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

Welcome back after the half-term break! We are excited for lots of new learning this Spring half-term. 

This half-term we will be exploring the journey of a cocoa bean and fair trade in Geography and in Science we will be investigating how we hear sounds.

In English, we will be reading The Butterfly Lion and writing our own version of the story. We will be learning all about and creating non-chronological reports. 

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. 

The MTC - times tables assessment - will be taking place in June 2026. We would be grateful if you could encourage your children to practice as much as possible at home on timestables.co.uk, Hit the Button on Top Marks and TT Rockstars. 

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.