SUMMER TERM 2025

We are delighted to welcome our Year 4 pupils and their parents and carers to the 2024-2025 school year!

YEAR 4 STAFF

Poplar Class

Ms Corcoran

Spruce Class

Ms Salih

Willow Class

Mr Heaton (Year Group Lead)

Year 4 Support Staff

Mrs Joyce, Ms Judd, Ms Khan, Ms Martin

Welcome back to you all and Happy New Year.

The school day now starts at 8:50am. There will be a ‘soft start’ until 9am. Pupils should bring with them a water bottle and, if possible, a mid-morning snack (fruit, or something healthy is advised). Pupils will not need to bring in any stationery or pencil cases.

Reading

Reading for Pleasure and Reading across the curriculum will again be a core part of learning at Lionel. All pupils will have one or two ‘Reading for Pleasure’ books from school. Some pupils may also have a ‘Learning to Read’ book too to help them continue to improve their reading. We’ll encourage pupils to change their books regularly. Reading for Pleasure books can be taken from the School Library and/or from the selection of books in the classroom.

Please encourage a love of books by reading with and to your child and listening to them read along with encouraging them to read independently. Your child should be reading at home for at least 10-20 minutes every day and their reading diary should be signed – by you – at least three times during the week. This should be brought into school each day.

PE and Swimming

On the days they have PE, pupils can wear their PE kits to school and stay in them all day. For the Autumn term, the PE days are as follows:

Poplar Class: Wednesday and Thursday

Spruce Class: Monday (swimming) and Tuesday

Willow Class: Wednesday and Thursday

If your child has a medical condition which will prevent them from doing PE that week, please let us know.

Swimming lessons will take place at Brentford Leisure Centre with trained instructors. A separate letter will be sent to you about this. Each class will have a term's worth of swimming lessons on Monday mornings, as follows:

Autumn Term 2024: Willow Class

Spring Term 2025: Spruce Class

Summer Term 2025: Poplar Class

Homework

Homework is set every Friday. Pupils should read their book, practise their spellings and their times tables throughout the week. The weekly spelling list and learning strategies can be accessed via Google Classroom, using your child's log-in details. A times table quiz will also be placed on Google Classroom every Friday, to be completed by the following Wednesday. Please support your child to complete their homework each day.

Please get in touch with us via the email address below if we can provide any other information.  We look forward to meeting you and we’re sure that this year will be a great success.

Kind regards,

The Year 4 Team

year4@lionel.hounslow.sch.uk  or office@lionel.hounslow.sch.uk

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