Pine Marten Class
Class teacher’s welcome
Welcome to our Pine Marten class page!
I am so excited to join you on this fantastic learning journey. This year will be full of discovery, creativity and growth as we explore new topics, build on our skills, and have lots of fun along the way. I can’t wait to begin our classroom adventure together and watch you all grow into even more amazing human beings—let’s make this a year to remember!
Miss Pashley
Curriculum news
- At a glance – Autumn 2
- Maths: Multiplication and division, Length and Perimeter, Fractions
- English: Mill brochure (persuasive writing), The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
- Science: Sound
- Geography: UK – Yorkshire
- RE: How do ancient stories influence modern celebrations?
- Computing: Audio Production
- PSHE: Valuing Differences
- Music: Shape rhythms
- Art: Sketch work/Clay
Home Learning
All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class Geography and/or Science learning and examples or ideas will be posted here once we have spoken to the children about it, along with a date to return these.
The projects are designed to run alongside the learning for a half-term and we will look forward to inviting you into school at the end of the term to share the children’s projects.
Ideas could include:
Spelling
At All Saints’ Primary School, we follow the Read, Write Inc. spelling scheme in Key Stage 2. This Autumn term, we will start to learn the Year 4 spelling rules, as well as revisiting previous spelling patterns in order to fully imbed the children’s understanding of each spelling rule.
Spelling patterns will be taught over a two weekly basis for the most part, with consolidation added. The following are spellings for Autumn 2.
| Date | Focus | Example Words |
| 3rd and 10th Nov | prefix inter– | interact, Internet, international |
| 17th and 24th Nov | ||
| 1st and 8th December | ||
| 15th December | ||
Dates for the diary
PE days: Wednesday pm (Miss Pashley) and Thursday am (Miss Pashley)
Autumn 2: Class Collective Worship and class visit CHANGE OF DATE – *Wednesday 12th November 2025
Carol Service: Years 3 and 4 Carol Service, 16th December at All Saints Church
Links to support learning
Reading
Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 10 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.
Read more about English in Y4 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study
Maths
Your child in Year 4 will be taking the statutory multiplication tables check (MTC) for the first time, in June this year. It is an online test, completed in school, for all pupils in Year 4. Pupils are asked to answer 25 questions on times tables from two to 12. They are given six seconds per question, with three seconds rest between each question. To help prepare your child for this check, we recommend using Times Table Rock Stars (login on inside front cover of Reading Record) – Y4 introduces 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12, as well as building on 2, 3, 4 5, 8and 10 multiplication tables (from Y3 & Y2).
Moreover, written methods for addition, subtraction and multiplication are taught as in the pictures below.
Read more about maths in Y4 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study