Welcome to Year 4!
Welcome to our Year 4's class page!
Here you will find information about our learning, experiences, class information and any other news
Our Year 4 team
Staff details:
4H
Mr Hicks
Miss Alessia & Miss Hawkins
4C
Miss Corradine
Mrs Fleming
We are looking forward to welcoming you all back for the Summer term and are excited to share the fun things we have planned.
Key Dates and Reminders:
Mon 13th April - Parent Consultations
Tues 14th April - First day back for children
Fri 24th April - Swimming lessons start
Fri 24th April - FOC PTA meeting - all welcome 7pm
Mon 4th May - Bank holiday - school closed
Mon 25th May - Fri 29th May - HALF TERM
Mon 1st June - Children back to school
Mon 8th June - INSET day - no children please
Thurs 11th June - Sports Day
Wed 17th - Fri 19th June - Gulliver's Land Residential
Thurs 25th June - Exhibition Evening 4pm-6pm. Children to be collected at 1.15pm
Sat 4th July - Summer Fayre
Thurs 9th July - Transition Day
Thurs 23rd July - Children finish at 1:15pm
Music
FX sound effects
- Use sound effects to enhance the drama and realism of a film clip.
- Begin to make compositional decisions, considering mood, timing, and narrative impact.
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Round and
Round
- Develop ensemble and vocal skills by performing rounds and songs with accurate pitch, rhythm, and expressive dynamics.
- Perform songs confidently in a school assembly, demonstrating their ability to work together as a class and to perform musically through effective performance techniques.
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Design and Technology
During this term, we will be looking at and creating our very own pop up books.
Art
During this term, we will be looking at shading and sketching techniques
PE
This term, our PE session will be on Monday mornings. Please ensure your children come to school in their PE kits.
The children will commence swimming on the 24th April. Swimming will continue on Friday mornings up to the 10th July 2025. Please ensure your child comes to school 'swim ready', with their swimwear worn underneath their PE kits and their changing bags ready. Thank you.
Useful Websites
Mathletics
Purple Mash
https://www.purplemash.com/cranborneen6 can
Please find your child's log in details in their reading record
Purple mash is a great resource with lots of resources to explore.
Times Table Rockstarshttps://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/29172
Please find your child's log in details in their reading records.
Times Table Rockstars is a fun and engaging way for children to practice their times tables.
| Name | Format | ||
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| EYE Year 4 Writing in more detail.pdf.pdf | |||
| EYE Year 4 Reading Writing.pdf | |||
Maths
This term we will be learning about the following:
- Equivalent Fractions, Ordering and Comparing
- Multiply Two and Three-digit Numbers by a One-digit Number Using a Formal
Written Layout - Divide Two and Three-digit Numbers by a One-digit Number Using a Formal
Written Layout - Time – Read, Write Calculate and Convert Time on Analogue and Digital 12- and
24-Hour Clocks - Statistics – Interpret and Present Continuous and Discrete Data, Solve Problems
incorporating Measures - Roman Numerals to 100 and Zero
- Negative Numbers – Counting through Zero and Calculating in Context
- Geometry – Angles
Geometry – Properties of Triangles - Geometry – Coordinates in the First Quadrant and Translations
- Geometry – Position and Direction, incorporating Angles and Plotting Points of a
Shape - Area
- Application and Problem Solving – Developing Operation Sense
Each morning, your child will continue to complete their 'Early Morning Work' to consolidate their skills and build mental fluency.
How can I help my child?
Ask your child to explain to you what they have done during the school day. Ask your children to pretend to be the teacher and explain the methods that they have learnt in class. Please look on Purple Mash and Mathletics for tasks that will support your child's learning.
Mental fluency
Helping your child with their mental fluency is the most effective way to improve your children's skills.
