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Year 4

Welcome to Year 4

We hope that you had a relaxing and enjoyable summer holiday and are ready to tackle the exciting challenges that Year 4 holds for you. We are very excited to welcome you to the class.

In topic this term we will travel back in time to find out all about the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings. We will concentrate on understanding the reasons why both Anglo Saxons and the Vikings chose to invade and settle in Britain and the impact they both had on shaping our past and the legacy they left on our life today.  

  Our topic will cover the following themes and ideas:  

  • What artefacts can tell us about the past.

  • How ‘who is telling the story’ influences our understanding of past events. 

  • Where we are still able to see Anglo-Saxon and Viking influences on life today.

  • How we can begin to use historical evidence to help form our own opinions on past events.

Some of our cross – curricular activities will involve the children developing their geographical skills in using atlases and Google Earth to map where the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings came from and where they settled in Britain. Learning about the story of Sutton Hoo and empathising with the feelings of the archaeologists involved through Drama. Using their art skills to design and make Anglo – Saxon amulets out of clay and using collage and painting techniques to replicate Viking longboats and finding out how Christianity spread through the Anglo-Saxon times during RE sessions.  

  • Throughout our learning, we will be considering key enquiry questions (listed below) and using our research and newly acquired knowledge to answer them.  

  • In the past, historians described the Saxon times as, The Dark Ages. Was this in fact true? 

  • Did the Vikings deserve their reputation as vicious raiders or were they just peaceful settlers?  

For additional curriculum information about our topic, please click here  

 

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The science focus for the first part of the term will be States Of Matter. After half-term, we will use our understanding of particles and vibration to learn all about Sound.

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      Our English units of work for this half-term will be based on the following texts: 

  • Until I Met Dudley by Chris Riddell.

  • The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.

Until I Met Dudley is a non-fiction book with a twist, while The Iron Man is a childhood classic which allows us to explore Hughes' use of imagery to influence the reader.

For details about curriculum coverage of our English units, please click here. 

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We continue to follow the White Rose curriculum in maths and the Year 4 topic overview can be found on the Maths Curriculum page by clicking here.  

In preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication Check, the children will continue to develop their understanding of the structure of multiplicative expressions. They will strive to learn all their table facts in our Going For Gold challenge. 

 For a more detailed breakdown of curriculum coverage during the autumn term, please click here. 

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PE takes place on Mondays and Thursdays. Please remember to come to school wearing your PE kit on these days. 

We are fortunate to be attending Wellington College Prep on Tuesday mornings, to complete Music and Art workshops, and also have a guitar session in class on Thursday afternoons. We are going to be very busy this term! 

Please ensure you bring your reading diary and reading book to school every day as we will endeavour to read with you as often as possible. If any parents or carers would like to volunteer to come into school and read with the children, please get in touch with either Mrs Robinson or Mrs McCormick, as we would be very grateful to have you. 

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Our working week is as follows: 

  

Mrs Robinson (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday), class teacher.   

Mrs McCormick (Thursday and Friday), class teacher. 

Miss Taylor (Monday - Friday (AM))

 

 
  

For general things, e.g. lost jumper, wearing trainers because shoes are too small, etc, please contact the class teacher using the updated messaging function on Seesaw. 

For more significant concerns or worries, please email secretary@nshprimary.co.uk 

with FAO Mrs Robinson/ Mrs McCormick Class Teacher in the subject. 

Any changes to school pick-up should go through the school office, as we may not check our e-mails or Seesaw throughout the school day. 

   

Many thanks, 

  

Mrs McCormick and Mrs Robinson 

  

Year 4 English Curriculum coverage

Year 4 Maths Curriculum coverage

Year 4 Topic Curriculum coverage

Spellings Year 3 & 4

Shape Properties Sheets