Welcome to Year 4 - Dream Class. We have 31 children in Dream class this year, all striving to achieve their own personal goals. I, Miss LeVardi, am the Year 4 teacher and alongside myself will be Miss Rusden. We all share the same goal - to guide, support, learn, laugh and make memories. We are looking forward to the exciting, and hard-working, journey ahead!

We are very excited to welcome the children in Year 4 back again for the Spring Term. 

We are delighted to welcome the children back to Year 4 and are excited to continue building on the excellent progress they have already made.

This term, we have a wonderful learning journey ahead. In English, we will be exploring How to Train a Dragon, using the text to develop key Year 4 writing skills, including fronted adverbials of where and when, commas after fronted adverbials, adverbial sentence starters and the correct use of inverted commas. In Maths, we will continue our work on fractions before moving on to the units on time and decimals.

Our Geography topic this term is Europe, with a particular focus on France and the Alps. We will be exploring the human and physical features of the region and developing our map‑reading skills. In Science, we will continue learning about states of matter.

Your child’s well-being remains our highest priority, and we aim to ensure they feel happy, confident and supported in all aspects of school life. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at elevardi@olsa.lancs.sch.uk.

Our PE days this term are Monday (Swimming) and Wednesday (PE with Coach Amy). Please ensure your child wears the correct uniform: plain black leggings/joggers, school logo T‑shirt and trainers. For safety reasons, no jewellery should be worn.

For homework, children are expected to complete four nuggets each week—two English and two Maths—set as assignments. Each child also has a personalised reading target for the half term, based on their word count from Spring 2 in Year 3. Children who meet or exceed their target will earn a special reward: a trip to the park at the end of term. To support their progress, children should read for a minimum of 15 minutes each day.

Your child's well-being is of vital importance to us and we want to ensure that they are happy and progressing. If you ever have any queries, questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us via my staff email:

elevardi@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Routines in Class

At the start of the day, children will enter the classroom where they will settle into Number Sense which is a new programme we are using for times tables this year. 

Morning break will be at 11am (other than a Friday which is 10:30am). If you wish, you may send a healthy snack in with your child for them to consume at this time.

Reading:

We ask that you read with your child as often as possible.  Children are expected to quiz fortnightly on Accelerated Reader. This helps aid their fluency and stamina to digest larger volumes of text that are expected within the Year 4 curriculum. Children have also been given an individual target for the term. If your child reaches their target or beats it they will have a trip to the park to celebrate their achievement.

PE:

PE in Spring Term will be on Monday (swimming) and Wednesday (PE with Coach Amy). Children should come into school dressed in their PE kits. This consists of: Black leggings/joggers, PE Top and hoody, jumper or cardigan. Please ensure that all earrings and jewellery are removed for sessions. 

Homework:

Children are expected to complete 4 nuggets on Century Tech each week, 2 maths and 2 literacy. Alongside this, it is important children are practicing their times tables in preparation for the Multiplication Check in the Summer Term

Timetable

Staff contacts:

Miss LeVardi: elevardi@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Links to Online Resources