Year 4
Welcome to Year 4!
The team is Mr Wray, Miss Dennison, Mrs Mayo and Mrs Naylor.
Year 4 | Summer 1 |
Geography and History Our geography this half term will be about the physical and human characteristics of Italy. We will then compare Italy to the UK and explore the similarities and differences. We will look at the land and explore the name of rivers, mountains and other aspects of the physical geography of each country.
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Maths During maths lessons we will be: Learning about decimals including adding, subtracting and rounding decimals. Learning how to calculate involving money. Learning about time including converting between analogue and digital time.
In June 2025 there is a Y4 National Times tables test. Therefore, your child will be expected to know all their times tables (1-12) and be able to answer each question within 6 seconds. We will be giving your children lots of support with this.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
| English This half term we are reading the book, Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf. We will be using this story as a stimulus for writing a narrative.
Our book study text is Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll. It relates back to our learning on the Egyptians from eariler in the year. We will learn inference, prediction, retrieval and imagination skills related to the story that we read.
Science For this half term in Science we will be learning about states of matter. This includes learning about solids, liquids and gases. |
Home Learning Please make sure that you are signed into your child’s Dojo account to receive the latest information from school. We also encourage:
We have a weekly leaderboard for IXL and TT Rockstars with the top 5 children earning house points for their hard work at home. | For your information PE is on Mondays (swimming) and Thursdays and the correct PE uniform is needed. This is a white t-shirt and suitable footwear. Children are asked to come to school in their PE kit. So far we have done football, basketball, cricket, gymnastics and we are preparing a dance for the schools dance share next half term.
On Mondays, children need their swimming kit underneath their uniform and can bring a towel and underwear in their swimming bag. |
English
Recently, children have produced some fantastic setting descriptions and stories about the rainforest based on our book When the Mountains Roared. This half term we are reading the book, The One and Only Ivan. Our book study text is The Wilderness War whoch explores the themes of adventure, teamwork and friendship. We will learn inference, prediction, retrieval and imagination skills related to the story that we read.
History and Geography
Our history and geography this half term will be about the Romans and how the Romans fit into the history of the world and have impacted our lives today. We will explore the Roman way of life and explore Roman artefacts. We will also explore the Celts and compare the Celts to the Romans.
Maths
During maths lessons we will be covering:
Fractions
Decimals
Recaps of place value, 4 operations,
multiplication, division and perimeter.
In June 2025 there is a Y4 National Times tables test. Your child will be expected to know all their times tables (1-12) and be able to answer each question within 6 seconds. We will be giving your children lots of support with this and they are doing great so far!
Before the holidays, your child received their TT Rockstars and IXL passwords again. Please give your child time to practise on these websites/apps.
Home Learning
Please make sure that you are signed into your
child’s Dojo account to receive the latest
information from school. We also encourage:
· IXL
· TT Rockstars
· Home Reading
· Whack a mole Times Tables
There is always a weekly leaderboard where the top 5 children earn house points for their home learning.
For your information
PE is on Mondays (swimming) and Thursdays and the correct PE uniform is needed. This is a white t-shirt and suitable footwear. Children are asked to come to school in their PE kit. So far we have done football and basketball and will be doing gymnastics this half term. On Mondays, children need their swimming kit underneath their uniform (please make sure they DO NOT have their underwear on underneath) and can bring a towel and underwear in their swimming bag.