Welcome to Year 4!

Summer Term 2025

General information for Year 4:

School will begin at 8.45am and finish at 3.15pm.

Water bottles and all school equipment, including pencil cases, will be provided by school.

Please ensure all break time snacks continue to be in line with our healthy food policy: https://www.applebyprimary.cumbria.sch.uk/school-meals/

English: In the Summer 1 Term, we will be continuing to reading 'Kaspar: Prince of Cats' by Michael Morpurgo. We will be reading this as part of our guided reading sessions and focusing on Information Retrieval, literal comprehension, sequencing, accuracy and making predictions. In our English work, we will be extending these skills to planning and writing a newspaper article focusing on including speech and answering the 5 W's- What, When, Where, Who, Why.  Our SPAG focus will be on paragraphs organising around themes, fronted adverbials, punctuation and it's correct use and topic sentences to introduce themes. 

Maths: In Maths this term, we will be using the White Rose scheme to develop our statistics and decimals skills. We will also practise ‘fluent in 5’ challenges to build mathematical fluency and develop reasoning skills. 

Times tables: At the end of Year 4, there is a statutory multiplication tables check, focussing on all times tables from 1x1 up to 12x12. In order to best prepare for this, regular times tables practise will take place in class, developing both fluency and speed with times tables. I have sent home a login and stuck a login in reading records for the Twinkl Maths app where the children can practice and improve their times table fluency. Please try to use this at home as much as possible. You can access it by searching 'Twinkl Learner Login- Type in user/password- Maths- Multiplication Times Table Check'. 

History: This term we will be learning all about Roman History! This will involve discovering how the Roman Empire began, learning about powerful leaders and about the Roman Army and culture in this time period. We will be doing some role play on what it was like to live in Roman times! 

Science: This half term, our theme is Forces and Magnets. We will be looking at why magnets attract and repel and discovering which materials are and are not attracted to magnets! In Summer 2, we will be moving onto plants and identifying the different parts and functions of plants, and discovering the life cycle of plants. 

Art and Design: Our Art and Design work this half term will focus on  'Sculpture, Structure, Inventiveness & Determination' we will be learning how artists use the world around them for inspiration and that sometimes they need to take creative risks. In Summer 2, we will move onto Festival Feasts where our Art work will be inspired by food! 

Computing: We will be exploring the basics of photo editing, we will be learning how to screen capture, download images, and taking photos and uploading them. 

PE: Children will have PE sessions twice a week. PE kits should be brought in on a Monday and taken home on a Friday. Children should bring both outdoor and indoor clothing and shoes as we will be going outdoors as much as the weather permits. Please make sure all kit is named. Earrings and jewellery must be removed for PE and your child must be able to do this for themselves. PE kit consists of a plain white t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/joggers and a plain black hoodie if necessary, with suitable trainers. Please note that your child will not be able to participate in PE without the correct kit. Our PE days this term are Wednesday and Thursday Afternoons!

PSHE: This term’s themes in Jigsaw PSHE are ‘Relationships' and 'Changing Me'. Please do not hesitate to send me a message on Class Dojo if you wish to access lesson plans via the Jigsaw parent portal.

Music: Garry Linsley will be teaching music to Year 4 this year. The children will learn how to play the recorder and participate in a number of activities that develop their confidence and rhythmic skill.

Design and Technology: This term we will be looking at 'mouldable materials', this topic will involve researching, planning, designing, making and evaluating. 

Homework: The children will receive their weekly homework on a Friday. All Homework will be due the following Friday. Please can children bring their reading records to be checked on a Monday. I have introduced a reward system where the children can get a sticker on their reading chart if they read 3 times a week, and two if they read 5 times a week. 

If you wish to contact me with any questions, please use this class page and the ‘contact Miss Scott’ link. 

I am looking forward to working with you!

Miss Scott