Year 4

Autumn 1

Geography and History

Our geography and history this half term will be about life in Ancient Egypt. We will be learning about important events, the social triangle, mummification, gods and hieroglyphs as well as using artefacts to tell us about life at that time.

Maths

During maths lessons we will be covering:

Place value

Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication

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.

In the next week your child will receive their TT Rockstars and IXL passwords again. If it is possible at home, please give your child time to practise on these websites/apps.

English

This half term we will be writing a narrative inspired by The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo. This will link with our question, ‘What is power and how do people get it?’ as we explore the hierarchy of Ancient Egyptian life. We will also be developing our reading skills with a non-fiction text, 100 Facts – Ancient Egypt by Miles Kelly.

We will be looking at year 4 specific grammar expectations as part of the writing sequence and spellings from the year 3 and 4 word list.

For book study, we are looking at A Mummy Ate My Homework by Thiago de Moraes. All texts will be used to support the global curriculum topic of Power and Governance.

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
• Home reading
• TT Rockstars
• Timestables.co.uk
• Spelling Shed

For your information

Please make sure that your child has a water bottle in school and it is washed every day.

PE is on Mondays (swimming) and Thursdays. The correct PE uniform is needed. This is a white t-shirt and suitable footwear. Children are required to come to school in their PE kit.

For swimming, children need to bring a towel, a swimming costume and a bag for their wet clothes. If you have any questions, please come and speak to us before or after school.