Year 4 2025 - 2026

Welcome to the Year 4 Class Page

In Year 4, we are learning to be more independent with our learning!

Class Teacher: Miss Halsall

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Dolman (every morning) and Mrs Brant (Mon all day, Tues morning and Wed afternoon)

Volunteers: Mr Corbett and Mr Peacock.

This terms learning: 

Our values for this term are Trust and Responsibility.

This term we will be learning all about the Ancient Egyptians in history and exploring Barcelona and the River Ebro in Geography!

In English we will be basing our writing around the books ‘Our Tower’ by Joseph Coelho, 'The Journey' by Francesca Sanna and ‘Manfish’ by Jennifer Berne.

Our maths learning will be focused on fractions, shape and measure and getting ready for the Multiplication Times Table Check!

In Art we will be looking at landscapes, particularly photography! We will hopefully be able to take a little trip to Botantic Gardens to take our own photos and then recreating our own version in the style of David Hockney.

Our first Science unit is sound where we will explore what sound is and how it is made, before getting the chance to investigate how it travels, can be blocked and how different pitches can be attained. After half term, we will then learn about States of Matter! 

In RE, we will be focusing on Islam and our final unit on Christianity after half term. In PSHE, we will be looking at economic wellbeing and then transition ready for September!

 Our brass lessons will still continue every Friday with Mr Fogg. Please remember to bring your instrument in and keep practicing at home! We are working towards performing in a concert towards the end of the year!

P.E is on Tuesdays with Emma Caunce - please come to school in your PE kit! Please see the uniform list for the appropriate kit that will be needed. Trainers are allowed to be worn. Don't forget to remove/cover any jewellery (including watches -and earrings) and make sure your hair is tied up if it is long.

Homework : Reading, Spellings and Timestables 

Reading - you should aim to read at least 3 times per week - this is the minimum expectation! Reading records will be checked on a Friday and will need to be signed by an adult. 

Spellings - ~Year 4 have weekly spelling lists that are sent home at the start of each half term and spelling tests will be on a Friday. Please also practice Common Exception Words too – see files below for the list!

TimesTables - It is really important for Year 4 to practise their times table as they should be working towards knowing up to 12 x 12. Year 4 should continue to access Times Tables Rockstars. The children will be having weekly slots in the Computer room using this programme and they will also have in-class sessions to improve their accuracy and speed when using the keyboard. Children can access TT Rockstars from home from a computer or an iPad/tablet. All they need is their login details which are stuck inside their reading records. If they don't have them, please see Miss Halsall.

Please follow this link to find out about the Year 4 Multiplication Table Check (MTC): https://youtu.be/WgWDw6djbK0