Welcome to Year 4's Page

Our class teacher is Miss Dance. Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Gilmartin.

We hope you find this page useful for keeping up to date with your child's learning in Year 4. 

Please feel free to use the knowledge organisers to ask your child questions about their learning and whether they know the meanings of any of the vocabulary.

Our recommended reads are chosen from high quality texts that may either be engaging for your child to read or have read to them.

Our key texts in English this term are ‘Oliver and the Seawigs’ followed by ‘The Pebble In My Pocket’. During English lessons children will have the opportunity to explore a range of written tasks including letter writing, diary writing, poetry and recount writing.

In Maths we will be focussing on:                                                                                     

2D and 3D shapes including calculating perimeter and revisiting properties of shapes.
Decimal numbers including multiplying and dividing by 100.

Rounding and comparing decimal numbers.
Solving money word and number problems.

Adding and subtracting fractions.

In Science this term we will be focusing on ‘Electricity’ and then ‘States of Matter’.  The children will learn how to construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming basic parts such as cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers. During the second half term the Science focus shifts to States of Matter. The children will be examining the different properties of solids, liquids and gases. We will also be learning about the processes of evaporation and condensation.

Our focus in Geography is earthquakes. We will be describing the effects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, as well as looking at the distribution of earthquakes in New Zealand and why they happen frequently. We will also be learning about why the biggest earthquakes don’t always cause the most destruction and why volcanos are commonly found in the same area.

During our Computing sessions children will be creating their own podcast. The children will be recording and then editing their work, adding multiple tracks, and opening and saving the audio files. We will then move on to creating programs by planning, modifying, and testing commands to create shapes and patterns.

In PSHE, the children will be reflecting on their dreams and goals focusing on both short term and long term hopes and dreams. We will also be focussing on the topic ‘Healthy me’ where we will learn how to keep our bodies healthy.