Welcome to Year 4
at St Anne’s Primary School
Hello and Welcome to Year 4!!
Teacher: Miss Dobson
TA: Mrs Humphreys
In Writing….
During Autumn 2, we will focus on our Pathways to Write book of Leon and the Place between by Graham Baker-Smith.
In this book, a boy named Leon who believes in magic visits a circus show. He volunteers to go on stage and is transported to “the Place Between” — a world where magic really exists. There, Leon discovers wonder, adventure, and the power of believing in the impossible. This enchanting story celebrates imagination and the joy of believing in something extraordinary.
We will continue to apply skills learnt in Autumn 1, and learn to apply the following:
Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases
Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
Use fronted adverbials
Organise paragraphs around a theme (to organise and sequence more extended narrative structures)
Use commas after fronted adverbials
In maths…
This term, Year 4 pupils will be building on their understanding of number and calculation. We will revisit column addition and subtraction with 4-digit numbers, focusing on regrouping and exchanging to ensure accuracy and fluency.
Children will continue to develop their confidence with multiplication and division, exploring the 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 times-tables and their related division facts. They will also learn how to multiply and divide by 6, 7 and 9, and consolidate their understanding of multiples of 3.
In addition, pupils will investigate how to multiply by 1 and 0, divide a number by 1 and itself, and even multiply three numbers together.
In RE…
This half term we will be learning all about Prophecy and Promise. We’ll be discovering how God made special promises to His people and how those promises were fulfilled through Jesus.
The children will:
Learn about the prophet Elijah, who listened to God and shared His messages with courage.
Hear the story of Elijah on Mount Carmel, showing how God is always faithful.
Find out about John the Baptist, who helped people get ready for Jesus’ coming.
Explore the season of Advent, a special time of waiting and hope as we prepare for Christmas.
Learn about the ancestry of Jesus, understanding how He was part of God’s great family.
Discover more about Joseph, the kind and caring foster father of Jesus.
Through these stories and reflections, the children will think about what it means to trust in God’s promises and prepare their hearts for Jesus.
Other subjects….
Science: States of Matter
History: The Rainforest and Biomes
Computing: Coding
Spanish: Greetings, Numbers 1-20
Art: William Morris
PE: Keeping possession - Basketball
Our PE day will be a Thursday. Please make sure children have the correct PE kits, sensible shoes and a water bottle - weather dependant, children will be outside.
Times tables…
By the end of Year 4, children are expected to know their times tables up to 12 x 12. To help children learn and embed their times tables, we will be regularly practising their times tables through games, songs, chanting and quick fire questions. Within class, we will be using Percy Parker songs to learn learn our times tables.