Class Teachers: Catriona Burrows, Amy Gowan and Emel Ali

Welcome

In Year 4 we plan lots of interesting cross-curricular activities to help children to learn. This enables them to research and learn about themes in depth which generates high levels of interest and enjoyment. We try to provide opportunities for children to go on trips and have school-based work shops as we believe this helps to reinforce their learning and create enthusiasm about their topic. In Year 4 it is important for children to develop their independence and resilience in order to prepare them for upper juniors and beyond.

Year 4 Teaching Team

Year Group Leader	Catriona Burrows
Teaching assistant	Ikran Daud
Class Teachers	Catriona Burrows (Rowan Class )
	Amy Gowan (Mulberry Class )
	Emel Ali (Oak Class)
	Tom Hoffman-Lagro
	Verral Paul-Walcott

Curriculum / Learning

Our School Values for this academic year are: Cooperation (Autumn 1), Empathy (Autumn 2), Fairness (Spring 1), Forgiveness (Spring 2), Kindness (Summer 1) and Loyalty (Summer 2).

Our Learning

Year 4 follows the Department for Education’s National Curriculum Framework and provides broad and balanced teaching opportunities which promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of our pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.

The National Curriculum Framework

Termly Class Letter To Parents and Carers

Year 4 Autumn Curriculum Newsletter

School Trip Letter

To follow

The National Curriculum

Mathematics

Mathematics teaching in Year 4 (Lower Key Stage 2) is designed to develop pupil knowledge so that they become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division – number facts and the concept of place value. Pupils are expected to develop efficient written and mental methods and perform calculations accurately with increasingly large whole numbers. Additionally in Year 4 the programme of study requires pupils to draw shapes accurately and to develop mathematical reasoning so that they can recognise and analyse their properties.

Pupils are also expected to have developed their ability to solve a range of problems, including: simple fractions, decimal place value, memorise their multiplication tables up to and including the 12 times multiplication table, read and spell mathematical vocabulary correctly and confidently and show precision and fluency in their work.

Calculation Strategies for Parents and Carers

Helpful Websites to practise times tables.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Access to age-appropriate resources from London Grid for Learning ( including Purplemash)

https://www.lgfl.net/

Year 4 Mathematics Programme of Study

Number – place value/addition/subtraction/multiplication/division/fractions/decimals
Measurement
Geometry – properties of shape/position/direction
Statistics

Download Year 4 Mathematics Programme of Study

English

In Year 4 the expectation is that pupils will be able to read accurately and at a speed that facilates them to focus on understanding what they are reading, rather than on decoding individual words. Teaching will be directed towards developing our readers’ vocabulary and the breadth and depth of their reading, creating independent, fluent and enthusiastic readers who read widely and frequently.

In Year 4 we will be consolidating our pupil’s writing skills, their vocabulary and their grasp of sentence structure. Pupils will build on what they have already learnt, particularly in terms of the range of their writing, grammar, vocabulary and narrative structures. Joined writing is accepted as the norm and pupils are expected to write fast enough to keep pace with what they want to say. Pupil’s spelling of common words should be correct, including common exception words (see below) and other words they have learnt.

Year 4 English Programme of Study

Reading – word/comprehension
Writing – transcription/handwriting/composition/vocabulary/grammar/punctuation

Year 4 English Programme of Study

Science

The main focus of science teaching in Year 4 (Lower Key Stage 2) is to broaden our pupil’s scientific view of the world around them by exploring, talking about, testing and developing ideas about everyday phenomena and exploring the relationships between living things and familiar environments. The key scientific enquiry skills that are expected are: observing changes over time, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying things, carrying out fair tests and finding things out through secondary sources of information.

Year 4 Science Programme of Study

Scientific Enquiry
Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans
States of matter
Sound
Electricity

Download Year 4 Science Programme of Study

Foundation Subjects

The following subjects: Art and Design, Design and Technology (D&T), Geography, History, Computing, French (MFL), Music, Physical Education (PE), Religious Education (RE) and Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education (SMSC)/Citizenship are taught within exciting topic lessons over the academic year.

Topics are driven by different subjects (e.g. History and Religious Education). All foundation subjects will be taught through this cross-curricular approach providing the different disciplines with a practical learning context. Each new topic commences with a planned ‘launch’. Launches may be a workshop, a school trip, a visitor/guest/parent presenting to the year group, the sampling of international foods/dance and/or opportunities to celebrate cultural/religious festivals.

For a more comprehensive overview of the national curriculum use the link for our Curriculum page.

French: What we are learning