Year 4 2025 - 2026

Meet the Team

Mr Mason, Mr Cole, Mme Lie, Mr Hooper, Mrs Fernandez Gomez

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.

Please find the information from the Meet the Teacher sessions here.

What’s happening this half-term?

 Maths:

To start the half term we will be looking at identifying and comparing the area of different shapes.

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
  A Fear Tale
• Non-fiction
  Dream Poems

Geography: Exploring Levenshulme

The children will be learning about our local area. What the land is used for and how to draw a map of Levenshulme.

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Science: Circuits and Components

We will be building electrical circuits involving a range of components, including; motors, buzzers and lights. The children will be drawing circuit diagrams.

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Computing: Audio Production

In Autumn 2, the children will be planning and recording their own podcasts using a digital audio workstation.

Art: Repeating Pattern

The children will be looking at artists whop use repeating patterns in their work. They will then design their own piece of artwork using a repeating pattern.

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RE: Why is the bible important to christians?

We will explore the bible and how christians use it within their faith.

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PSHE:

We will be learning about what makes a community and the importance of volunteering.

French:

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

P.E:

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

• Dance
  
  We will create our own routines pretending to be super heroes using different actions involving freeze frames and cannons.

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

• Swimming - Monday

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 Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian

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 Tuesday to learn for a spelling test the following Tuesday.

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found here