Year 4 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Year 4 :) 

On this page you will find all the information you need about Year 4.

Remember if you have any questions, queries or concerns please don't hesitate send me a Weduc message or come and see me on the class door at the end of the day!

Miss Holmes :) 

Please keep an eye out for our weekly newsletters that will be posted on facebook every Monday to see what year 4 will be focusing on throughout the week. It will also have important information, dates and websites that can help support the children's learning at home. Please see an example below: - 

Important Information:

Snack

Children are able to buy a selection of snacks like toast and juice from the canteen. Toast is 25p and drinks are 50p. If your child prefers to bring snack from home, this has to be a healthy option such as fruit, bread sticks, etc. 

Homework

-Homework in Year 4 will be given out on a Friday and due in the following Thursday.

-We encourage the children, even if they haven’t completed it for whatever reason ,to bring their books back the next week so that they have somewhere to put their new homework pieces.

P.E.

Year 4 will have P.E. on a Monday afternoon delivered by Mrs Anstey.

This year, children will come to school wearing their PE kits so that getting changed doesn't eat into our learning time.

Your child's PE kit should include: -

• Blue T-shirt (Can be purchased form the school office)
• Black shorts or plain black/dark jogging bottoms in winter
• Trainers (for outside PE)
• Black pumps (for indoor PE)
• School jumper or Cardigan in the colder months

Reading

Children are still expected to be reading a minimum of 4 times a week so that they can achieve their reading certificates. This needs to be logged in their Reading Record which then needs to be brought into school to be checked. They will bring home a book which is at a bespoke level for their reading ability. This needs to be brought into school each day as they will be required to read it during the school day.

DOJO's 

Children will continue to receive dojos this year. They will receive positive and negative dojos. Your child will receive positive dojos for good behaviour, wearing correct uniform and being on time amongst many other things! However, your child may also receive negative dojos for poor behaviour, being late and incorrect uniform. Each week their dojos will be banked. Once they reach 100 in their bank they will be able to choose a prize!

If your child has 90% or over positive dojos, they will have earnt themselves enrichment time. However,  if your child has 90% or over negative dojos they will go to reflection time with Mrs Seager . Reflection time is a quiet , thinking time where they can discuss with an adult where they recived negative dojos that week and how they are going to improve the following week.

Our Curriculum:

Autumn Term

Literacy 

This term, we will be studying ,'The Gorilla". Our focus for writing this half term is creating our own story based on "The Gorilla". We will weave in lots of grammar elements as well as creating some fantastic writing pieces. We use these books as a stimuli to base our writing around weaving in the Year 4 writing skills that need to be taught and developed.

Maths

In Year 4, we will be following White Rose Maths. In Autumn term, we study the units: Place Value; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division; Fractions then Converting units of measurement. This year, as well as our daily 'Total Recall' sessions, we will also be having discreet arithmetic sessions to consolidate the children's formal methods for calculations.  Within all these areas , we will also be developing reasoning and problem solving skills.

Science

As always, we aim to make science as interactive as possible by completing a range of practical investigations. In Autumn term we will study Electricity! 

History

We will be studying the topic of Ancient Greece. 

Computing

In Computing , we will be studying Networks and How computers are connected. We will have a continual focus on E-Safety as technology is such a huge part of our children's lives.

Jigsaw

We always really enjoy our jigsaw sessions. The children engage in thoughful conversations looking at themselves, their peers and world issues. Our first topic in Autumn is Being Me in My World followed by Celebrating differences in Autumn 2.

School Uniform

Children should wear their full school uniform daily unless stated otherwise. School Uniform should include: -

• School Jumper or Cardigan
• White Shirt or white polo shirt
• Tie (colour based on which house your child is in)
• Black/Grey Trousers or skirt (Not jogging bottoms)
• Blue gingham School Dress
• Black Shoes with a black sole

Please note children should not come into school wearing trainers.

Our School Golden Rules

• Be respectful
• Be ready
• Be safe

Check out some of the links below to help with your learning in Year 6.