Year 4 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 4 Class Page

  Important Information

4SW do PE on: Tuesday and Wednesday           4F do PE on: Monday

        We test times tables on: Thursday

       We test spellings on: Friday

Our daily homework is to read to an adult at home and practise our times tables and spellings in order to ensure we make the best possible progress during our time in Year 4. Please let your class teacher know when you have read through the Reading Record.

Multiplication Tables Check

The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is a key stage 2 assessment to be taken by pupils at the end of year 4 (in June). The purpose of the MTC is to make sure times tables knowledge is at the expected level. The MTC is an online test where the pupils are asked 25 questions on times tables 2 to 12. For every question they have 6 seconds to answer and in between the questions there is a 3 second rest. Questions about the 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 times tables come up more often. The questions are generated randomly based on the rules of the MTC.

How to prepare: A good way to prepare is start early and build a daily routine practising the times tables. With regular practise children learn all the questions and gain confidence. We suggest practising 10 to 15 minutes a day for optimal results. We have added a list of links to pages that can help pupils practise the skills they need for the MTC:

• TTRockstars
• Hit the Button
• Maths Frame Multiplication Check

A typical day in Year 4 looks like...

8.20 - Starter of the Day 

8.45 - 9.45 - English

9.45 - 10.00 - Break Time

10.00 - 11.00 - Maths

11.00 - 12.00 - Reading

12.00 - 1.00 - Lunch

1.00 - 1.15 - Maths Meeting

1.15 - 2.45 - Wider Curriculum Lesson

2.45 - 3.05 - Whole Class Reading

Autumn

Life Before the Chocolate Factory!

This term our topic is 'Life Before the Chocolate Factory!’ where we will be learning about the Ancient Maya and their way of life. We will be exploring and learning about:

-The Ancient Maya civilisation in History.

-Tropical rainforests in Geography.

-Living things and their habitats and animals including humans in Science.

- Experimenting with song lyrics by using our voice expressively in Music.

-Postive relationships and respecting our similarities and differences in PSHE.

-The use of sketch pencils including tone, shade and texture in Art.

-How to keep safe online.

Spring

Rampaging Romans!

This term our topic is 'Rampaging Romans' where we will be learning about the Romans and their way of life. We will be learning and exploring:

-The Roman Empire in History.

-Italy and it's volcanoes in Geography.

-States of Matter including solids, liquids and gases in Science.

-How to create mosaics in Art.

-Mechanisms including pulleys in Design and Technology.

-Belonging to a community and our shared responsibilities in PSHE.

-Using silence, tempo and repeated patterns in Music.

Summer

Invaders and Settlers!

This term our topic is 'Invaders and Settlers' where we will be learning about the Viking and Anglo-Saxon era. We will be learning and exploring:

-The Vikings and Anglo- Saxon way of life in History.

-Rivers in Geography.

-Where electricity comes from and building an electrical ciricuit then sound in Science.

-Designing and creating a sculpture in Art.

-Cooking and nutrition in Design and Technology.

-Physical and mental wellbeing and the changes in your body in PSHE.

-Composing a piece of classical music to tell a Viking saga story in Music. 

Our learning this year so far...

Our topic in the Autumn Term is 'The Ancient Maya'! Year 4 spent time creating their own weaving looms inspired by designs and colours of the

            Mayan Civilisation.

 

 

 

Our Science topic in the Autumn Term is 'Living things and their habitats' Year 4 took a trip to our forest school to observe and record a variety of invertebrates and then went onto inputting their data into a bar chart and pictogram. 

 

 

 

Year 4 were up to the challenge when they were asked to create the sounds of the Amazonian Rainforest. We also looked into ways in which we could create mood and atmostphere with various instruments.

 

 

 

Our English lessons are not always classroom based behind a desk! Year 4 completed a 'Consience Alley' where they had to imagine themselves as characters from our class book and think about what they would choose to do in the story!

 

 

 

In our Snappy Science lesson, we followed instructions on how to make our own toothpaste! Children used prior learning from our 'Humans including animals' topic to pick out ingredients that would be necessary to make an effective toothpaste.