Daily reading – All children should read a quality text of an appropriate level. Children should either bring their book to school and back each day or have two books, one at home and one at school that they are reading at the same time. An adult should sign their reading record each day. Children will read books from a structured reading scheme until we decide they are ready to become a ‘free reader’. We ask that everyone reads for a minimum of twenty minutes daily. Reading records will be checked daily and if not completed, additional support will be provided at a lunchtime reading club.
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Weekly spellings – These will be set on Monday and tested each Friday. Spellings for the whole term will be sent home and are available below. Please support your child in learning their five weekly spellings.
Please find the lists below.
2026-2027 Autumn Term spellings
Times tables – These should be practised regularly at home; knowing these is crucial and the expectation of the national curriculum is that all children should know their times tables up to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 4. This means being able to recite times tables i.e. 0 times 5 is 0,1 times 5 is 5, 2 times 5 is 10 etc. and knowing related division facts i.e. 0 divided by 5 is 0, 5 divided by 5 is 1, 10 divided by 5 is 2 etc.
Maths and English – Each week, children will be set a page(s) of questions in their CGP maths and English books to complete for homework – this will be linked to our in school learning. It will be set on a Tuesday and due for Friday. We will go through the questions as a class on a Friday so homework books need to be in school. On occasion, your child may be given a printed sheet or online task to complete instead of their CGP book as it may better suit what was taught in school that week.