Welcome to Year 4

2026 ~ 2027

We are Storey Class

Staff Team

Welcome to Year 4 Storey Class. 

Our class teachers are:
Mrs Hillerton (Monday - Wednesday)
Mrs Brady (Thursday - Friday).

Our Learning Support Assistant (LSA) is Mrs McHale.

We are committed to ensuring that your child feels safe and supported so that they can thrive.  Positive relationships and regular communication between home and school are important.  We will keep you updated on what we are learning and key notices through our weekly newsletter and encourage you to read this each week. If you have any questions or wish to speak with us, the best way to do this is when you drop off your child at the classroom door in the morning or when picking them up at the end of the day. If you require a longer conversation, please email the school office and we can arrange an appropriate time for this.

Curriculum 

We’re excited to share an overview of what your child will be learning in Year 4. Our curriculum aims to build on the solid foundations of previous years while encouraging independence, confidence, and a love of learning.

Our PE lessons will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please ensure your child comes to school in their school PE kit on these days each week. 

Writing 

In Year 4, pupils will further develop their writing skills by focusing on:

• Grammar & punctuation: Using fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases, apostrophes for possession and omission and direct speech with correct punctuation.
• Spelling: Following the Year 4 spelling patterns, including words with prefixes and suffixes, homophones and commonly misspelt words.
• Creative writing: Writing for a range of purposes – including narratives, letters, poetry and non-fiction reports – with an emphasis on planning, editing and improving their work.
• Handwriting: Continuing to develop fluent, joined-up handwriting.

Reading

Reading is a key focus in Year 4, with an emphasis on:

• Fluency and expression: Reading aloud with confidence and intonation.
• Comprehension: Understanding and discussing texts by making predictions, inferences and identifying key themes and facts.
• Vocabulary development: Exploring ambitious language and discussing the meaning of new words in context.
• Reading for pleasure: Encouraging regular reading at home and school, with exposure to a wide variety of authors, genres and text types.

Children will take part in whole-class reading sessions, guided reading, and independent reading activities.

Maths

In Year 4, we aim to deepen pupils’ understanding of key mathematical concepts through fluency, reasoning and problem-solving. Areas of focus include:

• Number & place value: Understanding numbers up to 10,000, including rounding and comparing.
• Addition & subtraction: Using formal written methods and solving two-step problems.
• Multiplication & division: Recalling and applying multiplication facts up to 12x12 and using formal written methods.
• Fractions & decimals: Recognising and showing families of equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions and understanding decimals to two decimal places.
• Measurement: Converting between units, calculating perimeter and solving money and time problems.
• Geometry: Identifying angles, symmetry and properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
• Statistics: Interpreting and presenting data using charts and graphs.

⚠️ Times Tables Check: By the end of Year 4, children are expected to know all their times tables up to 12 × 12. Regular practice at home will support them in preparing for the national Multiplication Tables Check in the summer term. A link to Times Tables Rockstars can be found further down this page.  We will share information with you during the first weeks of Year 4 and will be hosting a parent workshop to provide you with important information and strategies to support your child at home.

Wider Curriculum

Children in Year 4 will study the full range of subjects across the year with a project based focus. Key History projects include Ancient Egyptians, Anglo Saxons and Ancient Maya. Work in other curriculum areas will link to these projects where appropriate, for example, the children will design and make Egyptian collars in their DT lessons and will focus on Egyptian notation within their music lessons. Within their Geography lessons, pupils will focus on settlements, Antarctica and rivers and the water cycle. Pupils will participate in 2 hours worth of PE per week on Mondays and Wednesdays. In their Science lessons, the children will learn about the following scientific areas: Electricity and Circuits; Animals including humans; Materials: states of matter; Energy: sound and vibrations and Living things and classification. 

Home Learning

Children in Year 4 are set the following homework:

• Times table practice.  This should be completed at least three times per week at home for 510 minutes each time.  Pupils are encouraged to use TT Rockstars to complete this home learning but paper homework is available.  Pupils will be provided with paper homework to complete if it is evident that they are not logging on to TT Rockstars three times per week. This paper homework should be returned to school on Thursdays.
• Reading.  We encourage all children to read at home daily.  Pupils may borrow books from our class library at any time and visit the main school library once per week to select a book to enjoy at home.
• Spelling.  We send home spellings weekly for your child to practice at home.  We test these spellings weekly.  It is recommended that children practice their spellings at least three times per week.  Please see the attached documents which contain ideas for practising spellings in fun and engaging ways.

Additional skills to practice with your child which will support them:

• Tying their own shoelaces, especially if they have lace up trainers or school shoes.
• Telling the time to the nearest minute on a clock, both digital and analogue.
• Estimating the cost of shopping by rounding to the nearest £1 and budgeting whether they have enough money to purchase what they would like to buy. Conversations around saving money to pay for something they wish to buy help children understand the value of money.

Useful websites and documents:

Dates for your diary:

Tuesday 1^st September 2026 – Inset Day

Friday 9^th October 2026 – Inset Day

Thursday 26^th November 2026 - Trip to Gilbert White's House

Monday 30^th November 2026 – Inset Day

Thursday 3^rd December – Year 4 Parent Workshop – Multiplication Tables Check

Wednesday 27^th January 2027 – Inset Day

Monday 7^th June 2027 – Inset Day

Week commencing Monday 7^th June 2027 – Year 4 Multiplication Tables Checks