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!
Autumn 2
In Autumn 2 our topic will be ‘Forged in Steel’.
Our text for guided reading and English this term is ‘Can You Feel the Noise?’ by Stewart Foster. The book is about Sophie, who becomes deaf and discovers sound through drums, and is about inner strength and perseverance. The book also links to our science topic of sound, discovering how sound travels through vibrations.
In English we will be writing a persuasive letter to encourage educators to have more opportunities and inclusion for the deaf community within schools. Also, we will be writing a poem drawing ideas from the content within the book and the writing style of the author.
In Maths, we will be looking at length and perimeter. We will be able to work out equivalent lengths for mm, cm and m. We will be able to add and subtract lengths. We will be able to measure the perimeter of rectangles and rectilinear shapes. As well as this we will be able to multiply and divide by 3, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 100.
In science, we will be learning all about sound. We will be investigating how sound travels, how we hear sound, what makes a high/low pitch and how sounds become louder and quieter.
In history we will be exploring The Industrial Revolution within Sheffield and looking closely into the local steel and mining industry such as The Orgreave Pit. We will investigate important figures and learn about how they had a great impact on the population increase of Sheffield and surrounding areas.
In art, we will be focusing on techniques such as coiling with clay. We will be making and decorating a clay Christmas ornament. In RE, we will find out about the events of Pentecost found in the Bible, considering which events would be needed to retell the story for someone else. We will learn how Christians today show their beliefs about the Holy Spirit in worship and the way that they live their lives. In computing, we will be learning about repetition in games. RSHE will be based on health and wellbeing.
Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below.
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History – Forged in Steel |
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Industrialisation |
Industrialisation is when a country moves from making things by hand to using machines. |
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Poverty |
Poverty is when a person or family doesn't have enough money to meet their basic needs, like food, a safe place to live, clothes, and medicine. |
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Revolution |
A revolution means a big, sudden change, like when people decide to change the way their country is run, or it can mean a big change in how we do things in general |
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Manufacture |
To manufacture means to make something, like a toy or a car, in a factory using machines. It's the process of taking raw materials, such as wood or metal, and turning them into finished products that people can buy. |
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Mining |
Mining is the process of digging up valuable materials from the Earth, like metals and minerals. |
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Obsolete |
Obsolete means something is no longer used or needed because a newer, better version has replaced it. |
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Labour |
Labour is just a word for the work that people do to make things or provide services for others. |
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Workhouse |
A workhouse was a large building where poor people who had no home or job could live in exchange for doing jobs. |
Detailed planning can be found on the subject pages under the Curriculum tab.
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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