Year 4 2024 - 2025

Meet the Team

Mr Mason, Mr Cole, Mrs Kinnear, Mme Lie, Mr Hooper

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 4 staff or email year4@almapark.manchester.sch.uk

Welcome

Welcome to Year 4! In Year 4, children continue on their journey through KS2, learning and growing each and every day. As a class, we promote resilience, positive thinking and high aspirations, ensuring every child works hard to ensure they progress and achieve their full potential.

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 4 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

What’s happening this half-term?

 Maths:

In maths, following on from our work on fractions, we will be learning about decimals. We will then move on to money and time.

In Year 4, the children sit a national multiplication test in June. To support your children, you can gain access to practice tests here.

English:

• Fiction - Descriptive writing. We will be learning how to describe characters and settings using a range of writing skills.
  
  
• Non Chronological Report - The children will be writing a report about a Moon Dragon.

History: Ancient Rome

Following on from Egypt and Greece we will be learning about Ancient Rome and how it continues to influence the world we will live in today.

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Science: Sound

We will explore the world of sound. What is it? How do we hear? How does sound travel? This will be complimented by our Science day on the 16th of April.

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Computing: We are co-authors

Year 4 will be learning how to use wikis. This will involv research and team work in compiling a wiki about a given subject.

RE: How do festivals affect jewish families and communities.?

This half term we will be looking at the importance of festivals and celebrations within Judaism.

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PSHE:

We will be learning about the importance of staying safe and informed around medicine.

French:

• Learning to ask questions and give answers.
• Sentence building, further adjectives and vocabulary for a game.
• Masculine nouns and feminine nouns.

Music:

We will be learning how to play keyboards.

P.E:

This half term Year 4 will have Dgymnastic on Wednesday. Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on those days.

Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt.

Swimming - Thursday

Your child needs to bring in a separate bag-a towel, swimsuit or trunks and a swimming hat if your child has long hair. Please do not bring goggles or wear ear-rings on this day.

Reading:

In class we are currently reading The BFG by Roald Dahl.

Please read with your child every day and comment in their reading record when you do. Reading books should be in school everyday for independent reading and can be changed everyday.

Homework:

Spellings will be sent out every week on a Friday to learn for a spelling test the following Friday.

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here

TTRockstars – click here