Year 4

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Routines - Term 5

PE is on Wednesday (Cricket) and Friday (Football).  Children will need to wear their full PE kit to school. This consists of: House T-shirt, Dark shorts and/or jogging bottoms, trainers and school jumper. 

Outdoor Learning will be on Tuesdays throughout Term 5. Children will need wellies in a named carrier bag as well as appropriate wet weather gear (waterproof coat and trousers).  We advise that Outdoor Learning kit remains in school for the duration of the term as we may take advantage of other opportunities for outdoor learning within our timetable.

Homework will be set on a Monday and completed by Friday. Children should complete their work neatly (using a pencil) in their orange Homework books. This will consist of a main task linked to English, Maths or Foundation subjects, as well as a spelling activity related to our weekly rule.

Reading is crucial to every child's progress across the entire curriculum and we expect that every child reads to an adult at home at least 3 times a week.  Please record this in their blue reading record and ensure it is brought to school every day. 

Term 4 Update: Introduction of Weekly Times Tables Homework Task – Week beginning Monday 23^rd February 2026

As you may be aware, Year 4 pupils will complete the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) during the Summer Term. The MTC consists of 25 timed questions, testing pupils' recall of multiplication facts up to 12 x 12.

Therefore, to support children in learning their times tables, a weekly task will be introduced as part of homework. Children should practise the times table facts given to them by their class teacher in preparation for a quiz, each Friday. The facts covered each week will link directly to our daily learning in class, following the Mastering Number at KS2 programme. Children will also be given time to learn and revise these facts in school throughout the week.

Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any questions.

 

Online Apps

Children’s log-ins can be found on the inside their Reading Records. If you are having problems with these websites, please let us know as soon as possible.

Times Table Rockstars  – https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

Nessy  -  https://id.nessy.com

Accelerated Reader (Book Quizzes) – https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6699465

If your child requires daily medication, you must inform the school office via phone or email; also inform the class teacher. You will be required to complete a form that gives permission and details of the times and dosage of the medication required.

Inhalers: Children will need to keep their inhaler in their school bag and be responsible for taking them on visits or to events. In each classroom there is a medical box and it is advised that the school keep an extra inhaler for your child in this box, for use in school. Please inform the office if your child has to use an asthma inhaler so we can record it on the pupil record and send a named and in-date inhaler to school to be kept in the medical box.

Allergies: Please inform the school immediately, if your child has an allergy to anything or if your child needs specific medication e.g. an epi-pen. Make sure that your child brings their epi-pen to school every day. It should be kept in a named bag and labelled with the instructions attached. Please supply a spare epi-pen to be kept at school for emergencies.

All children are expected to wear the correct school uniform, daily. Only black school shoes, no trainers or ankle boots.

On P.E days, the children will wear their P.E kit to school, including House T-shirt. Only school jumpers should be worn with navy or black shorts, skorts or leggings and trainers.

Please ensure children bring in suitable wet weather gear, including wellies and waterproofs, on Outdoor Learning days. 

To sign up for music lessons, please see the links below:

Rocksteady – https://www.rocksteadymusicschool.com/

Other Music Lessons – https://uksouthglos.speedadmin.dk/registration#/

Email: music@wema.org.uk 

Maths

In Maths this term, children will initially build on their knowledge of decimals, recapping dividing whole numbers by 10 and 100 before rounding, comparing and ordering decimals. After that, our focus will turn to time and money. During our unit on money, our previous learning of decimals will be key in supporting the children in writing money as decimals and converting between pounds and pence. When we focus on time, we will first recap prior learning on minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years before converting between analogue and digital clocks, as well as 12- and 24-hour clocks.

Times tables are an important part of our mathematical teaching and learning throughout the whole of Year 4. Pupils will complete the National Multiplication Tables Check during the Summer Term. Please support times table learning and speedy recall of multiplication and division facts at home. We recommend regular use of Times Table Rockstars (TTR) app, including use of the Soundcheck feature. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

English

In English this term, we will be reading a story called A Hero Like Me by Angela Joy & Jen Reid. As part of our learning, we will explore the author’s style of writing, understand Jen’s character and retell the story from her perspective. We will then begin our non-fiction unit linked to A Hero Like Me.

In addition, we will continue to develop our reading skills through regular Guided Reading sessions. We will introduce, explore and apply our new spelling rules and patterns, weekly.

Foundation:

In Science this term, we focus on ‘Animals including Humans’ – a series of lessons that explore the human digestive system, different types of teeth and food chains. We deepen and broaden our knowledge of these topics throughout the term and develop our scientific enquiry skills with a particular focus on making predictions.

Geography explores Volcanoes and Earthquakes. We understand why and how a volcano is formed this term and explore how earthquakes shake!

In PSHE, pupils will explore the life of Chiwa, a girl from Malawi. Through her story, the children will explore and discuss inequality, stereotypes and ways to promote fairness. We will also consider the impact of climate change, fair trade and organisations that support communities like Chiwa’s. Pupils will reflect on their role as global citizens and how their actions can impact the wider world.

Computing develops our Scratch skills and will teach us how to adapt commands to enhance instructions and games produced.

In Art, we learn about the life and work of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth and create a clay sculpture that represents one of our own journeys through the playscape.

In PE, we are building upon our skills and tactics employed when playing Football. Cricket is our second P.E. lesson in the week.

Finally, French focuses strongly on the spoken skill of making conversation – understanding what is being said and responding appropriately.

What a fantastic term of learning ahead!