Welcome to Year 4. 

We are Lilac Class!

The adults in Lilac Class are Miss Cooksey and Mrs Ali.

In English, the texts we will study are: ‘The lost Happy Endings’, ‘Beowulf’, ‘Street Child’, ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and ‘The Journey’.

In maths we will be learning how to use formal calculation methods for additions, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also be learning about decimals and fractions as well as length and perimeter.

In Science, our topics for this year are states of matter, sound, Animals including humans. Electricity and Living things and their Habitats.

In Art, we will explore how line, tone and texture create perspective, how using a range of colours can enhance perspective in paintings, and how we can use IT to create our own interpretations of Bradford in the style of Lowry.

In DT this year, we will make a light up Christmas card, make healthy snack bars and make a kite that flies.

In RE, the questions that we will explore include, ‘What is it like to follow God?’, What are the deeper meanings of festivals?’ and ‘What does it mean to be a Sikh in Britain today?’. As part of our topic on Sikhism, we will visit a Sikh Gurdwara.

Our History topics this year include The Vikings, Victorian Britain and changes to Crime and Punishment over time. We will visit Bradford’s Industrial Museum as part of our second topic.

In Geography we will explore the questions ‘Will we ever see the water we drink again?’, ‘what would make the ideal settlement?’ and ‘How does a country’s position on the globe affect its time zone?’

Our Computing topics include The Internet, Staying safe online and Creating Programs.

In Spanish, Year 4 will cover topics on Vegetables, Presenting Myself, Family, The Olympics and Clothes.

Year 4’s PSHE learning this year includes ‘Managing Feelings’, Keeping Healthy as we Grow’ and ‘Managing Risk in different places’.

Take a look at our Curriculum Year Group Plan below to find out what else we will be learning about in Year 4 this year. Remember, you can find the Knowledge Organisers for each unit on Class Dojo – please share these with your children and discuss the key vocabulary!

Important Information:

PE: Thursday

Library: Wednesday

Spellings: Thursday

Reading Books: Friday