Adults in Year 4
Class 4JG Teachers – Mrs Jones & Mrs Green
Class 4JG Teaching Assistant – Mrs Townend
Class 4D Teacher – Miss Davidson
Class 4D Teaching Assistants – Mrs Phillips
Mathematics
- Using written methods to add, subtract, multiply and divide in word problems
- Fractions and decimals, ratio and proportion
- Capacity, measurements, time problems, area and perimeter
- Properties of shapes, drawing 2D shapes, lines of symmetry
- Reading scales, presenting and interpreting data, metric units
- Times tables check
- MTC (Multiplication Tables Check) – statutory test online between Monday 2nd June and Friday 13th June 2025
English
- Wind in the Willows: descriptive and figurative language and speech, wanted posters, poetry
- Persuasive writing – linked to Ufton Court
- Explanations and Comprehension skills
- Grammar and punctuation rules
- Guided reading skills
- Guided writing
- VIPERS
Science (and Outdoor Learning)
- Animals – including teeth, the human digestive system and food chains
- Habitats – investigating seasonal changes and Heathland
- Year group gardening
- Pond dipping
- Visit to Wildmoor Heath – Tuesday 6th May
History
- Saxons and Vikings
- Ufton Court Presentation to parents – Date to be confirmed
Geography
- Modern-day Vatican and comparisons with Crowthorne.
- Grid References
Computing
- Multimedia presentation
- Databases
- Research
- E-safety; staying safe on-line
Design and Technology
- Cooking (pizza) and pizza packaging
- Weaving
French
- Parts of the body and colours
- Writing sentences: word order, negatives, questions, use of plural, adjectival agreement
- Songs, games and stories
Art
- Michelangelo
- Georgia O’ Keefe inspired art
- Observational drawing
Art activities – Please keep an old shirt or apron in school at all times.
Music
- Singing and playing instruments
- Dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc)
- Improvision and Composition
- Charanga music scheme
Physical Education
- Games – Racket/Bat and Ball Games – Tennis, Kwik Cricket and Rounders
- Summer dance
- Swimming – for identified children in Year group
- Gymnastics – sessions in school led by Pinewood Gym teachers
- Pinewood Gym session Wednesday 4th June
- Athletics and preparation for Sports Day
Children should come to school in their School PE kit on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the first half term. We will inform you about changes to PE days when some children attend swimming lessons. Trainers in preference to plimsolls now please. Water bottles and sun hats required.
Religious Education
- Judaism – How do Jewish people show commitment?
- Christianity – Do you have to go to church to be religious?
- Rabbi visit – 22nd May
PSHE
- ‘Healthy me’ including smoking and alcohol
- ‘Relationships’, including love & loss
- Understanding Changes – ‘unique me’ and accepting change
- Project Evolve – online safety
Homework
- On Teams: Curriculum homework. Handed out through the Teams App on Thursday to be handed in on Tuesday
- Children will be tested on their times tables on alternate Wednesday mornings. They should be practising the level that they are working on using websites such as ‘Hit the button’ or https://www.timestables.co.uk/ for a total of about 20 minutes. Children in Year 4 will take the Government’s Multiplication Tables Check during the first two weeks of June.
- Spelling homework (10 min) to be handed in by Tuesday (given out on a Thursday).
- Daily reading – (at least 5 times) minimum 10 mins per session. To be recorded in Homework Diary
Please check your child’s homework diary regularly and sign it at the end of each week. These diaries will be checked on Monday.
Key Dates
- Tennis Taster – 1st May 2025
- Wildmoor Heath Visit – 6th May 2025
- Rabbi Visit – 22nd May 2025
- Year 4 National Multiplication Tables Check – 2nd – 13th June 2025
- Pinewood Gym Session – 4th June 2025