Our school values are: Ready, Respectful, Safe and Kind resulting in
Excellence Every Day.
Our Federation is united by these four key values that all children are encouraged to live by every day. These principles shape how our pupils learn, behave and interact, creating a positive and supportive environment for everyone.
Learning
Children experience a broad and balanced curriculum that is designed to inspire curiosity, develop knowledge and skills, and support every child to achieve their full potential across a wide range of subjects.
Our Personal Development Learning (PDL) curriculum underpins everything we do. We explicitly teach children the executive functioning skills they need to become confident, independent, resilient learners who are well prepared for school and life beyond the classroom.
Memory Power helps children develop strategies to remember, retain and retrieve their learning. Improvement Every Time encourages children to embrace challenge, learn from feedback and strive to improve. Focus and Finish develops concentration, perseverance and the determination to see tasks through to completion. Change and Adapt teaches children to be flexible and resilient when faced with new situations or challenges. Manage Your Brain helps children understand and regulate their emotions, thoughts and behaviours. Pause, Think, Choose encourages thoughtful decision-making, self-control and making positive choices in everyday situations.
Meet the team
Mrs Kreft (Year Leader) – Priory Class
Miss Downes - Abbey Class
Mr Archer/Mrs Maddock - Grange Class
PE days and PE kit information
Please make sure you wear appropriate PE kit, for the weather, on your school PE days. Pupils may come into school wearing their PE kit. You may wish to bring a spare set into school incase this gets wet or muddy.
Grange - Monday and Wednesday
Priory - Wednesday and Thursday
Abbey - Wednesday and Thursday
Reading Books
Here is our reading bookcase, which shows the key texts we will read across the curriculum in Year 4:
Home Learning
Your child will be using the Spelling Shed app for weekly spelling games. Please talk to your teachers if you need help with this.
Times Tables
They should continue to learn and practise their times tables at home as they will be frequently tested at school to ensure their progress. Tables are key to success in mathematics.
The children love Times Tables Rockstars so please log on to https://ttrockstars.com/
Reading
They should also be reading at home for 20 minutes each day for 5 days. Please record your child’s reading on Boom Reader.
Parent app - information
Parent app poster
SPaG
Children will receive one SPaG based task per week to compliment the learning they have completed in school during the week.
Arithmetic
Children will receive one arithmetic based task per week to compliment the learning they have completed in school during the week.
Homework will be sent home on a Friday and will be due in the following Friday.
Curriculum Maps
Our 2026/27 curriculum map can be found here: Year 4 overview
A more detailed overview of our Autumn One planning (2026 - 2027) can be found here:
Autumn one curriculum overview
Termly Updates
In Art, we will sculpting volcanos using paper maiche. If you have any old newpapers, show boxes and plastic bottles, please can you pass them onto the class teacher.