Year 4
Welcome to our Year 4 class page!
Class Teacher - Mrs Sharrock
Teaching Assistant - Ms Burrows
Year 4 is such a wonderful year and we are really looking forward to our new learning and exciting times to come. We are building on all of our previous learning in Year 3 and will have lots of fun along the way. We love sharing our work with you as we continue through our busy year. Make sure you check out our webpage and X (formerly Twitter) for regular updates and new pictures of your child's learning. From making electrical circuits in Science to creating Festival Feasts with clay, our learning is always interesting!
Year 4 Meet the teacher and information session with parents and carers
Click on the PowerPoint below to read through important information about Year 4.
Year 4 Meet The Teacher Presentation
Click on the link below to view our curriculum in Year 4.
Click on the link below to view the Year 4 Timetable.
Homework
Homework is sent home on a Monday to be returned on a Friday for us to mark together in class. Don't forget to access Reading Plus or Lexia and TTRS.. Please ask if you are on hold or have any issues logging into these programmes. Click on the link below to see our Year 4 homework expectations.
Homework expectations for Year 4
Times tables MTC June 2025
We will be taking the national Multiplication Test Check in June 2025. This is an online test which children complete in school. Our children will have lots of practice beforehand and there's no time like the present to start practicing those times tables skills.
Spellings
We will also send home spellings on a Monday for a spelling test on the following Monday. If your child doesn't do as well as we know they can with their spellings, they will be retested on the following Wednesday. Please practice their spellings with them as this helps them greatly in their other lessons.
PE
During Autumn term we have PE on a Monday and a Thursday. Please ensure that your child has full school PE kit on those days.
Year 4 Gallery
Reading
We love visiting our school library each week and choosing our Favourite 5 reads!
Bookies and Cookies
Year 4 welcomed our parents and carers into school to share our love of reading! we had an opportunity to browse the book fair and read some stories together. #Reading #CommunityLinks
National Poetry Day
We're improving our oracy skills - celebrating National Poetry Day, we recited a poem written by Paul Delaney.
In our Picture News we learned that we are all individual, here we have talked about what is important to us.
We love our keyboard lessons with Mr Delaney. We have learned how to use both hands to play musical notation!
We have been enjoying our Charanga Music lessons, learning how to sing an play along to Mama Mia by Abba!
PAThS
As part of our daily practice, we celebrate all the wonderful things about each other with our PAThS Pupil of the Day!
We give our POTD compliments - this could be something they're good at, something we like about their appearance or something about their character.
Our POTD is encouraged to give their self a compliment and this is taken home for a compliment to be given at home too. #PAThS #PSHE
Art
Design and Technology
We are learning how to make pavilions using 3d shapes. Here we created our prototypes using cocktail sticks and jelly sweets to construct our shapes.
Attendance Award
We were delighted to win five stars in our attendance awards. We were treated to a delicious pizza treat.
P.E.
We love our PE lessons, learning how to pass the ball and focus on throwing and catching to eventually play handball successfully.
Spanish
In Spanish we learned a song about body parts... its a catchy tune!
Aspirations - We can be whatever we want to be.
Protected Characteristics
As part of our Protected Characteristics learning in PSHE, we have shared the story, My beautiful Voice, which is a moving, lyrical picture book about a shy child unlocking the power of their own voice through poetry, with the helping hand of an extra special teacher. John 1:12 tells us 'I am a child of God' - all our voices can be powerful and beautiful, however small.
We shared ‘What we'll build’ in our Protected Characteristics lesson. James 1:12 says, ‘Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial’ - we explored what it means to be resilient & to have a positive attitude, especially in relation to our dreams and goals.
Breathe buddies - Asthma
Years 3,4 and 5 enjoyed an asthma friendly assembly with St Helens Wellbeing & the Breathe Buddies, focusing on breathing better together.
We loved learning about the Digestive System in Science. We used egg shells to replicate the enamel on our teeth and investigated which liquids were better for our teeth.
We have learned how to make an electrical circuit in Science, using different components to make a bulb light up!
Fun Friday
Our Fun Friday is a lovely way to end the week. Here we are enjoying some games and activities to promote collaboration and fun!
Anti-Bullying Workshop
Altru-Ed delivered a fabulous anti-bullying workshop in class. We did lots of drama, acting out bullying scenarios.
Prayer and Liturgy
Our Prayer and Liturgy focused on how the Holy Spirit can help us shine the brightest!
We love singing at the beginning Prayer and Liturgy...
Remembering those no longer with us in the month of Remembrance.
Our fabulous As Creatives Ancient Greeks workshop focused on many historical events of the time. We had lots of fun recreating the events through drama!
History
We have enjoyed using our knowledge box to research the Ancient Greeks.
Geography
We have been comparing the UK and Poland in our Geography lessons. Using map reading skills to discuss physical geography.
Ashton's Green Allotments
Our visits to Ashton's Green Allotments help us understand nature in a 'hands on' way! We have learned how bees make honey, and it as delicious!
Honey Tasting!
We collected Honey from Ashton's Green Allotments when we learned all about honey.
Our weekly trips to the allotments - here we are working hard to turn over the soil.
We picked pumpkins at the allotments which had been planted last year and were now ready to harvest - we had so much fun!
Maths
In Maths we are learning how to solve difficult questions. Here we are modelling how to exchange in subtraction when necessary.
We enjoy learning our times tables in many different ways. Singing our times tables helps us retain that learning!