Welcome to Kingfisher Class
Class Teacher: Miss Deighton
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Humphries
Below you will find information about our class, including our current learning and how you can support your child’s learning at home.
Supporting Learning at Home
Reading: We encourage children to read at home as often as possible to encourage a love of reading. We recommend that this is done with a parent or older sibling to help with unfamiliar words and make suggestions to improve fluency. If you would like to make comments on your child’s reading, this can be done in their reading diary. The diary can also be used to communicate between home and school as we check them regularly.
Homework: Written homework is set weekly on a Wednesday to be returned the following Tuesday. Weekly tasks will include activities such as spellings, maths skills, grammar tasks and times tables to help reinforce classroom learning and build children’s confidence. Homework is designed to be purposeful and will be sent home most weeks, however, there may be occasions where research tasks are set instead.
Tables: By the end of Year 4, children are expected to know all of their multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12 and 144 ÷ 12. To support with this, each week, your child will have a multiplication table or division table to practise. This will come home on a Wednesday with their homework and should be practised through the week. Another way to reinforce the children's multiplication skills is Times Table Rock Stars which is a highly effective digital platform that significantly enhances children's multiplication skills through the power of gamification and deliberate practice. By turning repetitive maths drills into an engaging, rock-themed game, it successfully boots motivation and reduces the children's anxiety associated with maths.
If you have any questions or concerns, or are able to support our learning in any way, please don’t hesitate to come and speak to us.