This document provides information for parents about Year 4 at the school. It outlines the staff, daily schedule, and subject areas covered throughout the year. Key points include: - Miss Huntington, Mrs Adams, Mrs Staite, Mrs Bennett, Mrs Hall, and Mrs Lowe make up the Year 4 teaching staff. - The school day is divided into 7 sessions from 8:45-3:15, with assemblies, break times, lunch, and extracurricular activities. - Core subjects of English, math, science, and topic are taught along with other areas like computing, music, art, and PE. - Homework of approximately 2 hours per week includes English, math, and spellings to reinforce

1. Welcome to
Year 4

2. The Staff:
Miss Huntington
Mrs Adams
Mrs Staite
Mrs Bennett
Mrs Hall
Mrs Lowe

3. Reading in school
• Guided reading sessions take place daily for half
an hour.
• Children will read once a week with the class
teacher and on the other days will complete
activities linked to the text they have been
reading.
• Some children will also complete RWI with a
teaching assistant during this time to develop
their reading fluency and comprehension.
• Children will be grouped according to ability
within the class to ensure texts are accessible.
• Where possible, texts will link with English topic

4. Reading at home
• Please spend 10 minutes each day reading with
your
child.
• Please record all reading completed in the
reading section (at the back) of your child’s
planner.
• Please ask your child to bring their reading book
and planner to school everyday.
• Reading books are changed once a week and
children are encouraged to read texts of their
choice once they have completed their reading
book.

5. Maths
• Maths sets
• Daily lessons
• Develop an understanding of number,
calculation, shape, space, measure, data
handling and problem solving.
• All lessons are differentiated so that children of
all abilities are supported to do their best.

6. English
• The children are set for English this year.
• Monday’s lesson will be focused on spelling
rules and patterns.
• Throughout all of our work in the literacy lesson,
we focus on developing the children’s basic
skills at word, sentence and text level. In
particular, we are focusing on the writing of high
quality and interesting sentences including the
use of interesting vocabulary, a range of
effective conjunctions, a variety of sentence
openers and consistent use of correct
punctuation.

7. English
Writing:
In year 4, we are following the new curriculum for
literacy and this will mean that we will study the
following text types throughout the year:
Fables (Aesop’s Fables)
Creatures Great and Small (Poetry)
Writing for Real (Advertising and
Persuasion)
Modern Fiction (Eye of the Wolf)
Myths (Greek Mythology)
Historical Fiction (Times of Charles
II/Queen Victoria)

8. Homework
• Approximately two hours a week on homework.
• English, maths and spellings are set on a weekly
basis.
• Homework will link to topics that have been
covered in class.
• All homework is provided on a Thursday and
needs to be returned on a Monday.

9. TimetableDay Session 1
8:45-9:05
Session 2
9:05 - 10:05
Assembly
10:05 -
10:25
Break
10:30 -
10:45
Session 3
10:45 -
11:45
Session 4
11:45 -
12:15
Lunc
h
12:15
– 1:15
Session 5
1:15 - 1:55
Session 6
1:55 - 2:35
Session 7
2.35- 3.15
M
8:45 - 9:00
Early morning
work/registratio
n
9:00 - 10:00
English
(Spellings)
10:00 -
10:30
Assembly
Whole
School
Singing
Maths Paired
Reading
Outdoor PE/PSHE/RE
Year 4 PPA 1:15 - 3:15
T
Early morning
work/registratio
n
Maths
Assembly
Whole
School
English Guided
Reading
Science/D&T
W
Early morning
work/registratio
n
Maths
Assembly
Whole
School
English
Guided
Reading
Indoor PE Computing French
T
Early morning
work/registratio
n
Maths
Assembly
Class
worship
English
Guided
Reading
1:15 - 2:15
Topic
2:15 - 3:15
Music
F
Early morning
work/registratio
n
9:00 - 9:30
Celebration
Assembly
9:30 -
10:25
Maths
English
Guided
Reading
1:15 - 2:45
Topic/Art
2:45 - 3:15
Golden Time

10. Science
• Autumn 1 – Classification
• Autumn 2 – Digestion
• Spring 1 – Sound
• Spring 2 – Respecting our
Environment
• Summer 1 – States of Matter
• Summer 2 - Electricity

11. Science
• Science will be taught on a
Tuesday afternoon.
• Links have been made with
topic or English where
appropriate, but most science
will be stand alone sessions.

12. Topic
• Autumn 1 – Roman Rule
• Autumn 2 – World’s Kitchen
• Spring 1 – Reign Over Us
• Spring 2 – Britain from the Air
• Summer 1 – Crime and Punishment
• Summer 2 - Victorians

13. Topic
• Where possible, we will link
English and maths with our
topic.
• Music, Art, History, Geography
and Design Technology will all
be incorporated into Topic
lessons.

14. Music
The children will have the opportunity
to learn a musical instrument for the
whole year.
4H – Brass – Trombone, trumpet,
baritone or cornet
4A – Clarinet
4S – Ukulele
The children will also be offered the
opportunity to take part in concerts.

15. Computing
• Autumn 1 – Data Handling
• Autumn 2 – Technology to connect
• Spring 1 – Digital citizenship
• Spring 2 – Coding
• Summer 1 – Digital Media
• Summer 2 – Combined project

16. Physical Education
Outdoor PE is taught on a Monday
and Indoor PE is delivered on a
Wednesday.
Children are expected to have
their PE kits in school every day.

17. Keeping in touch
Teachers are available at the end of each
school
day.
You can send messages in children’s
planners or via letters.
If there are any other issues please feel free
to
ring the office and leave a message or
arrange

18. Any Questions?