Welcome to Year 4 2024 – 2025!
Please find below some information on what we will be covering during this term and the knowledge organisers that will help your child understand some of the vocabulary and key concepts.
This term, we have a jam-packed curriculum of exciting learning opportunities including:
English: This term we will be learning how to construct our own play script based on the well known story of ‘The Grinch’. We will also be linking some creative writing to our geography topic Misty Mountains and Winding Rivers and our science topic States of Matter. In poetry, we will be learning about Tetractys.
Maths: Our focus to begin with will be multiplication and division where we will build on our knowledge from the Autumn term. We will move on to length and perimeter briefly before a longer focus on fractions and decimals.
Times tables will play a big part in year 4 and we will be doing a lot of practise in fun ways to get the children ready for their Year 4 multiplication test in the summer term.
RE: In RE our focus is ‘Salvation’ where we will be learning about the significant events leading up to the death of Jesus.
People Skills: We are very lucky to have the FAB Roadshow joining us for this half term. This is an outside provider who will be coming in to teach us about healthy living every Thursday.
Science: States of matter
This project teaches children about solids, liquids and gases and their characteristic properties. They observe how materials change state as they are heated and cooled, and learn key terminology associated with these processes.
Geography: Misty Mountains and Winding Rivers
This project teaches children about the characteristics and features of rivers and mountain ranges around the world, including a detailed exploration of the ecosystems and processes that shape them and the land around them.
Art: Vista (second half of Spring term)
This project teaches children about the techniques that artists use when composing landscape images, such as colour and atmosphere.
D&T: Fresh Food, Good Food
This project teaches children about food decay and preservation. They discover key inventions in food preservation and packaging, then make examples. The children prepare, package and evaluate a healthy snack.
Music:
French: In French we will be learning how to understand and give simple directions, describe the weather, ask for foods when shopping and talk about prices.
Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
Please ensure hair is tied back and all jewellery is removed. PE kit should consist of a white t-shirt, black or navy shorts of jogging bottoms and trainers. A black or navy hoodie can be worn for when the weather turns a bit colder.
Alongside myself (Mrs Doel), Miss Jackson will be teaching be teaching PE and music to the class on a Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Lowings will also be working in class with us on a Thursday morning.
Please find new Knowledge Organisers for some of the above subjects at the bottom of this page. It would be really useful as an extra homework task to read these through with your child to gain further knowledge about the subject topics we are learning.
The ‘Good to be Green’ behaviour system will continue as usual across the school with children starting each morning and afternoon on a green card. Class Dojos can be earned by children for doing what is expected throughout the day, with Class Dojos of the Week being displayed in the class. Each Friday the Dojo winner of the week and runner up will receive a certificate .
Platinum Cards are awarded for going way above and beyond and for really wowing! A certificate and prize will be presented in Thursday’s Celebration Assembly in front of the whole school. House points are also awarded for Platinum Cards and they will be displayed on the website Platinum page.
Yellow cards serve as a warning for not behaving as expected and red cards will be given if this warning is not heeded. If your child receives a red card, you will be informed, a break time will be missed to reflect on the behaviour, the incident will be logged and house points will be deducted.
Homework can be brought in on a Friday where there will be the opportunity to share all the wonderful learning that has taken place at home.
The homework menu is not compulsory however, children are required to read at least 4 times a week to an adult who should sign their reading diary. This will be checked weekly.
Please note that this is subject to change on a weekly basis. English, maths, spellings and story will remain constant.
These links should help you with any background work you want to do at home. You’ll notice that Times Tables feature heavily. This is due to the government introducing compulsory times table testing in June for Year 4 pupils. This will look most like the link “Times Table Speed Test”. It’s actually very good for them to learn all their tables up to 12 X 12. It really under pins all sorts of other maths knowledge.