Click here to read about what we are doing in Year 4 this term and for links to useful websites to support your child’s learning.

School value

Spring : Community

Literacy

In class, we will be reading:

The Wild Robot – by Peter Brown

We learn the spelling patterns from the National Curriculum for Year 4, along with words from the statutory spelling list. Alongside this, we revise patterns learned in KS1.

We will continue to secure the correct letter formation and basic joins.

We work on writing clear and accurate sentences to build short paragraphs e.g. a story ending or a character description, and to create multi-clause sentences.

Reading

The library at Touchbase Pears is a great resource to use to borrow books and is free. This free online library is another great place to read.

Grammar

Discovery Education is a resource that your child has a log-in for as part of our school subscription.  This site has videos and activities to support their revision.  KS1 Grammar – click here.  KS2 Grammar – click here.

Spellings

Your child needs to be able to spell all of these words by the end of Year 4. In Year 4, spellings are tested on Mondays and new words are sent home on Wednesdays to practise. Try using games like Karate Kats and Spooky Spellings to make spelling fun.

Maths

We will be focused on multiplication and division. We will also be growing our mathematical vocab of words such as; factors and multiples.

Your child has a school subscription for two excellent, National Curriculum-aligned maths sites/apps that will support the children in their learning.

The log-in details for these can be found in the front of their reading record.

• Mathletics – click here
• Times Table Rock Stars – click here

Science

Unit 3: States of Matter

Unit 4: Animals including Humans

You may find these helpful to look at with your child:

States of matter activity

Explore states of matter virtually

Doctor Teeth game

Teeth and their functions

Computing

We use the Teach Computing curriculum. Over Spring we will be  Programming, specifically learning about repetition in shapes and learning about data logging information.

You can use the Think U Know website to support your child with their learning about e-safety and becoming responsible digital citizens.

Keen coders might enjoy this free club at the Central Library.

Great online safety resources here.

These links explain parts of computing really clearly.

Trips for the term:

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Topic Focus 

Settlements! As we move throughout the term we will be enriching our knowledge of the world by building our understanding of settlements and how people adapt areas of land to make their own.

Art and Design

In Art we will be considering new artistic techniques and building our knowledge of artists from different cultures. Over Spring we will be learning about 3D sculptures before creating our own.

Learn about colour and printing in these videos.

Design and Technology

We will be learning about food. We will be creating our own flavoursome chocolate bars and designing a wrapper to match. Watch this video to get a feel for how chocolate is made! Could you design your own wrapper at home?

History

We will be looking at how the Aztecs used chocolate and the way chocolate has changed over time. Watch this video to get a head start!

Geography

We will be studying settlements, how land is used in our local area, developing our physical and human features understanding, as well as looking at how land is used in New Delhi compared to our local area.

You can use Google Earth to explore New Delhi. What are the similarities and differences?

Can you use these resources from the Ordinance Survey to help your child learn more about maps?

Spanish

This term, we will be continuing to practise our pronunciation and conversational Spanish skills. Over Spring we will be learning to present ourselves in Spanish.

Music

In Music we will be learning about how to sing a broad range of unison songs, understand the differences between minims, crotchets, paired quavers and rests, and listen with attention to detail.

Follow these links to some fun music making games, and music to listen to at home.

PE

In PE, Year 4 will be looking at invasion games (football and hockey) across the term.  They will also be looking at health-related fitness where they will compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

RSHE

In Spring, we are focusing on celebrating mistakes, our mental wellbeing, and learning simple self care techniques.

RE

In RE, we will be looking at being modest & listening to others, creating inclusion, identity & belonging, caring for animals & the environment and responding to suffering.

These videos are a great place to start exploring the many faiths in our school.