Please ensure you are helping your child by asking them questions on the following topics:
- Times tables (up to 12 x 12)
- Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
- Halving numbers - even tricky ones such as 72
- Doubling numbers
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Telling the time
- converting measurements
Maths topics this year
Times tables
Each week, we will be testing children on their table knowledge using Purple Mash. Children will be tested weekly using Ipads. There will be 6 seconds in between each question. Each week we will record a score out of 25.
In June, all children in the UK will be sitting a government timetable test. They will be expected the know all their multiplication facts ( times tables) up to 12 x 12 and recall these at speed. The test will be on the iPads and they will have 5 seconds to answer the questions.
Please continue to support your child by practicing regularly home. Each week we will be revisiting a different multiplication table and every Friday the children will be doing a test based on their tables they have learnt so far.
TIMESTABLES ROCKSTARS: This is a brilliant resource to use to assist children with their times table knowledge.
Every child has their log in details in their reading record.
Science
. This term, we will be looking at electricity. We will be.....
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• construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers • make drawings of simple working circuits (pictorial only circuit symbols covered in year 6) • make circuits from drawings provided • identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery • describe the effect of making and breaking one of the contacts on a circuit • explain why some circuits work and others do not • recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit • describe how switches work • construct a home-made switch • construct simple circuits and use them to test whether materials are electrical conductors or insulators • recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors |
Extension
TIMES TABLE PRACTISE SHEETS
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| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 17.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 18.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 19.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 20.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 21.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 22.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 23.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 24.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 25.pdf.pdf | |||
| Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice Booklet 26.pdf.pdf | |||
GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION ACTIVITY SHEETS
Working from home
If your child wishes to do some work at home, please see below for some work they may wish to complete.
We suggest your child should complete the following:
Maths (White Rose), English (Oak academy or Bitesize), Independent reading and a Science task..
Maths
Choose one of the following
Click on the link for lessons
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-1/
Use the BBC link to pick your lesson from the day.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfch7yc
You may like to explore these lessons from Oak Academy.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/place-value-00b7
English
Click on the link to a sequence based on the book 'Hansel and Gretel', by Anthony Brown.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/hansel-and-gretel-by-anthony-browne-e2f3
English
This term, we will finish exploring Michael Morpugo's Beowulf before we start studying 'The Boy at the Back of the Class'. We will be doing lots of writing. Our grammar focus will be:
- noun phrases
- punctuation
- subordinating conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunctions
- prepositions
- Ambitious vocabulary
- Fronted adverbials
- Rules for speech
Throughout Year 4, the children will be working towards achieving their pen licences. We will continuously work on their handwriting, ensuring it is joined up and neat.
Each week, we will continue to teach reading comprehension skills.
Oxford owl:
For extra spelling resources and ebooks please follow this link:
Username: cranborne
Password: school 1
We also have access to PurpleMash Library which is accessable through their PurpleMash log in.
Reading
Helping children to develop a love of reading is our passion at Cranborne. In order to develop their fluency and comprehension skills, pupils are expected to read everyday for at least 10 minutes (from a variety of texts) and have their reading record signed. These will be checked regularly.
We will continue to use the Accelerate Reader programme and quizzes in school. Please do speak to your class teacher if you have any questions.
Reminders
Homework
We expect the children to be reading and practising their timetable 5 times per week.
School closure
In the event of school closure, all work will be set via the school webpage.
If your child is required to self isolate, please inform your child's class teacher and we will provide work for them to complete.
Water Bottles
Please ensure that your child comes in each day with a labelled water bottle. It is vital that the children stay hydrated throughout the day, even in the colder months.
Pencil Cases
The children will need pencil cases in school this term. Please make sure all the equipment is clearly labelled with your child's name. Please include the following items
- HB pencils
- Eraser
- Pencil sharpener
- Ruler
- A purple pen
- Glue Stick
- Whiteboard pen
You may also want to include some coloured pencils as well.
Curriculum Overview
See below for an overview of the curriculum subjects we will be teaching this year.