Also supporting SYCAMORE CLASS are

Mr McNab - Computer Science

Mr Pilkington - PE and Breakfast Club

Mrs Ruggieri - PPA

Mrs Whalley - Play Therapist

Welcome to Year 4

Happy New Year! We are so excited to be entering 2026 and begin our next Sycamore Class chapter.

This half-term we will be exploring how the Anglo-Saxons invasion impacted on British History and in Science we will be investigating solids, liquids and gases.

In English, we will be creating some persuasive writing and narratives whilst reading The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird. We will be exploring issues and dilemmas within the novel. 

The children will be challenged to read as much as possible this year and there are lots of reading challenges for them to complete for track its and the Reading Award. 

Homework will be sent out on a Friday and the children will receive housepoints for bringing this back in before the following Wednesday. 

PE is on a Friday this year, so we would be grateful if children could bring their PE kits into school on this day.

There will be a spelling test every Friday so please encourage children to practice during the week. 

We are looking forward to an exciting and productive half-term where we will strive to reach our potential together in Christ. If you need any assistance or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at parents@st-marymagdalens.lancs.sch.uk

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Miss L. Kaufman and Miss Milner 

Sycamore Class outdoor human place value activity - the children became place value counters

and had to position themselves, by working as a team, on the place value chart. 

Investigating how the digestive system works in Science. 

         The children made models of their teeth out of salt dough and named the different teeth and their functions. 

The children had great fun creating food chains in the great outdoors, ensuring they used their arms as arrows to show that the producer is eaten by the consumers. 

In English, the children ventured outdoors to find objects they could magic to life with words, using personification. 

In R.E. the children worked in groups to present stories from different faiths to their peers, with an explanation of the values the stories teach us.