Welcome to Year 4!

Our classes are named 4 Singh and 4 Zephaniah, read on to find out more about each famous person with a connection to Birmingham. 

4 Zephaniah is named after Benjamin Zephaniah a poet, lyricist and author who lived in Birmingham. He wrote lots of poems about his life and things he believed in and was also an excellent performer. His writing also talked lots about his Jamaican heritage.
 

Have a listen to him performing one of our favourite poems ‘Talking Turkeys’ here:

4 Singh is named after Malkit Singh who is a famous Punjabi Bhangra musician who moved to Birmingham in 1984.  He has written many famous songs and was even recognised for his work by Queen Elizabeth II as he was given an MBE.

Have a listen to one of his famous songs below:

PE:

Please ensure your PE kit is in school on Monday ready for our PE lessons on Tuesday.

Expectations for PE kit can be found here.

All children will need their hair tied up and earrings either removed or tapped. 

Swimming takes place on Fridays.

Homework:

Homework will be set on Mondays and will involve a vocabulary sheet, a talk homework question and a maths task. We will also expect the children to practise their times tables on Times Table Rock Stars for at least 5 minutes EVERY night.

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/27720 

Homework should be handed in on Friday morning.

Reading Passports:

Please remember to read with your child every night and when they have completed a book, fill in the sheet in the Reading Passport. Also, look at the 'reading challenges' that have been set in the passport and enjoy completing these together. It could be reading a poem aloud or finishing a book with more than 50 pages, so make sure you check off the challenges and grow your child's love of reading.

Reading passports should be in school every day but please ensure that they are in on Friday's when they will be checked during our reading sessions.