Year 4 is an exciting year; all children have the opportunity to participate in their first school residential, which promotes independence and cooperation. The curriculum has been designed to spark curiosity, encourage resilience and challenge each child.

Maths

• Follows the mastery approach.
• At the start of the school year, we revisit key concepts, ensuring that the children have a secure understanding of place value and the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
• Teaches a range of topics including fractions, money, length and perimeter, statistics and shape.
• Focus on developing both the children’s fluency and reasoning skills.
• There is a particular focus on multiplication in preparation for the Multiplication Table Check. The children learn methods, songs and chants which they can apply to quickly solve times table questions.

English

• Daily Reading and Writing lessons centred around a key text or topic.
• The children study a range of fiction and non-fiction texts including Varjak Paw, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Leaf Detective, Arthur and the Golden Rope and The Wild Robot.
• In Reading lessons, the children develop their inference, retrieval, summarising and prediction skills. These lessons are a fantastic opportunity for children to broaden their vocabulary whilst being exposed to a range of literary techniques and punctuation.
• There is also a weekly SPAG focus embedded into the Reading lessons.
• In Writing lessons, we build on the children’s foundations of spelling and grammar to learn more complex skills, focusing specifically on fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases and conjunctions.
• The children have the opportunity to explore a range of writing-styles, such as creating non-chronological reports about the rainforest, writing Anglo-Saxon hero-myths and performing their own poetry.

RE

• Using the Religious Education Curriculum Directory (RECD), RE lessons aim to deepen children's understanding of their religious faith by encouraging them to think deeply about the teaching and life of Jesus whilst welcoming other world views.

Exciting events in Year 4

• Swimming lessons
• Anglo-Saxon workshop
• Bike Ability
• Topics on the Anglo-Saxons, the Vikings and the Rainforest
• Making biscuits in D&T
• Residential to Sayers Croft
  

Residential

• The children attend a two-night residential trip at Sayers Croft – an outdoor activity centre in Surrey.
• During the trip, the children take part in a range of exciting activities such as caving, rock climbing, orienteering and a challenge course.
• Through this great experience, the children develop their team-building and communication skills whilst nourishing a love of the outdoors.
• For many of the children, this is their first time away from home.
• Staying in dormitories with their classmates, they create memories to last a lifetime
   

Year 4 Times Table Check (MTC)

• The Multiplication Table Check (MTC) is a Key Stage 2 online assessment which is taken by children at the end of Year Four, in June.
• Children will be asked to answer 25 questions, which will be on times tables from two to twelve.
• They are given six seconds to answer each question, with a three second rest between each question.
• The test lasts less than five minutes and will be taken on iPads in school. 
• The purpose of this test is to ensure that times table knowledge is at the expected level, so children are prepared to go into Upper Key Stage 2.
• Children should be fluent in their times tables from two to twelve.
• This check allows the school to see where there are gaps in times table knowledge and put the appropriate interventions in place. 

Home learning

• Every Friday, the children are set one Maths and one SPAG activity from their respective CGP book by their class teacher via Google Classroom. This is then marked in class on the following Friday.
• Home learning is designed to consolidate learning from class.
• 10 spellings to learn each week which are taught in class.
• Sometimes, there will also be a wider curriculum piece of Home Learning which links to their work in school.
• Reading Records will be checked weekly so please ensure children are reading at home and recording it.