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 “Rainforests in 30 seconds” which is a
lovely non-fiction book with lots of facts and information about different rainforests,
the animals that live in them and where rainforests can be found.
In English we will be continuing our work on The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley
Hughes which tells the story of a boy who has been evacuated and how the badge
his father gives him to look after inspires him to be brave. We will build up to writing
our own historical narratives.
In maths we will be continuing our work on fractions before moving on to decimals
including partitioning decimals in different ways. We will then be able to apply our
knowledge in work around money. We will also continue to practice out times tables
through songs, games and Time Tables Rock Stars.
Our science topic of living things will help us learn more about the plants and
animals in our local environments as well as grouping and classifying living things in
a variety of different ways. We will also look at how environments can change and
how this can affect different living things.
Our history topic is “What did the Vikings want and how did Alfred help to stop them
getting it” and we will spend time looking at historical artefacts and sources to learn
about why the Vikings invaded Britain, the design of Viking longships and why King
Alfred is the only monarch of Britain to have “the Great” after their name.
In art we will be continuing our work around rainforest designs, learn about how
nature inspired William Morris for our artist study before exploring textile techniques
and creating a repeating pattern inspired by the rainforest that could be used as a
fabric design.
In RE we will consider the big question “Why do some people think that life is like a
journey and what significant events mark this?”. We will learn about what a journey
of life may look like for some people along with important events people of different
faiths may celebrate on their journey.
Coach Josh will be teaching us rounders in PE on Tuesdays and we will also be
focusing on outdoor adventure activities in our Thursday PE lessons focusing on
teamwork, communication and co-operation.
In computing we will be learning about audio production including planning and
creating podcasts, learning what happens behind the scenes in a podcast and
evaluating the podcasts we create.
Our Spanish lessons will focus classroom objects including asking each other if we
have different items in our pencil cases.
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