Welcome to Year 4!

Welcome back!

It has been lovely to see all of you again today as we settle back into life at school. We have been getting back into our routines and finding out more about what our days will look like this year. 

Beginning the day, we made designs to share information about ourselves by creating All About Me t-shirts. We then decided what our class rules should be by making a class charter. 

Times tables are really important, and in Year 4 we are asked to master them all up to 12 x 12. We will be doing this through our lessons and also through use of the excellent TT Rockstars app, which we were reintroduced to today. 

This afternoon we started our new class book: Podkin One Ear by Kieron Larwood. We then had a go at designing our own fantasy maps; just like in the story. There were some fantastic designs on show and we loved dipping them in tea to make them look more authentically old!

We are looking forward a to the year ahead, and sharing all of our achievements with you on this blog. Enjoy!















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