Welcome to Toucan Class, which is made up of 29 wonderful Year 4 children. Our class teacher is Mrs Marriott and our teaching assistants are Miss Ashton and Ms Rawson. Mrs Ashton will teach the class every other Tuesday. 

On our class webpage you will find lots of useful information and updates.

Updates and photos will also be posted regularly on Class Dojo. 

  Please feel free to send me a message on Class Dojo or via my school email which you will see below.
cmarriott@dovedale.derbyshire.sch.uk

Dates to remember:

• Friday 4th September - Inset Day  
• Monday 7th September - Children's first day in Year 4
• Wednesday 23rd September - School Parliament elections 
• Wednesday 30th September - Expert Group afternoon 
• Tuesday 13th October - Parents' Evening 
• Friday 23rd October - Dovedale's Got Talent and break up for half-term
• Monday 2nd November - Inset Day 
• Tuesday 3rd November - Children back in school 

PE days: 

On PE days, children are asked to wear their school PE kit which includes a plain red t-shirt with or without the school logo, a plain black sports jacket/zip-up jacket and plain black or navy joggers/shorts. 

Autumn PE Days

Wednesday afternoon is outdoor PE (Tag Rugby). 

Friday  afternoon is indoor PE (Floor Gymnastics).

Please click on the relevant star above to access the knowledge organiser for each half-term, along with a bank of games and activity ideas to help your child practise their times tables at home.

Homework and Spellings...

Each Friday one of the following activities will be set online: MyMaths, TTRS or Spag.

Alongside the online activity homework will consist of the following:

• Reading (school diary signed 3 times for a merit)
• Times tables to learn and practice 
• Spelling List

Spelling lists of 10 spellings, following a set rule, will be given out each week. Each list will be given out and placed in reading diaries to learnt by the following week (tested on a Friday). One way of learning the spelling can be using their Spelling Shed account. 

Most of the lists, aside from when we cover the Year 3 and Year 4 statutory word lists, have an extra "super speller" challenge to think of three extra words that follow the same given rule to learn. If the children can spell the extra words correctly in their spelling test they can gain a merit!