars – we can see several children have been on it this week so there will be lots of merits on offer on Friday!

Please see the leaflet produced by the DFE.

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This half term our topic in D&T was seasonal stockings. The children have worked really hard on their stockings and have produced some beautiful work. They sewed on the beads, sequins and bells themselves with minimal help and should be really proud with the finished results, we were very pleased with them!Well done Red Class!