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ST JOHN'S SCHOOL VALUES:
Love; Friendship; Kindness; Honesty; Forgiveness
Welcome to Class 4!
Welcome to Year 4! I’m looking forward to a wonderful start to the year and getting to know you all. Here’s to a year of amazing learning.In the classroom.
This year your teacher will be Mrs Firminger.
Mz Biczak and Mz Constanti will be your teaching assistants.
You will bring your reading book home every day. Please read to an adult at home at least 3 times a week and ask them to sign your reading record.
You will start visiting the key stage 2 library on Fridays where you can choose a library book to take home for a week. Library books must be in school every Friday.
In the summer you will take the year 4 multiplication table check. We will be busy learning all the times tables throughout the year. Remember to keep practicing at home too. Your home learning tasks will be linked to times tables this term, please return your home learning folder to school every Friday.
Outdoor PE will be on a Monday and indoor PE (Fit2Go) will be on a Tuesday. Remember to remove your earrings for these days.
You have swimming lessons in the summer term.
Keep checking back to see photographs of all the exciting learning taking place in year 4 by clicking our 'Photo Gallery' tab above.
Mrs Firminger
Class 4 teacher
Information for Parents about the Y4 Multiplication Check
Different dates through June and July - Year 4 - Worship Visits
Y4 will be visiting 3 Blackpool Churches during June and July.
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Year 4 – Martin Mere – Generation Wild Project
Year 4 will be visiting Martin Mere on Wednesday 2nd July as part of the generation wild project. Children will learn about the countryside on their doorsteps, and we hope that they gain an increased understanding and interest of wildlife.
FIT2GO FESTIVAL (6.05.25)
Class 4 had a very hot, energetic morning at Blackpool Football Club at the Fit2Go Festival. We enjoyed playing different sports with year 4 children from 5 other Blackpool schools. We danced with Bloomfield Bear, played football, played handball and finished the morning with circuits. We were definitely ready for our picnic lunch which we ate in the stands before going off to swimming!
DIARY OF A DISCIPLE (28.04.25)
Class 4 had an enjoyable morning with the BSYW team who delivered the Diary of a Disciple workshop. We learnt about Luke and his two books. Acted out Jesus' baptism. listened to the story of Zaccheus and made our own little books in a box of the story. It was a great afternoon.
SOUTHPORT ECO CENTRE (02.04.25)
Class 4 had a fantastic visit to Southport Eco Centre. They took part in 4 different activities to learn all about 'What's the cost of our waste?'
RIBCHESTER ROMAN MUSEUM (06.02.25)
Class 4 visited Ribchester Roman Museum as part of their history unit. They enjoyed looking at artefacts and dressing up in Roman armour. They visited a small part of Ribchester Roman Fort which can be seen as a ruin. After lunch, they completed a museum trail and enjoyed buying Roman souvenirs in the gift shop.
TOOTH WORKSHOP (30.01.25)
Year 4 had a wonderful afternoon learning about their teeth in a science workshop. A big thank you to the 16 families who came and worked alongside the children, creating fabulous models of their lower jaw and teeth!
AUTUMN 2 SCIENCE VISIT TO THE ROCK GARDENS (4.11.24)
For our second visit to the Rock Gardens we looked for signs of Autumn and identified different berries and seeds.
ART WORKSHOP WITH ANDREW HILL (31.10.24)
Class 4 had a wonderful workshop with ceramic artist Andrew Hill. They learnt how to make coil pots from clay, adding handles and patterns.
UCLAN VISIT (16.09.24)
Class 4 enjoyed visiting a science lab at UCLAN, Preston. They did lots of experiments and investigations learning about electricity.
CLASS 4 - BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS TOPIC (SEPTEMBER 2024)
Year 4 enjoyed a visit to the tableau illuminations on the prom at Bispham as part of their design technology research into Blackpool illuminations. They sketched the different tableaus to gain ideas for their own illumination.
Year 4 also visited 'Lightworks' in Blackpool, the illumination factory to find out how illuminations are made.
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AUTUMN 1 SCIENCE VISIT TO THE ROCK GARDENS (19.09.24)
Class 4 visited the Rock Gardens for their first science nature trip of the year.
They found out what types of trees grew in the Rock Gardens, identifying them by their leaves.
AUTHOR VISIT: DAN WORSLEY (11.09.24)
Class 4 had a very enjoyable morning working with author Dan Worsley. He inspired the children to write some amazing descriptions of 'The Poolie' a mythical sea creature who visited Blackpool.
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