WELCOME TO YEAR 4

Welcome to Year 4

We have two classes in Year 4: 

In 4JM, the children are taught by Mr Johal and Mr Masterton. In 4K, the children are taught by Mrs Kuschel.

We will be supported in our learning by our Learning Support Assistant who are: Miss Mckiernon and Mrs Kashif

Summer Term 2025

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).

Decimals: looking at decimals to order and compare as well as round to the nearest whole.

Money: converting between pounds and pence, comparing and estimating amounts as well as problem solving.

Time: recapping previous learning of half hour and quarter to and past as well as 5 minute intervals. We will be developing our understanding of the 24 hour clock.

Shape: looking at angles and turns, building on learning from Year 3. We will be looking at various shapes (triangles, quadrilaterals & polygons) and lines of symmetry.

Position & Direction: using and plotting coordinates on grids, as well as translating on a grid.

Children will continue to work on their Terrific Times Tables to help the quick recall of times tables. All children have their login details and can access TTRS from home.

 

ENGLISH  

This term in English, we will be reading the text Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy. The children will be creating works to entertain using what they have read in class to inspire their writing.

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.

ART

Our focus in Art will be textiles, we will be using the work of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Children will be able to investigate and select appropriate materials, giving reasons for their choices. They will be able to use stitching, cutting and joining skills. They will use a variety of techniques, e.g. printing, dyeing, weaving and stitching to create different textural effects

Geography

Rainforests- In the first half of the term, we will be finishing our work on rainforests, looking at the similarities and differences of physical and human geography of South America compared to the UK.

History

Anglo-Saxons- In the second half of the term, we will be looking at the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain after the departure of the Romans. We will be studying what life was like in Anglo-Saxon Britain during this period.

Music

In music we will be focusing on the gospel song This Little Light of Mine - a gospel song about support and used during the Civil Rights Movement in the USA. By end of the learning the children will have learnt and performed the song with instrumental accompaniment using their learning from Autumn and Spring term.

STEM (Science)

We will start the term finishing off our unit on electricity, with work on electrical safety. Following this, we will be looking at living things and their habitats. The focus will be on how living things can be grouped, classification keys, the impact of humans on the environments and the positive role humans can play.

COMPUTING

In our computing lessons this term, we will be looking at developing our skills in photo editing. We will also be working on branching databases, looking at what they are and how they work.

DT

This term we will be designing, creating and evaluating an illuminated sign. This is linked to our science topic of electricity.

PSHE

In PSHE this term we will looking at how we live in the wider world. This will include developing an understanding of economics and money, how resources can be allocated individually and within communities. We will also be finding out how to keep safe in both real and virtual environments.

RE

In RE our learning will be focussed on the key question: What do our celebrations show us what we think is important in life? We will be looking at the religious festivals of Eid, Diwali and Easter.

FRENCH

In French we will be about clothes. We will be learning songs and translating texts as well working on vocabulary to describe what we are wearing.  

PE

Monday and Tuesday

This term our PE units are: dance, basketball and tennis.

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 is set and returned every Monday

Spellings set on Monday, tasks to be completed on EdShed

MyMaths set on Tuesday completed for the following Monday