WELCOME TO YEAR 4

We have two classes in Year 4: 

In 4HM, the children are taught by Mrs Hussain and Mr Masterson.

In 4W, the children are taught by Mrs Walters. Mrs McKiernon teaches 4W on Wednesday and Friday afternoons.

We will be supported in our learning by our Learning Support Assistants who are: Ms Watson and Mrs Harris.

Spring Term 2026

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRICULUM IN YEAR 4 

MATHS: 

This term will be working on the following areas (including a range of problem solving and reasoning activities).  

Multiplication & Division: we will be using our times tables skills to explore related calculations and learn written methods for multiplying and dividing 2- and 3- digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. 

Length & Perimeter: we will measure and calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and regular polygons. 

Fractions: we will learn about mixed numbers and improper fractions and how to convert between the two, before moving on to addition and subtraction calculations with fractions. 

Decimals: we will learn what tenths and hundredths are as fractions and decimals, and we will be representing them on place value charts and on number lines. 

Children will continue to practice their times tables (2-12 times tables), including doing Terrific Times Tables twice a week and practising on Times Tables Rock Stars, which they can also access from home. 
 
 

ENGLISH   

In Spring 1, we will explore the features of biographies and practice our non-fiction writing with the purpose 'to inform'. Our final outcome is to write a biography on the warrior queen, Boudicca. 

In Spring 2, we will continue our non-fiction writing centred on the text 'The Great Kapok Tree' by Lynne Cherry, with the purpose to write a letter 'to persuade'. 

Spelling patterns taught over the week will be incorporated into writing as will sentence structures which are provided as home learning tasks.  

READING 

During our Whole Class Reading sessions, we will be reading interesting extracts from challenging texts and applying our reading skills and strategies to infer, predict and retrieve information. 

At home, children should read for a minimum of 20 minutes at least 5 times a week.  

SCIENCE

Our next unit is States of Matter. We will be investigating and defining solids, liquids and gases, as well as investigating changes of state (melting and evaporation). We will also learn about the changes of state involved in the water cycle.

PSHE 

We will be focusing on Relationships, Mental Health and Keeping Safe.   

 MUSIC

We will be learning about chords, developing our skills on glockenspiels and improvising with our voices with the doot doot song. Later on, we will be exploring the use of pitch, melody, texture and timbre with Fanfare for the common man, and creating our own music inspired by the habenara rhythm associated with Spain. 

HISTORY 

We will continue our learning from the Autumn term on the Romans and their invasion of Britain. During the topic we will identify the chronology, explore how artefacts can teach us about their way of life and find out about Roman invasions and settlements. We will also identify the legacy of the settlers on Great Britain today.  

GEOGRAPHY

We will use atlases and globes to locate the world's rainforests. We will explore the main features of rainforests, the role rainforests play in global climate and identifying how conservation can reduce the threats to rainforests.

RE 

In RE we will be learning about the holy and sacred texts followed by Christianity, Islam and Judaism and how these scriptures influence how people live their lives. 

ART 

We will be evaluating the work of French painter Henri Rousseau, experimenting with colour mixing and developing our painting skills to create our own rainforest-inspired painting. 

COMPUTING 

We will continue essential learning on E-safety, before delving into our Multimedia unit where we will learn about audio editing. 

DT 

We will be designing, creating and evaluating a kite structure for the Year 4 Kite Festival. 

FRENCH 

We will consolidate our knowledge of introductions and greetings, numbers, days of the week and months of the year. Our new learning will be centred on the vocabulary and sentence structure to describe members of our families and pets. 

PE 

4W - Monday and Friday

4HM - Monday and Wednesday

Spring 1 PE units: Basketball and Dance (Space).

Spring 2 PE units: Tennis and Dance Festival.

Children should come into school on the PE days wearing their full kit and correct trainers.  All jewellery must be removed prior to the PE lesson. Children are responsible for removing their own earrings, if they are not able to do this, surgical tape must be provided, and the children will need to cover their own piercings.  

HOMEWORK 

Homework will follow the whole school schedule which includes: My Maths, Spelling Shed, sentences, reading and multiplication practice. 

Art of Sentence types set and returned every Monday 

Spellings set on Monday, tasks to be completed on EdShed 

MyMaths set on Tuesday completed for the following Monday