Welcome to Mercury Class
Teacher – Mrs Hughes
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Hutchinson
Key Reminders for Spring Term 1
- This term Mercury class will have PE and Forest School.
- PE will be on a Tuesday, children need to wear PE kit on this day, with appropriate footwear and earrings removed.
- Forest School will be on a Wednesday, children need to wear appropriate clothing and bring a change of clothes and footwear with them.
- As the weather is likely to be quite cold, please make sure that your child brings a coat with them to school every day.
Book bags
Please send your child’s book bag in with them every day. This will allow us to send home letters and prevent them from losing things from the classroom to home. Replacement book bags can be bought from the PTA for £7.00.
Reading
Reading is really important for all children, we encourage all children to read at home three times per week and to complete their reading records to show this. Your child will have the opportunity to bring home a book that they have chosen themselves from our library.
Homework
Homework will be sent home on a Tuesday and will be due in on the following Monday. The homework will normally be an English/Spelling and Maths task based on work that is relevant to our learning, but may sometimes be based on other areas we've been exploring in class. It is important to encourage your child to complete the homework as independently as possible, however some work will require working together.
Water bottles
Please can you provide your child with a water bottle at the start of the year. It will need to be named. We will send the water bottle home daily to be washed. Only water should be provided. We will fill the bottles with fresh water throughout the day if needed.
Milk and fruit
You can order milk for your child to have at break time if they would like it. Please speak to the office if you would like to order milk. For break time you are also welcome to send in a piece of fruit that you know they will enjoy. We are a healthy school so no crisps, chocolate or junk food please. Please remember we are a nut free school.
PE kits
The children will be doing PE on Tuesdays. Children can come into school wearing their PE kit. We are hoping that most PE will happen outside, therefore they will need to wear warmer clothes in the colder weather. Also, the children will be staying in their kit all day so being warm and comfortable is important! Please make sure you remove your child’s earrings on a Wednesday.
Please also remember that on non-PE days full school uniform must be worn. Jewellery, except for stud earrings, is not permitted.
Forest school
Mercury class will be having off site Forest School sessions on Wednesdays with ‘Follow my Lead’ during Spring Term 1. Children will need to be appropriately dressed for this, weather depending. This includes wearing long sleeved tops and trousers please. Parents are not required for these sessions.
Maths
- Maths Games
On a Thursday, your child will be given a maths games to play at home. We encourage you to play the game with your child to practice essential maths skills. The game must be return to school to following Thursday, when it will be swapped for a different game. Please ensure a prompt return of the game to ensure all children get a new game each week.
- MTC
Year 4’s are now expected to complete an online times table assessment during the Summer Term. This is known as the MTC or Multiplication Tables Check, you can find out more information about this by clicking here. We will prepare children for this in school, but please continue to support them at home.
- Sumdog
Pupils will be given a username and password to Sumdog (Sumdog Website), an online maths games that will help them to develop their maths skills. Sumdog will challenge them across the whole maths curriculum.
Swimming
Swimming lessons will take place during Spring Term 2, further information regarding this will be provided nearer the time.
School day
A reminder that school gates open at 8.35am and close at 8.45am.
Attendance matters for doing well in school: academically, socially, and emotionally. As a parent/carer you are responsible for making sure your child develops the habit of regular attendance – every day counts! Punctuality is also highly important. Pupils who arrive late to school are not only losing out on learning, but disrupt the learning of others when they arrive late into the learning that has already started. Thank you for your continued support with this matter.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to come and speak to us.
Mrs Hughes
