Year 4
Welcome to the class page for Year 4!
Welcome to Year 4!
Summer term
This page will be updated with information throughout the year. Keep checking in to find out what is going on in Year 4.
Meet the teachers:
4S - Mr Sond
4V - Miss Vance
4A - Mrs Vickers
Support staff:
Miss Bennett, Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Kaur
Follow the link to find out more about us! : Who's who!
If you have any queries or need to speak to a class teacher please email on:
We will get back to you as soon as we can.
English
The units of writing this term will be a wishes story, a newspaper report and an explanation text. The children will practise different sentence types which will include: de: de, superlatives, 2A sentences, verbs (-ing and –ly), BOYS sentences (but, or, yet, so), time conjunctions and causal conjunctions. There will be opportunities to identify and use adverbs, similes, alliteration, metaphors and personification. In comprehension and guided reading lessons, the children will be reading a range of text types to practise inference, summarising, retrieval and word meaning skills in both independent and group tasks. The children will continue to practise SPaG skills, by using the following correctly: pronouns, apostrophes for possession/contraction and proofreading to make sure that words make sense in their sentences.
Mathematics
During the summer term children will be developing their reasoning, thinking, explaining and problem-solving skills. Areas of coverage are: Decimals -exploring tenths and hundredths, and learn how to divide by ten and one hundred. Money- Knowing pounds and pence; Geometry-Identifying, comparing and ordering different angles; Recognising regular and irregular shapes; Classifying triangles, quadrilaterals and identifying lines of symmetry; Understanding quadrants and coordinates. Time – converting analogue and digital times, converting to the 24-clock and problem-solving. We will also continue to improve our multiplication tables knowledge and recall.
Here is a link to:
Our topic is ...
Invaders and Settlers
This topic is about having good knowledge and understanding of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and their relationship to early British history. Through the topic, we aim to encourage the children to think critically about different perspectives and ask relevant questions to further their knowledge.
Through this topic, we will be linking our historical knowledge of early invaders and settlers with our Art and Design & Technology (DT) work. The children will be creating Roman shields in Art and exploring Italian food as part of their learning. To celebrate their hard work, the children will also be putting on their own Art Exhibition to showcase all of thio artwork nd DT projects they have created.
Our educational visit will be to 'The Lunt' Roman Fort. This will provide children with the opportunity to recognise and understand what life was like for a Roman soldier. They will have the opportunity to explore the Roman Fort and participate in parade ground drills.
Homework
The homework each week will be:
Spelling Tests
Children will be given a hard copy of their spellings each week, and these are also available to download from the school website. Spellings will be tested every Thursday.
If your child forgets their copy, spare ones are always available in the classroom—just ask the class teacher.
You can also practise spellings online using your ‘Spellingframe’ login. Follow the link here: Spellingframe.
You can also practise your spellings online using your 'Spellingframe' login. Follow the link here: 'Spellingframe'
If you go to the bottom of the page, you are able to download the Spellings for this term.
Reading Books and Diaries
Each child has a school reading book. Please read with your child at home and record this in their reading diary.
Children are responsible for changing their own reading book, either at story time or first thing in the morning.
Reading diaries will be checked by the class teacher every Thursday. However, it is important that children bring their reading diary into school every day, as plans may change or they may have the opportunity to read with an adult.
TT Rockstars
Please encourage your child to log in to TT Rockstars as often as possible.
Regular practice will help them build confidence with their times tables while earning points and rewards along the way.
Statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC)
In June, Year 4 pupils will be required to take the statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). The check is to test if children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is important for fully accessing many areas of the Mathematics curriculum throughout Key Stage 2, and beyond. The MTC is an on-screen check with 25 times tables questions. Children will have six seconds to answer each question. The check should take around five minutes to complete. Children have been practising their times tables on a regular basis with their class teachers using a range of teaching and learning tools such as games, songs and www.ttrockstars.com, which they can also access at home too.
PE
Swimming
Swimming lessons will take place every Friday. We will be leaving school promptly at 9:00am, so please make sure your child arrives on time.
Children must bring the correct swimming kit each week. A swimming cap is strongly recommended, especially during the winter months, as it helps keep hair dry and warm. Please remember that we do not have any hair-drying facilities at the pool.
Jewellery must not be worn for swimming, and children with verrucas should wear swimming socks.
PE
PE kits should be in school at all times. Children will take them home at half-term to be washed and ready for the next half-term. The kits should include: a white t-shirt, royal blue shorts and black PE pumps. Plain black or navy jogging bottoms can be worn in the winter.
This term we will be focusing on Athletics and Striking and Fielding.
4V - Monday
4A - Monday
4S - Wednesday
2025 Parents Guide
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Do you know all your times tables??
Year 4 children need to know all the multiplication facts, and associated division facts by the end of the year. Do you know them all? Use these games to test yourself!
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Hit the Button!
Test your knowledge of your number facts and number bonds in this quick fire game!