A warm welcome to Year 4! We’re so excited to start this new school year with your children. This half-term is packed with interesting topics, creative projects, and lots of opportunities for the children to grow in confidence and independence. Here’s a little overview of what we’ll be learning in Autumn 1.

In English, we’ll be writing our own historical narratives using the beautiful book The Lion and the Unicorn. In reading, we’ll enjoy traditional tales from India, which will help us explore different cultures and build comprehension skills. Our focus in Maths will be on place value, addition and subtraction, and keeping those times tables sharp!

We’ll be investigating Electricity in Science, learning how circuits work, building our own circuits and experimenting with conductors and insulators. Our local area will be our focus for Geography this term as we look at how it has changed over time. Look out for the Learning Challenge homework based around this!

In RE we’ll be learning about Hinduism, exploring key beliefs, traditions, and festivals while in Computing the children will be introduced to computing systems and networks, finding out how technology connects us and how computers communicate with each other.

We’ll be getting hands-on with sculpture and 3D art, experimenting with different materials in Art and exploring families and relationships in our PSHE lessons. PE lessons will be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons so please ensure children come into school in their full PE kit on those days.

We can’t wait to share this exciting half-term of learning with the children. Thank you for your continued support — together we’ll make sure Year 4 is a fantastic experience for everyone!

Miss Kendall, Miss Crookall and Mrs Stewart.