Year 4 2025 - 2026

"Do everything in love” 1 Corinthians 16:14

 

Learning to love, loving to learn

Welcome to Year 4

Our staff

Miss Webster will teach Year 4 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Mrs Brearley will teach Year 4 on Thursdays. Miss Roberts will be supporting your children's learning this year.

The following information tells you a little more about the work and activities we will be doing in Year 4. If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

jenna.webster@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

jemma.brearley@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

 

General information

• Please kindly ensure that your child has their PE kit in school at all times.
• Please ensure your child brings a water bottle to school every day.
• Homework will be given out on Fridays and we would ask you to kindly ensure it is returned to school on or before the following Wednesday for marking.
• Please read with your child at home and record their learning in their reading diary. Please kindly ensure reading diaries are brought to school on Fridays for marking.

 

Spring Half Term 1

Please find below some information regarding what topics the children will be exploring this half term:

 

Our Christian Values

During the Spring term, our Christian values are 'Respect' and 'Courage'.

 

RE

In our RE lessons, we will be discussing why Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God. We will be exploring a number of Jesus' miracles and thinking about His power and authority over nature, sickness and death. The children will also be exploring why Jewish people believe that the Sabbath/Shabbat is so important. 

 

Reading

During our reading lessons, will be using Pathways to Read to teach children specific reading strategies. This half term, we will be reading 'Volcanos' by Maria Gill. 

                                                               

English

This half term, the children will be using the book 'Escape to Pompeii'. The children will be learning the features of a historical narrative and at the end of the unit, will have the opportunity to show off what they have learned across the half term by writing their own recount.

 

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our English lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules, as well as the Y3/4 spelling words. 

 

Maths

In maths, the children will learn through concrete experiences, moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds. They will also be encouraged to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

Our focus for the half term will be addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 

 

Science

This term, the children will be learning about animals and humans.  

 

Geography

Our history topic for this half term will be 'Mountains, Volcanos and Earthquakes'. The children will learn how mountains and volcanoes are formed. They will look at the features or a volcano and mountain and what it is like to live near a volcano. We will also look at how earthquakes are caused.

 

Art

In our Art lessons, the children will be learning about Impressionism. They will experiment using a number of different Impressionist techniques including crosshatching and stippling. They will look at the work of Alfred Sisley and then copy the quick style of Impressionists to capture the current light and weather in an outdoor scene.

 

PE

This half term, the children will be practising outdoor adventures. 

 

Courageous Advocacy

As we continue to live our lives and act out the teachings of Jesus, we will look to be courageous advocates and promote good mental health and support children less fortunate than ourselves. 

 

PHSE

In PHSE, we will continue to learn about the importance of mental wellbeing and will learn further strategies to keep our minds healthy. We will be following the school value of 'Respect' in our PSHE lessons. 

 

Music

This term, we will be using Charanga for our music lessons. We will ask ourselves how music improves our world and compose pieces to try to connect with our spiritual selves.

 

MFL

In our French lessons, we will be building on the knowledge and vocabulary we have already learned. The children will be learning names of numbers, colours and how to ask questions.

 

Computing

Computing lessons are crucial in this increasingly digital age. This half term, the children will be learning about the editing images, data logging and managing online information.

 

Homework

Homework will be sent out on a Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.

We expect each piece to take around 15-20 minutes. If you have any questions or queries, please come and see us or write a note on the piece of work. Homework will be designed to either build on skills taught in class or pre teach knowledge or skills for the following week. Therefore, we appreciate your support with this important part of your child's learning journey.