Year 4
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Year 4 Team 2025/26 - Teacher Letters
The Wider Curriculum
Art
In art, the children will explore how artists use mixed media to create texture and impact. They will compare the work of Hannah Rae and Alice Kettle before experimenting with thread and paint to produce their own textured sea scenes.
RE
Our focus religion for this half-term is Christianity. The children will consider how Christians believe Jesus to be a rescuer or saviour. They will explore stories of how Jesus helped people during his life and reflect on how Christians today aim to serve others and make a difference.
History
The children will be stepping back in time to explore the fascinating era of the Ancient Egyptians. They will learn how this civilisation lasted for thousands of years, ending with the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE. Pupils will investigate why the River Nile was so important, why people settled near rivers and explore the significance of the pyramids in commemorating the Pharaohs.
Science
This half-term’s science topic is electricity. The children will learn what makes a circuit complete or incomplete and use problem solving to predict whether different circuits will work. They will also build their own circuits and explore the different components that make them function.
Computing
In computing, the children will consider their identities both online and offline, and how these may be perceived by others. Following our focus on online safety, they will develop their coding skills, including debugging and using ‘If’ statements to control programs.
Music
In music, the children will continue learning the recorder. They will revisit the skills developed in Year 3 and extend the range of notes they can play confidently.
PSHE (Jigsaw)
This half term, Year 4 are exploring the theme Being Me in My World. The children are learning about belonging to different groups, the importance of rules, rights and responsibilities and how their actions affect others. They will also practise teamwork, respect different opinions and understand how fair decisions can be made.
PE
In PE, the children will apply their fundamental skills and develop principles of attacking and defending across a range of sports, including tag rugby, football and handball. In dance, they will learn how the four E’s of dance—energy, extension, eye contact and expression—help to create powerful performances.
English
Reading
In reading, we will be enjoying The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong. This humorous story follows Trevor and his challenge of walking Streaker, the fastest and wildest dog in the world. The children will be applying their retrieval and inference skills to this text, as well as exploring a range of other genres including poetry and news reports.
English
Our English lessons will also be based on The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog. The children will investigate how the author uses nouns and pronouns to make writing clear for the reader, before applying this skill to other text types. They will then create their own bonkers and unruly pet and write a set of instructions on how to look after it ensuring that nouns and pronouns are used correctly to avoid repetition and aid understanding.
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Maths
Maths
In maths, our focus this term is on place value. The children will use practical resources to deepen their understanding and will build on their knowledge to work confidently with numbers up to 10,000. Alongside this, Year 4 will continue daily number fluency sessions to strengthen their times table knowledge. They will begin by reviewing the times tables covered in Year 3, including the 2, 5 and square numbers.
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