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 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.