Silkstone Primary School

Welcome to Class Four 

In class 4 your children will be working with Mrs Dolan on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Mrs Drewery on a Thursday and Friday (whilst Mrs Ruddock is on Maternity Leave). Mrs Hopewell is the teaching assistant who will work alongside us all week.

To support your child with their learning it is important to listen to them read at least 3 times a week, help them to learn the spelling patterns on edshed and practise their times tables on TT Rockstars. We ask that the reading record is handed in on a Thursday so that we can see how reading is going at home. We truly believe that being able to read opens our mind up to new ideas, creative imaginations and the learning of new vocabulary. Reading with and to children is still so important and so where you can find time or opportunity to do this it will really benefit your child..

Each Friday we will take part in our times table champion challenge. To become a times-table champion, the children will need to work through their times-tables (up to the 12 times-table), passing the required time for each set. They will then move onto the Hot 132! There are two of these! In this test, they will have to answer all 132 multiplication and division facts, comprising facts from all the times-tables. Once you have completed the hot 132 your child will have opportunity to extend their rapid recall to higher number such as 14 x, 15 x, 16x, 17x and the inverse. Your child will be challenged to complete this in less than 7 min and 30sec to become the ultimate times table champion! Your child will bring home their test with a score and time on so you can see how well they are achieving.

PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon so please make sure your child has their PE Kit in school on these days.

On a Monday your child will be learning the ukulele and they need to remember to bring their instrument back in on a Monday.

We are happy to meet with any parent if you have any concerns or queries.

We look forward to a great year with your children.

We are Artists

We enjoyed developing our ideas in our sketch books in preparation for our nest sculptures.

Learning in RE

We took great care in constructing our Loykrathong as part of our learning about Buddism.

Curriculum Map Spring Term 2026

Murton Park

We had a fantastic day at Roman Centurions at Murton Park; defending our village and practising our combat skills to help bring our knowledge about the Romans to life.

Curriculum Map Autumn 2025