Welcome to Year 4!

Working with the children in Year 4 are:

4GT Class Teacher: Mrs Tomkinson - gtomkinson@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

Supporting Staff: Mrs Madeira, Mrs Hodgson and Mrs Ezzaquany

4EG Class Teacher: Mx Green - egreen@redhill.worcs.sch.uk

Supporting Staff: Mrs Ezzaquany, Mrs Addis and Mrs McCorrie 

 

Year 4 Information:

Below you will find some key information about life in Year 4. This includes the important skills your child will be developing, the enrichment opportunities they will experience, and other useful details about their time with us this year. We hope this gives you a clear picture of what to expect and how we will be supporting your child’s learning and wellbeing.

To help you further, we’ve also included additional documents at the end of this section. These provide more detail about our curriculum and offer ideas about how you can support your child’s learning at home.

SUMMER TERM 2

English writing text: 

The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane.

In this unit, the children will be learning the skills needed to write an acrostic poem. They will explore a range of poetry techniques, including metaphors and similes, personification, alliteration, and kenning-style phrases, to help make their writing imaginative and engaging. To complement their poetry work, the children will also create artwork inspired by the style of Jackie Morris, who illustrated the text.

Maths:

Money

The children will develop their understanding of money through a range of practical and problem-solving activities. They will learn to write money using decimals, convert between pounds and pence, compare different amounts of money, and use estimation skills when working with costs. The children will also practise calculating with money and apply their understanding to solving real-life money problems, helping them to build confidence in everyday maths skills.

Time

This unit will focus on developing an understanding of time through a variety of practical activities and problem-solving tasks. The children will learn to read, write, and compare different units of time, including analogue and digital clocks, and explore how to convert between hours, minutes, and seconds. They will also practise calculating durations, interpreting timetables, and solving real-life problems involving time, helping them to build confidence in using time in everyday situations.

Guided Reading:

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.

During our guided reading sessions, children will have regular opportunities to read aloud, helping them to develop fluency, confidence, and expression. We will model and encourage the use of intonation, pacing, and emphasis to bring meaning to the text. In addition, children will respond to a series of carefully planned questions based on the reading VIPERS, ensuring they build a wide range of comprehension skills. These sessions will allow children to deepen their understanding of texts, discuss ideas with their peers, and apply strategies that support them as independent, thoughtful readers.

V = Vocabulary

I = Inference

P = Predict

E = Explain

R = Retrieval

S = Sequence or Summarise

 

Religious Education:  For Christians, when Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?

Science: Living things and their habitats - How can I classify animals? 

History: Local History - Which invasion tactics were used during the English Civil War?

Art: Wire and Modrock Sculptures based on the work of artist Giacometti

PSHE: Relationships

Computing: Repetition in Games

French: My House

Music: Composer: Johann Strauss -Genre: Romantic

PE: PE days for this half-term will be on Monday morning - Fitness (indoor) and Thursday afternoon - Hockey (outdoor). Please ensure that children come to school dressed in their PE kits on these days.

 

Enrichment Opportunities this half-term - TBC

• Wednesday 17th June- Friday 19th June - Yr4 to Manor Adventure Residential
• Monday 22nd June - Summer Instrumental Concert (details to be confirmed)

Important Diary Dates - TBC

• W/C 8th June - Statutory Multiplication tables check
• Wednesday 3rd June - Walking Bus - meet at 8.20am on the corner of Amery Close
• Monday 22nd June- World Music Day. (details to be confirmed)
• Wednesday 24th June- Move Up Day (whole school)
• Wednesday 1st July- Walking Bus - meet at 8.20am on the corner of Amery Close
• Friday 17th July- school finishes for the summer holidays.