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.
In English we will be reading Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Craste which starts
with the words “There was once only the sound of bees and the wind in the wiry
grass, the low murmuring of moles in the cool dark earth…” We will build up to
writing an explanation text about life cycles.
In maths we will be learning to divide 2-digit numbers 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. We will
also continue to practice out times tables through songs, games and Time Tables
Rock Stars.
Our science topic of states of matter will help us understand solids, liquids and gases
and we will compare and group together materials, observe some materials
changing state when they are heated or cooled and learn about the water cycle
including the parts played by evaporation and condensation.
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.
In DT we will be exploring frame structures before designing a pavilion, building a
frame structure- including reinforcing the corner and adding cladding. We will learn to
use a range of tools safely and learn to create different textural effects with
materials.
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.
Coach Tom 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 continuing our coding work using scratch which will include
recognising what a variable is, making our own variable and creating a quiz using
variables.
Our Spanish lessons will focus on shapes and colours and as part of this we will
learn about Gaudi mosaics and the tiles in the Alhambra.

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

Miss Crookall, Miss Kendall and Mrs Nasir