Welcome to Kingfishers' Class Page

The teachers of this class are:

                                                      Mrs Smith (Mon-Wed)                  Mrs Firkins (Thurs and Fri)           

Teaching Assistants:

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Mrs Beetson, Ms Meredith, Miss Robinson and Miss Weaver

Autumn Term 2025

Here is our timetable for the Autumn term. This may change slightly depending on other factors, but our P.E. days will be Mondays and swimming on Tuesdays. Please wear your P.E. kit to school on these days and remember your swimming kit on Tuesdays.

Topic

Our topic this term is Ty Mawr & The Stone Age to Iron Age.

This term, we will be using Ty Mawr to look at the features and geography of river systems. We will also be looking at how Britain changed from the Stone Age through to the Iron Age. We will look at Oswestry Hill Fort as part of this.

English - Class Books

First half term

Maths

This term, pupils will be developing their understanding of 3 and 4 digit place value, and addition and subtraction facts.

Year 4 Multiplication Check

In early June 2026 the Year 4s will be doing their 'Multiplication Check'. They are given 6 seconds to answer times tables questions up to 12 x 12.

It is therefore really important to try to find time at home for your child to practise their times tables as practising them frequently is the only way to establish fluency in this area.

We are of course practising these in school, but time and resources are limited and so individual practice at home is crucial.  

There are some links to useful websites at the bottom of this page which can be used to practise times tables fluency at home.

For more information about the check, click on this link.

Useful Websites

Click on the links below:

• Mathletics - Multiverse A fun way to practise lots of different aspects of Maths.

• Hit the Button Great, simple times tables practice.

• MTC Practice A great website to practise a times tables test with a short amount of time for each question. This is similar to the statutory 'Multiplication Check' which all Year 4 pupils undertake in June each year. This website gives you 10 seconds for each question, whereas the 'real' test is only 6 seconds! This is also the webpage we use to assess the pupils' times tables each half term.

• Mathletics Maths task may be set as homework on Mathletics.

• Spellzone Practise games and activities for the weekly spellings.

• Read Theory Practise reading and comprehension as often as you like. Log in and it will give you reading activities at a suitable level. Request your child's login details if interested.

PE Kit / Jewellery

On P.E. days, all children will be coming into school in their PE kit. Please ensure that children are wearing the correct kit, as detailed below:

White T-shirt

Navy shorts-these must be worn for gymnastics (Summer term). If it is cold, they can be worn under jogging bottoms and removed for the lesson

White socks

Navy Tracksuit bottoms when it is cold

Navy plain hoody

Trainers (not pumps)

Long hair must always be tied back

Jewellery must be removed for all PE lessons. New piercings may be taped for PE until they can be removed, however, they cannot be taped for swimming lessons due to the pool policy.

Music - Brass lessons

In Puffins and Kingfishers classes, the children are lucky enough to have a professional music teacher who visits the class each week and teaches them trumpet. Trumpets will be allocated to each pupil in the first few weeks of the new term.

• Music lessons will be on a Friday morning. Once children have an instrument this will need to be in school for the lesson. Regular practise at home is encouraged.

Useful Websites: