This week's Learning in Year 4 at a glance!
Year 4Learning Link: All Roads Lead to Rome |
We hope the children will enjoy their trip back in time when we learn about the Romans and their country of origin. We will be learning about the location of Italy within Europe, its main regions and cities and making comparisons to Britain. Through these comparisons, we will be able to understand why the Romans invaded Britain and the lasting impact of this today. Alongside the History and Geography, we will also be studying stories with a historic setting including ‘Escape from Pompeii,’ and “Across the Roman Wall.” In Art, we look at Roman murals, statutes and mosaics and the development of Italy as a centre of artistic excellence, and a source of historical evidence. As part of our learning in D&T, we will be baking Roman style bread and taking inspiration from this to design our own signature loaf! |
|
St Gemma: Mrs Grove: mrsgrove@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk Mr Jones: mrjones@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk St Wilfred: Mr Burnip: mrburnip@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk |
|
|
Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
|
Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 8th December 2025 Week B Monday: PE for both classes. Please can the children bring in a smart/party/Christmassy outfit in a NAMED bag for the Advent Service today. Tuesday: PE for both classes. Wednesday: Year 4 Advent Service at 2:30pm - you are all welcome to attend. Thursday: Friday: Looking further ahead:
Reminders: Now the weather is getting colder, please can you send children into school with gloves and hats to wear during break, lunch and PE Lessons please. Base layers for sports are appropriate on PE days and ideally would be Navy blue in colour. School tracksuit trousers are to be worn in the winter to replace PE shorts. 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 |
Reading - please 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: This will be set each Monday and marked the following Monday. Please complete Workout 12 in the Maths and English books due on Monday 15th December. Spellings: These will be set on a Friday and due in on the following Friday. |
Reading for Pleasure |
4G: Delta and the Lost City 4W: Harry Potter |
RE |
PROPHECY AND PROMISE We will be looking closely at the scripture about John the Baptist as a prophet and unpicking what it really tells us about him. |
English |
WRITING We will continue to develop our understanding of writing speech in a narrative. Master Readers: Across the Roman Wall Monday:Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book Club Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Independent comprehension Friday: Review and vocabulary focus Focus vocabulary this week: menial, linen, anemones, galley, revulsion, coaxed |
SPAG |
Spelling Purple group with Mr Burnip and Mr Jones: To spell words where ‘ch’ makes a /sh/ sound Red group with Mrs Farage: To spell words where ‘-ing’, ‘-en’ and ‘-ed’ are added. Blue group with Miss McLachlan: To spell wordsending in ‘il’ Yellow group with Mrs Grove: To spell words with the digraph ‘ai’ Grammar Inverted commas, reporting clauses, sentence types |
Maths |
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION Pupils learn to understand area as the space inside a shape and to calculate it using counting squares and simple formulas. Assessment focuses on accurate measurement, correct use of units, and clear explanations of how area has been worked out. |
Science |
SOUND
|
Art |
ARCHITECTURE We will continue to work with our learning partner to design and make our own building. |
Computing |
AUDIO PRODUCTION We will learn how to record sound and edit it. |
History |
ROMANS Pupils learn about key Roman inventions and innovations, and how they influenced daily life and future civilisations. Assessment focuses on pupils identifying significant developments—such as roads, aqueducts and concrete—and explaining their impact. Gaps are addressed by reinforcing key vocabulary, revisiting the purpose of each invention, and clarifying how these advancements contributed to Roman progress and legacy. |
French |
We are learning Nativity vocabulary and starting our crib illustration |
Music |
We will look at the music for our Advent Service and identify parts of it using our musical knowledge about the stave, note lengths and dynamics. |
PE |
Hockey Control the ball when receiving. Move with the ball. Begin to tackle effectively. Dodgeball Learning the rules of the game and beginning to use them to play honestly and fairly. Communicate with my teammates to apply simple tactics. Throw with some accuracy at a target. Return to the ready position to defend myself. Basketball Dribble the ball accurately. Shoot from D zone. Pass to team members after creating space. |
Learning for Life |
What do we need to keep us healthy? |