Y4 Curriculum Information: February 2025

Welcome back to Spring term. We have lots of fun learning planned. The termly forecast below gives you more detail about the learning which will take place within our topic which this term is still based around Japan although we will be focusing on robots for our science, DT and English work.

 Spring 2 forecast

A few practical matters for you to be aware of.

PE is on a still on Wednesday – Children can come into school in their PE kits. Appropriate school PE kit must be worn and labelled. Learning will take place outside as much as possible  so please ensure your child is dressed appropriately. 

Swimming lessons continue on a Thursday morning. We ask that children come to school with their swimming attire worn beneath their school uniform to allow for a quicker transition into the pool area. 

Children will need the following items:

• Swimming hat
• Swimming costume/shorts
• Towel
• Underwear to change into after swimming

Homework

Multiplication Facts

Year 4 children will sit a compulsory multiplication test in the summer term, and so there is a big emphasis on learning both multiplication and division facts. Times table homework sheets will continue each Monday and we expect all children to bring these in on the Friday where we will mark them as a class. The children also have ‘Times Table Rockstar’ logins in their home books. Please set aside a few minutes each day to practise as this is set up in the same way as the test in June. 

Here are some other websites to support embedding these facts: 

https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

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

Home learning for this half term: 

Short division

HTO x O

Word problems - one step

Word problems - multi step 

Reading

The children are constantly reading throughout our curriculum and in our daily whole class reading sessions. However, to really help them progress and to support their enjoyment of reading, they should be reading at home most nights.  The children have chosen a book from our school library although please feel free to choose books from home or the local library.  We ask that you try and read with your child as much as possible. We know it is hard to fit everything in, but reading offers valuable models for sentence structure, fuels their imagination, improves their knowledge of the world and also offers them some much needed calm time. We recommended that, despite their fluency, children should read with an adult regularly to check their understanding of the text. Please make a small note or initial in the child's home book, once you have read with your child. 

If you want some dedicated reading comprehension activities to try at home, please click on the links below: 

Poetry

Non-chronological report

Letter

Playscript

Spellings

Spellings are stuck in the children's home books each week. We learn and revisit these in class, including using them to support our handwriting practise. It is vital that your child takes times to look at and learn these, so they become embedded into their work. Be creative with learning – writing out in chalk, repeating in the car, using pens in the baths – any way to engage them. Always check your child understands the meaning of their spellings as this will help to broaden their vocabulary.

We want all the children to be happy in school, so if you have any worries or concerns, please contact us on dojo.

Many thanks,

Mrs Ward & Mrs Barber

Current class reading book:

     

Home learning

These are optional worksheets if your child would like any extra learning to consolidate their classwork. 

SPAG 

SPAG 1

SPAG 2

SPAG 3

SPAG 4

SPAG 5

MATHS

Maths 1

Maths 2

Maths 3

Maths 4

Maths 5

Long term plan Y4 

Spelling:

Year 4 Spelling Scheme

National Curriculum Word List Years 1 and 2

National Curriculum Word List Years 3 and 4

National Curriculum Word List Years 5 and 6

Extra Information:

Year 4 English Guide

Year 4 Maths Guide

Reading at home questions booklet

Learning about fractions guide

Useful Links:

Times Table Rockstars

BBC Bitesize
Lots of interesting video clips and learning tools for a range of subjects

Classroom Secrets
Fun, interactive and practical home learning resources that are designed to be used by children. These include interactive games, video tutorials and downloadable home learning packs

Maths Chase
A fun website for learning times tables

NRICH
Great maths investigations

Oxford Owl
Entirely free website with lots of fun games and activities for you and your child - there is also a useful 'At School' section explaining the techniques used to teach reading within school