Hello and welcome to the Year 4 class page. This is where you'll find all the information you need to know about what we'll be learning in Year 4 this half-term.

In our reading lessons we will start by reading “Ice Palace” which is a fantastic adventure story about a boy called Ivan who lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him. While in English, we will be reading 'Farther' by Graham Baker Smith which is a magical picture book in which the children are drawn into a world of impossible dreams. We will build up to writing a sequel story.

In maths, we will be learning to find the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and irregular and regular polygons before focusing on fractions where we will learn about fractions greater than 1, mixed numbers and equivalent fractions. We will use our fractions knowledge to add and subtract fractions. Throughout the term, will also continue to practice out times tables through songs, games and Time Tables Rock Stars.

Our science topic of sound will help us understand how sounds are made, understand how the vibrations travel through different mediums to the ear before we explore patterns in the pitch of a sound and the features of the object that created it. Using this knowledge, the children will then explore the patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations it creates before investigating how sound changes the further away you are from the source.

Our history topic is “Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know what was important to them?” and we will spend time looking at historical artefacts and sources to learn about why the Romans left Britain, why the Anglo-Saxons created village communities, Anglo-Saxon beliefs and the arrival of Christianity in Britain. There will be some exciting home learning opportunities for you to participate in too.

In DT, we will be exploring mechanical systems in the form of mechanical cars. The children will explore and investigate the different ways in which they can make cars move before designing, making and evaluating a toy car kit. In RE, we will consider the big question “Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’?”. We will learn about Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem, his death and resurrection, how Christians mark Easter events in their church communities and how Christians show their beliefs about Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Saturday.

Our PE coach will be teaching us cricket in PE on Tuesdays and we will also be focusing on improving our fitness in our Thursday PE lessons including speed, strength, co-ordination, balance and stamina. In computing, we will be considering how and why we might need to collect data before using data loggers to collect and then input the data they have collected.

Our Spanish lessons will focus on pets, looking at first being able to name some common pet names in Spanish before being able to describe them using adjectives and read aloud these descriptions using the correct pronunciation. We then look at describing the weather.

We have a lot to look forward to this half term, so please visit this page regularly to see our learning journey.

Miss Kendall, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Nasir