Year 4
Welcome to the class page for Year 4!
4M - Mr McGowan
4V - Miss Vance
4B- Mr West and Ms Wheatley
Support staff - Miss Bennett, Mrs Newey, Mrs Seymour, Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Hirst, Mrs Hunter.
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Welcome
Summer 2025
English
The units of writing this term will be a wishes story, a newspaper report and an explanation text. The children will practise different sentence types which will include: de: de, superlatives, 2A sentences, verbs (-ing and –ly), BOYS sentences (but, or, yet, so), time conjunctions and causal conjunctions. There will be opportunities to identify and use adverbs, similes, alliteration, metaphors and personification. In comprehension and guided reading lessons, the children will be reading a range of text types to practise inference, summarising, retrieval and word meaning skills in both independent and group tasks. The children will continue to practise SPaG skills, by using the following correctly: pronouns, apostrophes for possession/contraction and proofreading to make sure that words make sense in their sentences.
Mathematics
During the summer term children will be developing their reasoning, thinking, explaining and problem solving skills. Areas of coverage are: Money- Knowing pounds and pence; Geometry-Identifying, comparing and ordering different angles; Recognising regular and irregular shapes; Classifying triangles, quadrilaterals and identifying lines of symmetry; Understanding quadrants and coordinates. Time – converting analogue and digital times, converting to the 24-clock and problem-solving. We will also continue to improve our multiplication tables knowledge and recall.
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Our topic is ...
Invaders and Settlers
This topic is about having a good knowledge and understanding of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and their relationship to early British history. Throughout the topic, we aim to encourage the children to think critically about different perspectives and ask relevant questions to further their knowledge.
Through this topic we will be linking our historical knowledge of early invaders and settlers, to our artwork and DT work. We will be creating Roman shields in art and looking at Italian food.
Our educational visit will be to ‘The Lunt’ Roman Fort. This will provide children with the opportunity to recognise and understand what life was like for a Roman soldier. They will have the opportunity to explore the Roman Fort and participate in parade ground drills.
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Homework
The homework each week will be:
Maths Flex - your child will have a maths flex log in, please log in each week to complete the set work which builds on the learning your children have been doing in class.
Spellings tests. The children will have spellings within the spelling booklet provided and these will be tested on a Thursday. If you find they have forgotten them, there are always spare copies in the classroom. Just ask the class teacher.
You can also practise your spellings on 'Spellingframe' using your log in, follow the link here - 'Spellingframe'
Reading books. The children have school reading books. Please read with your child at home and record in the reading diary. All children are responsible for changing their own reading book, story time or first thing in the morning. Reading diaries will be checked by the class teacher on Thursday, so please ensure your child has their reading record in school.
TT Rockstars. Please log on as frequently as possible to practise and earn points.
Statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC)
In June, Year 4 pupils will be required to take the statutory Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). The check is to test if children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is important for fully accessing many areas of the Mathematics curriculum throughout Key Stage 2, and beyond. The MTC is an on-screen check with 25 times tables questions. Children will have six seconds to answer each question. The check should take around five minutes to complete. Children have been practising their times tables on a regular basis with their class teachers using a range of teaching and learning tools such as games, songs and www.ttrockstars.com, which they can also access at home too.
Swimming
Swimming will be every Friday. We will be leaving at 9.00 prompt, so please ensure your child is at school on time.
Please ensure your child has the correct kit with them. A swim cap is a good idea as we do not have any hair drying facilities.
PE
Please ensure that your child has the appropriate kit. These can be brought into school and left in lockers.
4M - Wednesday
4V - Thursday
4B - Friday
P.E Kit
Plain white t-shirt
Royal blue shorts
Pumps
Hair tied back
No jewellery
Spellings
2024 Parents Guide
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Do you know all your times tables??
Year 4 children need to know all the multiplication facts, and associated division facts by the end of the year. Do you know them all? Use these games to test yourself!
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Hit the Button!
Test your knowledge of your number facts and number bonds in this quick fire game!