This week's Learning in Year 4 at a glance!
Year 4
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Learning Link: The Amazing AmazonThis 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. |
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St Gemma: Mrs Grove Mr Jones St Wilfred: Mr Burnip |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 8th June 2026 Week B Monday 1st – Friday 12th June - Multiplication Tables Check Window TTRS – The children are doing so well with their times tables; please encourage them to continue their practice. Please make sure your child has their school reading book and homework diary every day in school. Monday: PE for both classes Tuesday: Sports Day at school – 9:00 – 10:30am. Please see the email for further details. PE for both classes. Wednesday: 4W Forest School. Thursday: Friday: Talent Show. Please bring in an empty purse or wallet for DT to investigate. Looking further ahead:
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 7 for Monday 8th June. Please complete Maths and English Summer 8 for Monday 15th June. Spellings: These will be set on a Friday and due in on the following Friday. |
Reading for Pleasure |
4G: Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City 4W: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone |
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DIALOGUE AND ENCOUNTER We will be learning about the importance of St. Paul’s letters and the impact they have had on the Church today. |
English |
WRITING We will plan, write and edit our own story from the rainforest. Master Readers: Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson Monday: Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book Club Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Independent comprehension Friday: Review and vocabulary focus Focus vocabulary this week: boomed, grit, bodice, coddled, bleats, predators |
SPAG |
Spelling Purple group with Mr Burnip and Mr Jones: To spell words containing ‘phon’ and ‘sign’ Red group with Mrs Farage: To spell words where the digraph ‘sc’ makes a /s/ sound Blue group with Miss McLachlan: To spell words where where ‘si’ and ‘s’ make a /zh/ sound Yellow group with Mrs Grove: To spell words with the digraph ‘ar’ make the /oa/ sound Grammar Subordinate clauses, descriptive language including expanded noun phrases and personification, fronted adverbials, direct speech and reporting clauses |
Maths |
MONEY Pupils develop their understanding of money by reading and writing amounts, converting between pounds and pence, comparing values, estimating costs, and solving money-related problems. Focus is on accurate calculation, sensible estimation, and applying mathematical skills in real-life contexts. Gaps are addressed by reinforcing place-value understanding, revisiting conversion between pounds and pence, and breaking multi-step problems into manageable stages to support confidence and accuracy. |
Science |
None due to Talent Show |
Art |
SEWING We will explore different purses and wallets. Please may your child bring in an empty purse or wallet to investigate in detail on FRIDAY. |
Computing |
ONLINE SAFETY We will consider how posting selfies or other images will lead others to make assumptions about them and reflect on the most important parts of their unique identities. We will also identify ways they can post online to best reflect who they are. |
History |
RAINFORESTS None due to talent show |
French |
Rediscover the days of the week and the weather topic. |
Music |
We will create our own rhythms in pairs, and then join with another pair to create polyrhythms by playing two rhythms at the same time. |
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 |
RESPECTING OUR BODIES Pupils learn the importance of respecting and caring for their bodies, including making safe and healthy choices and understanding personal boundaries. Focus is on developing self-respect, recognising how to look after physical and emotional wellbeing, and treating themselves and others with respect. |