Welcome to Year 4

We have a very exciting year of learning ahead of us! We hope that the following information about our curriculum and routines will help you and your child throughout their year in Oak Class.

Year 4 Teaching Team 

Mrs Hayes – Class Teacher

Mrs Parker – Teaching Assistant 

Mrs Pearson - Music & Spanish Teacher

Physical Education Reminders 

P.E kits are required on a Monday (Dance) & Thursday (P.E.) 

Homework Reminders 

On a Tuesday the children will be given homework, the Homework book should be returned to school by Friday. Children should aim to read and learn spellings on a daily basis. Spellings will be given and retested on Mondays. 

Curriculum Information

Our bespoke, carefully designed Kings Meadow ‘CRACKING’ curriculum is a:

Creative, Real-life, Ambitious, Careers-focussed curriculum building Knowledge & skills for every Individual Nurturing Global citizens of the future 

During this academic year, the children in Year 4 will be taught the following themes.

In Year 4 our mascot is Ruby the Red Squirrel. Through our teaching, and the experiences we offer, our children will learn to be:             

- brave

- resilient

- bold

- prepared

Our current theme is 'Liberating Leadership' 

Our aim in teaching history in squirrels is to broaden pupils’ historical horizons so they are learning not only about the more recent past but also about ancient civilisations. Pupils should be exploring source materials and begin to look for bias and accuracy. In this phase, pupils should recognise that some aspects of the past can be interpreted in different ways, and it is up to them as present-day historians to be aware that people in the past can tell their stories differently. History in this phase also encourages pupils to, not only explore similarities and differences, but inclusivity across diverse societies. In the unit ‘Liberating Leadership’, which is based on the concept of justice, there is a key focus on citizenship. Pupils will look at the importance of leadership and the meaning of democracy and its origins, before moving on to how this applies practically in communities, both school-wide, locally and nationally. It finishes by recognising issues of justice, rights and responsibilities in their own setting and the wider world.

Our current class novel is 'Theseus and the Minotaur'.

English and Mathematics Coverage in Year 4:

Additional Information

Please keep checking this page for more information, links to useful websites and lots of photographs of our learning.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb - Guardians:  Defenders of Mathematica

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular