Welcome to Year 4

Meet the Staff

In Year 4 our teachers are Miss Tweddle and Mrs Graham. Our teaching assistants are Miss Perkins and Mrs Chambers.

 

General Information

In Year 4, we follow a broad and balanced curriculum where every child can flourish and succeed.

Year 4 have PE on Monday afternoons. On this day, please ensure that any earrings are removed. For further information about school uniforms, please visit our school uniform page.

This term, Year 4 will be participating in swimming lessons each Wednesday morning. Miss Tweddle’s class will swim until October half term and then Miss Maughan’s class with begin their sessions.

We encourage children to read each and every day, therefore, children are asked to bring their home reading books and signed reading records into school daily.

Long Term Plan

Long Term Plan Year 4

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Overview – Autumn Term 2023

Curriculum Overview – Spring Term 2024

Curriculum Overview – Summer Term 2024

Our Class Charter

Y4T class charter

English

Year 4 develop their love of reading through being immersed in stories, investigating facts and absorbing vocabulary from a range of high-quality books. We read a variety of books from our Reading Spine throughout the school year (including classic books, contemporary fiction and picture books). We also have access to a wide selection of books in our reading bookshelves.

Our Reading Spine books are:

• Bill’s New Frock by Anne Fine
• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
• Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo
• The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman
• Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
• The Snow Walker’s Son by Catherine Fisher
• Perry Angel’s Suitcase by Glenda Millard

 

These are some of the books that we will focus on in our English lessons. Children will have the opportunity to explore different ways of writing using these books to stimulate their thought process.

Mathematics

We follow the White Rose Maths long-term plan, encouraging children to develop their learning using the concrete – pictorial – abstract approach (CPA approach). Children also practise their times tables in numerous ways such as using Times Tables Rockstars and Times Tables Olympics each week. This will support the children’s learning in preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication Check which will take place in June 2023. In addition to this, children also complete our Mathstastic on a weekly basis.

Ukulele

In our Year 4, children learn to play the Ukulele with Mr Elliott from Durham Music Service.

To find out more about the curriculum in Year 4, please visit our Curriculum page.

Home Learning

• Spellings (EdShed)
• Timestables Rockstars
• Home reading books

Experiences we have in Year 4.