Year 4

Learning Link: The Amazing Amazon

This term we will be learning about the Amazon Rainforest and the plants and animals that live there.  We will be exploring the differences between the Amazon climate and our own, and how the people and creatures have adapted to live there.  Crucially, we will be learning about how important rainforests are to our planet’s health and how we should protect them.  As part of this learning journey, we will be reading and writing stories from the Amazon as well as writing persuasive letters.  We will also be finding out about how rainforests have inspired artists and musicians.  

St Gemma:

Mrs Grove

Mr Jones

St Wilfred:

Mr Burnip

Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available

The Curriculum Evening Presentation can be accessed here

Year Group reminders

Week Commencing: 15^th June 2026

Week A

Please make sure your child has their school reading book and homework diary every day in school.

Monday:

Tuesday: PE for both classes.

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday: INSET Day – no school for the children

Looking further ahead:

• Friday 26^th June - 4G Forest School
• Monday 29^th June - Trip to the Living Rainforest
• Wednesday 1^st July - Transition Day and Whole School Open Afternoon
• Friday 10^th July - End of year reports home
• Wednesday 15^th July - Family Picnic after school
• Friday 17^th July - End of term – 2pm

Reminders:

PE for Year 4 will be every Tuesday and on a Monday in WEEK B.

Please ensure your child has a named glue stick. A Pritt Stick costs £1 and can be bought from your child’s class teacher or from the stationery shop each morning by the front office.

We will be spot checking children’s uniforms, please make sure they are named as well as water bottles and snack boxes.

Homework

Please make sure your child has their school reading book and homework diary every day in school.

TTRS – The children are doing so well with their times tables; please encourage them to continue their practice over half term.

Reading - please continue to read for up to 20 minutes each day and record in the reading record. There are questions in your child’s homework diary to support their comprehension further. Please record the questions you have asked in your child’s reading record, e.g 4a, 6c, 8b.

CGP Homework books:

Please complete Maths and English Summer 8 for Monday 15^th June.

Spellings:

These will be set on a Friday and due in on Friday 26^th June due to the INSET day.

Reading for Pleasure

4G: Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City

4W: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

RE

DIALOGUE AND ENCOUNTER

We will be learning about the other Catholic Rites celebrated in the Church with a focus on the Syro Malabar Rites.

English

WRITING

We will identify the features of a non-chronological report before planning, rewriting and editing a paragraph.

READING

Finish reading Journey to the River Sea

Review of Reading skills

SPAG

Spelling – will be tested on Friday 26^th June

Purple group with Mr Burnip and Mr Jones: To spell words with the prefixes ‘super-’, ‘anti-’ and ‘auto-‘

Red group with Mrs Farage: To spell words that are homophones

Blue group with Miss McLachlan: To spell words ending in ‘-ment’ and ‘-ness’

Yellow group with Mrs Grove: To spell words with the digraph ‘ee’

Grammar

Subordinate clauses, rhetorical questions, subheadings, title, captions

Maths

MONEY

Pupils develop their understanding of money through estimating, calculating and solving problems involving real-life contexts. Focus is on selecting appropriate methods, working accurately with money, and explaining reasoning clearly. Gaps are addressed by reinforcing conversion between pounds and pence, revisiting calculation strategies, and breaking multi-step problems into manageable stages to build confidence and accuracy.

Science

LIVING THINGS

Pupils learn how animals are classified into different groups based on their characteristics and features. Focus is on identifying key features of major animal classes, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects, and using scientific vocabulary accurately. Gaps are addressed by reinforcing classification criteria, revisiting distinguishing features, and clarifying misconceptions through comparison and discussion.

DT

SEWING

None due to INSET Day.

Computing

PROGRAMMING

We will look at applying our knowledge of count-controlled loops in Logo to Scratch – block programming.

History

RAINFORESTS

None due to INSET Day.

French

To rediscover the French numbers 0-31

Music

We will be introduced to Indian musical instruments and an Indian song.

PE

Athletics

Children will demonstrate sprinting and running over varying distances. They will continue to develop throwing techniques such as a shot push. Children will jump with control and balance and with some accuracy and power into a target area.

Cricket

Children will understand rules of bowling and batting and application of underarm and overarm throwing combined with specific throwing techniques for Cricket e.g. bowling. Children will apply new fielding and batting techniques and learn to striking a ball after a bounce.

OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities and team building)

Children will orientate a map, develop co-operation and observational skills. Navigate around a map and draw a route using directions. Communicate and listen as a team.

Learning for Life

PUBERTY

Pupils learn about the physical and emotional changes that can occur during puberty and understand that these changes are a normal part of growing up.