What have Y4 been up to?
Autumn
Week 11 - 17.11.25
In our PE lessons, we have been completing a 'Dance' unit. The theme of the dance lessons is the Roman Invasion. Each week we have creating dances that focus on a different element of life in Roman Britain.
Our reading lessons this week have continued with The Firework-Maker's Daughter. This week, we read up to chapter 3 and made inferences about the emotions of the character from what we had read.
Week 10 - 10.11.25
This week, Year 4 really enjoyed taking part in the 'Be Bright, Be Seen' workshop. The children learnt about how to stay visible during the darker winter months through a series of tests.
Our history unit for this half-term is The Romans. So far, we have learned about the Romans and the Celts and about the Roman invasion of Britain. We will extend this learning as the unit progresses and will be finding out more about the impact of this on Britain in later weeks.
Our writing unit is a narrative unit and is based on a Literacy Shed video called Girl and Robot. We have watched the video and, as part of our final piece of writing, we have planned and written our alternative endings.
Week 9 - 3.11.25
This week has seen us start our new guided reading book, which is The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman. We began by looking at the cover and making predictions about the story. It's a great book and we're already gripped!
In maths, we have started to looked at counting in multiples of 9. Some of us have noticed patterns in the multiples, which is brilliant maths.
Week 8 - 20.10.25
In maths this week, we have been revisiting number and place value. We have been using our knowledge to count forwards and backwards in 1000s from a given number, and have also been learning about rounding numbers to the nearest 10, which has been a tricky skill to learn.
Week 7 - 13.10.25
In our Computing lessons we have been learning about 'Fake News'. We talked about the reasons why someone may put false information on the internet and considered what you should think about when sharing information online.
In Jigsaw, we have been learning all about teamwork. We talked about what makes a good team. We shared different scenarios and gave advice on how the team could work more successfully.
Week 6 - 6.10.25
Year 4 had a wonderful time visiting All Saints Church for 'Experience Harvest'. The children took part in a series of practical workshops which helped them to understand why sharing, patience and community are important during Harvest. We talked about how we can help each other at this time of year and reflected on things we are thankful for.
Week 5 - 29.09.25
As part of our English lessons this week, we started a narrative unit based on 'Charlotte's Web'. Before delving into some of the more tricky vocabulary in the text, we completed a Spider Web of Friendship in which each person passed the "web" to someone else in the circle and told them what made them a good friend. The end result was an intricate spiders web of kind words. Later on in the week, we learnt how to correctly use direct speech in our writing and are now feeling much more confident using inverted commas.
We had lots of fun playing mini games of tag rugby in PE this week. This allowed us to put into practise all the skills we have learnt so far.
Week 4 - 22.09.25
This week, we have been using the clip 'Lighthouse' from Literacy Shed as our inspiration in writing. We wrote diary entries in role as the lighthouse keeper explaining our dramatic evening.
In our Computing lessons we have been learning about adding content to websites. We talked about the advantages and disadvantages of adding content online and used the laptops to practise adding our own content.
Week 3 - 15.09.25
We have continued our PSHE lessons this week around the theme 'Being me in my World'. So far, we have learnt about being part of a class team and being a good school citizen. We will build on this next week when we learn about rights, responsibilities and democracy.
We had great fun in PE this week when we learnt about moving and dodging in Tag Rubgy.
Week 2 - 8.09.25
This week, we have started learning about Tag Rugby in PE. We had a fantastic first lesson where we learnt how to correctly hold the ball, pass to other players and catch the ball.
In Geography, we have been learning how to interpret an OS map and have used compass points to describe routes on a map.
Week 1 - 1.09.25
What a fantastic first week in Year 4! We have settled back into school life wonderfully and are looking forward to a fabulous first half term.
We have started reading our class text 'Charlotte's Web' and have written some lovely setting descriptions during our writing lessons.
During our maths lessons this week, we have been learning about the value of each digit in a 4-digit number and have started to practice rounding.
