Welcome to Year 4
Leopards - Miss Wild
Honey Bees - Miss Peace
Sea Otters - Miss Coldwell
Y4 Teaching Assistants - Miss Westwood and Miss Tennant
Hello! Welcome to the Year 4 class page. Here you will find key information about the Year 4 curriculum, important dates and expectations of the children. We are very excited to start the year with you all in September!
Our first topic will be Rumble with the Romans.
In English we will be investigating our class animal through writing a fact file. We will be writing a newspaper report and a diary entry based on the book Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!
In Maths we will be learning place value up to 1000. We will be rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Also, we will be learning about partitioning numbers up to 10,000. We will be expanding on our knowledge of Roman numerals before we moving on to formal written methods for addition and subtraction.
In science, we will be learning all about electricity. Using electrical equipment we will be creating an electrical circuit. We will be understanding how circuits can be altered using the equipment that is used. And we will be learning all about conductors and insulators.
In Design and Technology, we will be creating an electrical game. In music, we will be creating motifs.
In Religious education, we will be learning about what it means to be a Christian today. In addition, we will be having a day to celebrate Diwali. In computing, we be learning about repetition in shape.
In RSHE, we will be learning if all friends are the same, if friendships are always fun and if we are happy all the time.
Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below.
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History - Romans |
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Empire |
A group of nations or peoples under one ruler or government. |
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Citizens |
A person who is a member of a country either because of being born there or being declared a member by law. |
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Legionary |
A member or a soldier of a legion |
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Revolt |
To rise up and fight against the government or other authority; rebel. |
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Aqueduct |
A structure like a bridge for carrying a waterway or pipe across a river or valley. |
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Testudo |
A movable fireproof shelter, sometimes formed by overlapping shields, that was held by ancient Roman foot soldiers during sieges. |
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Centurion |
Ancient Rome, an officer in command of a company of about one hundred men. |
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Conquer |
To get or overcome by force. |
Important Information
Honeybee’s PE day will be on Monday and Friday.
Leopards and Sea Otter’s PE days will be on Tuesday and Friday.
Please make sure your child’s P.E kit is in school on these days and labelled with their name and class.
Swimming
In Y4 the national curriculum states all pupils are entitled to swimming lessons. Ours will take place every Thursday and children are expected to bring their kit weekly. Details of this will be shared shortly.
Spellings
Your child’s spellings will be stuck in their planner and our weekly spelling test will be on a Friday.
Timestables
We place great importance on times tables throughout school but especially in year 4 as the children will have the multiplication times tables check in June. We will provide your child with a login for TTRockstars and we would like children to practise at least 3 times a week.
Dates for your diary
Autumn 1 - Craft Afternoon - Wednesday 15th October 1:30pm
- Roman Workshop in school - Wednesday 24th September 2025
- School’s Library Service Roman Workshop in School - Tuesday 7th October 2025
Autumn 2 - Christmas Concert - Wednesday 10th December 2:00pm
Spring 1 - Parent Workshop - Thursday 22nd January 2:30pm
Spring 2 - Craft Afternoon - Friday 20th March afternoon – 1:15pm (early start)
Summer 1 - Parent Workshop - Wednesday 29th April 2:30pm
- 27th April 2026 – School’s Library Service Viking Workshop in School
Summer 2 - Showcase - Friday 3rd July 2:15pm
- The first 2 weeks of June starting from Monday 1st June 2026 – Multiplication times table check.
Home Learning
Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are this half term’s challenges for you to try.
Other home learning activities for Autumn term are
- Read to an adult at least 4 times a week and record this in your home learning book- you will get extra break for reading 4x a week ONLY if your planner is signed.
- Practise your spellings. Can you use each spelling in a sentence? Can you give the definition of each spelling?
- Practise all times tables up to 12 x 12. Can you answer quick fire questions in and out of order? Go on Mathsframe and try to beat your score out of 25. Have a go on TTRockstars and climb the class leader board.
Useful websites
- Times Table Rock Stars - https://ttrockstars.com/
- Hit the button - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- Multiplication Tables Check Practice - https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
- Pobble 365 - https://www.pobble.com/
- Literacy shed - https://www.literacyshed.com/
- Rollama (SPAG) - https://rollama.com/
- Maths frame - https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check