Welcome to Mercury Class
Teacher – Mrs Hughes
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Hutchinson
Key Reminders for Summer Term 1
- This term Mercury class will have PE twice each week.
- PE will be every Tuesday and Thursday, children need to wear appropriate PE kit on this day (school colours please), with suitable footwear and earrings removed.
- When the weather is likely to be sunny please make sure your child has a hat and sun cream in their bags.
- Please remember that attendance really matters for doing well in school: academically, socially, and emotionally.
Book bags
Please send your child’s 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. If needed, 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 four 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 this term every Tuesday and Thursday. 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 and have sun cream and hats for warmer days. For safety, please remember to remove earrings on these days.
Please also remember that on non-PE days full school uniform must be worn. Jewellery, except for stud earrings, is not permitted. Footwear must be appropriate.
Maths
- Maths Games
Your child will have the option to borrow a maths game, this is to help them practice their maths in a fun way at home. Please ensure a prompt return of the game to ensure all children get a new game regularly.
- 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. You can use this website to practice online: Multiplication Tables Check - 2025 - Timestables.co.uk
- 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.
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. Every day is important. 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
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