Welcome to Year 4

Welcome to Year 4! What a fantastic start to the school year we have had already. It was lovely to see all the children return from the summer holidays looking happy, smart and ready to learn. I am very much looking forward to working with your children on some exciting topics this year. All information will be displayed under the tabs to the left. However, if there is anything you need to discuss which is not on here, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am very much looking forward to working with you in supporting your child.

W/C 02.02.26
Do sugary drinks cause tooth decay? This has been our enquiry question in Science over the past two weeks and the children have planned, executed and observed their own scientific investigation, placing eggs into 5 different liquids (water, milk, coca-cola, orange juice and vinegar) so replicate the effect of these on the enamel of our teeth. The results were fascinating - particularly the vinegar which made our egg shell transparent and rubber enough to bounce! We concluded our investigation with our findings and referred back to predcitions we made at the planning stage too - safe to say we were all very much surp

W/C 26.01.26
Year 4 have been doing Gymnastics in PE this half term. We have worked hard to create shapes with our bodies that are full of tension and poise, understand how to travel safely across equipment at varied heights and how to to dismount from tall equipment and land safely using our arms and knees. This week the children have been combining all of these skills to create a sequence across stations of equipment. Grace was the word for Year 4!

W/C 12.01.26
Our History topic for the Spring Term is Ancient Greece. In Art, we have been working through the necessary skills to create clay pots. Having designed our pots based on authentic Greek models, the children practised using clay and carving their repeated geometric patterns onto a prototype. Following lessons taught us how to use the coiling method and how to create and use slip to attach handles to our pots.

W/C 05.01.26
Maths has focussed on multiplication and Division to start the new year. After having learned about factors and multiples, the children worked on multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100. Using number cards and place value columns, the children explored how each digit in a whole number is moved either up or down the place value columns depending on which operation we we using. The practical lesson really helped the children master what is happening to the numbers.

W/C 17.11.25
Our Science unit this half term is all about Electricity! As this is the first time the class have undertaken any learning about Electricity in Primary Science, we have done lots of practical work exploring circuitry and electrical components. The children have loved using the wires, battery packs and bulbs/motors/buzzers to create complete circuits, as well as using their investigative skills to understand why circuits made in particular ways would not work. Our most recent learning has covered electrical conductors and insulators, which again made for an exciting practical lesson! We are hoping to combine this learning with our DT project of creating a moving Christmas card, so that it not only moves - but lights up!

W/C 03.11.25
We kicked off the new half term brilliantly with a trip to Bosworth Battlefield, supporting our learning of the Romans topic. Our 'Life in the day of a Roman' workshop was incredible! We met Boudica who taught us all about the Roman invasion of Britain, a Roman Centurions wife who explained all things about the life of a soldier and then we took part in an archeological workshop where he held real ancient roman artefacts. All in all it was a truly memorable day and we all thoroughly enjoyed it!

W/C 06.10.25
To show our understanding and appreciation for Black History Month, Jays Class have studied the work of American Sculptor, Augusta Savage. We learned about her history and how she wanted her art to be a means of bridging the gap in racial divide and ending discrimination. Some of her most famous works were clay busts of significant activists, so the children created a bust of themselves. The care and dedication taken over the work was phenomenal and some of the end results were museum worthy!

W/C 22.09.25
This week Year 4 have started to prepare for a setting description in English. We started by generating ambitious adjectives based around a stimulus. We quickly realised that we had only focused on what we could physically see in the picture. It sparked brilliant discussion around how we could improve our writing using our senses. Watch this space for the end product...

W/C 08.09.25
Year 4 have been looking at the artist Alma Thomas in Art this week and experimenting with her style of 'dabbing'. The children explored her works and tried to recreate her abstract style using paints. The end results were both beautiful and impressive!
 
What We’re Learning This Term

English

• Character/Setting Description

• Biography

• Narrative Poetry

• Narrative (Opening Hooks)

• Diary

Maths

• Place Value

• Addition & Subtraction

• Area

• Multiplication & Division

Science

• Sound

• Electricity

History

• Romans

Geography

• Local Area Study

Design & Technology

• Mechanical Systems – Levers and Linkages

Art

• Painting & Collage – Alma Woodsey Thomas

RE

• Journey of Life and Death

• Spiritual Expression

PSHE

• Being Me in My World

• Celebrating Difference

Computing

• E-Safety

• Programming

Music

• Mamma Mia!

• Glockenspiel

PE​

• Dance

MFL (French)

• Numbers to 50

• Simple Phrases/Questions
   

Reading

Reading even for five minutes a day helps across all subjects. Please encourage daily reading and log it in your child’s diary. Reading books are changed weekly on a Monday matched to your child's reading ability and providing appropriate challenge. 
Please can Reading Diaries be in school every day.


P.E.

PE is on a Wednesday and Thursday. Children need:

• Shorts/joggers (weather depending)

• T-shirt (long/short sleeved)

• Spare socks and trainers
   

Hair must be tied back and earrings removed/covered (plasters provided by home). PE is a statutory requirement; non-participation requires a written note.