Year 4 2025 - 2026

Welcome to year 4!

We are really looking forward to the year ahead. We will add to this blog throughout the year to give you a flavour of the many great things the children will be doing.

 Meet the team:

Mrs Standaloft and Miss Gotham are the class teachers in year 4. Mrs McDougall, Miss Edwards and Miss Gibney are the teaching assistants working within the year group.

Our curriculum this half term:

Religious Education

Our  RE topic is called Creation and Covenant. We are looking at the story of Abraham and how his faith and hope helped him trust Jesus.  

English

In English, we are studying Philip Pullman’s version of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp. We are using this as an opportunity to develop well chosen, powerful vocabulary and make use of this within a wide range of sentences. We are building up to an exciting independent write at the end of this topic.

Maths

Our maths work will be focussed upon building our knowledge of place value (thousands, hundreds, tens and ones) including within addition and subtraction. We will then be making use of this learning in a range of problem solving and reasoning activities.

We also hold daily counting sessions where we revisit number bonds and work on fluency of all times tables. We will be working on the full range of times table throughout year 4. Additional information about the government times table check is available below this blog.

Science

Our science unit is about states of matter. We will be looking closely at the properties of solids, liquids and gasses. Alongside this we will we looking at how these states change, including the evaporation, melting and condensation.

Geography

For our Geography unit we will be carrying out a range of fieldwork within the local area, looking at maps on different scales and making use of keys. We will be compating our local are with the city of Liverpool.

History

For our British history unit, we will be looking at the Roman Empire and the impact it had on Britain. The children will be able to recap their year 3 learning and explore the timeline further. We will also have a trip related to our topic, further information will follow.  

Spanish

In Spanish we are focussing upon phonics and understanding core vocabulaury linked to a range of topics throughout the year. We will focus on our verbal and written understanding.

Computing

In computing we will be focussing on networks and will look at how computers interact with each other over both local networks and the wider internet. As always, we will introduce elements of online safety information and build on this throughout the year.

You, Me, Everyone

In our You, Me, Everyone lessons, we will be learning about the importance of expressing our own feelings and how to look after our mental health.

PE
For PE we are aiming to learn a range of invasion games and activities that get us moving whilst revisiting elements of throwing, catching and tactics. Our key focus is to make sure we are as active as possible throughout each PE lesson.

Art

For Art  we will focus on still life perspective looking at a range of techniques such as, shading, tone and texture. The children will have the opportunity to explore a range of artists that focus on still life and analyse and evaluate their work. Then, the children will be able to create their own still life work using the artist techniques and styles. 

DT

In Design and Technology, we will explore a range of complex shell structures and then use this to design and make our own gift boxes.

Music

In Music, we are focusing on a range of motifs in relation to the Romans. We will compose our own motifs and develop them further with glockenspiel.

Things to Remember

Please ensure all items, but especially coats, jumpers and lunchboxes, are clearly labelled with your child’s name.

Please can you ensure your child brings a waterproof coat each day to school - one can be left on their peg if you prefer.

Children need to bring their water bottle in every day. These need to be clearly labelled with your child’s name.

School is not currently selling any snacks at break time. Please consider sending your child in with a healthy snack.

Children will bring a reading book home every Thursday and this needs to be returned on the Monday.

Children will take spellings home every Thursday and they need to return their spelling books back to school on Wednesday for their spelling check.

We look forward to continuing to work with you all this term. Please contact any member of the Year 4 team if you require any further information. If you need to speak to us on the yard after school, we ask that you kindly wait until we have seen all the children safely to their parent or carer. After this, we will be more than happy to chat. Alternatively, you may wish to contact the school office via phone or email.

Thank you once again for your continued support.

The Year 4 Team