Welcome to Year 4. Our class teachers are Fiona Gargett (Tuesday- Friday) and Emma Howe (Monday). They are assisted by Joanna Grundy.
Useful documents for Year 4
Year 3 4 National Curriculum word list
Year 4 Long Term Overview 2025-26
Our class text this term will be The Firework Makers Daughter by Philip Pulman. We will be using this text in our literacy lesson to write stories, persuasive texts, information texts and recounts.
Reading
For word reading children will:
- Read a range of texts with fluency, understanding and expression, independently.
For comprehension children will:
- talk about books read, offering opinions and synopsises – at times with prompts
- retrieve and record information from non-fiction texts
- begin to draw inferences re. characters’ thoughts, feelings and motives from their actions
- summarise main points of stories / information within a paragraph
- recognise the purpose, form and audience of a text
- identify and comment on author viewpoints
- begin to read a range of different forms of poetry
- begin to prepare readings to be presented to audiences
Writing
For vocabulary, grammar and punctuation children will:
- uses fronted adverbials
- uses apostrophes for singular and plural possession
- understands the grammatical difference between plural and possessive -s
- uses noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases
- Can use terms such as verb, tense ( past and present), adjective noun, suffix, apostrophe and comma.
In the writing process they will:
- uses appropriate choice of pronoun/noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion
- proof reads for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors and self-corrects as the writing develops
Mathematics
Children will be:
- Place Value, working with number to 1000.
- Adding and subtracting.
- Measuring length and perimeter.
- Multiplication and Division facts up to 12 x 12
Science
In science children will be looking at living things and their habitats. This will focus on our local area. Children will gain increasing knowledge of names of trees and plants and how to identify them. They will also learn about invertebrates and invertebrates.
After half term we will be learning about electricity and having fun making circuits.
Geography
In Geography we will be finding out about Europe and becoming more familiar with using maps and atlases.
History
In History we will be going back to the Romans to think about what they did for us. We will take a trip to Hadrians Wall to really bring this topic to life!
Art
In Art we will be making clay pots inspired by the Romans.
R.E.
In R.E. we will be learning about why the Bible is important to Christians. Nearer to Christmas we will be finding out why Christians call Jesus the light of the world.
Computing
In computing we will be looking at computer systems and networks with a focus on the internet.
P.E.
In P.E. we will be playing netball and practising our gymnastics skills.
PSHE
In PSHE we will be focusing on building healthy relationships and listening to feelings.
Music
In music we will be singing and playing instruments and thinking about how music changes the world.
French
In French children will be revising colours and numbers to 30.
In Year 4, we will complete a Multiplication test in June. This is a test of children’s understanding of their times tables from x2 up to x12. It would be great if you could help your child learn their times tables. There are lots of games on line like “Hit the Button” that make learning tables fun!
Maths Frame is a great tool to help children speed up for the test. They will receive 6 seconds per questions in June so the faster they can type the better!
Spellings– Each week the children will learn a new spelling rule. You could support your child with understanding these rules by helping them to practice them. You could do the look/cover/ write/ check method or even play games such as letter scramble (mix all the letters up and then put in the correct order) or hangman. Please use the spelling sheets on Tapestry each week to practice the relevant ones linked to the week’s work.
Keeping homework fun helps to engage your child and not add any pressure to home life.
If there is anything we can support, you with then please let us know.
Thank you!
Fiona and Joanna
