Year 4 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Year 4!

Contacting us

Parents can contact teachers through the blue organiser - make sure your child knows there is a message to hand in. You can also use our e-mail addresses, which will be monitored on weekdays during term time and we will endeavour to reply within 72 hours. Please may we remind you that verbal messages at collection and drop-off times are welcome if brief. If you need more time to discuss something, pop a note in the organiser to let us know you need a longer appointment or drop us an e-mail to say so and we can ensure your query gets our full attention.

Miss Gittens - 3G.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk

Mrs Smith - 4S.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk

English

We will immerse ourselves in some fabulous books, starting with a writing project based on the Loch Ness Monster. There will be a strong focus on the grammatical accuracy of sentences, spelling and punctuation within this work.

Maths

The children will be extending their knowledge of place value including Roman Numerals. We will also further our skills with addition and subtraction, solving problems with these operations in a range of contexts.

By the end of Year 4, the children are expected to know all multiplication facts to 12 x12 and so this key knowledge will also have considerable emphasis throughout the whole year. Children will need to make this a priority in their homework. TT Rockstars will be set weekly and it is expected they complete the minutes. If you have trouble accessing the app or website, please let your child's teacher know.

Science

There will be two topics studied during the Autumn term. The first will be teeth, digestion and healthy eating. Followed by electricity. We will investigate what makes a complete circuit and what materials make good conductors. The children will develop their enquiry skills through practical activities.

History

The main focus of our history this term is the Romans and by using enquiry skills we will discover information about their invasion of Great Britain and the lasting impact that this had on our life today. We will also conduct a local history study about the soldiers from Macclesfield who were involved in WW1. The children will begin to understand the chronology of these periods in history.

Art & DT

The children will be inspired by the artist Hundertwasser.

P.E Days

4G - Monday and Thursday

4S - Wednesday and Thursday

On these days only, the children should come to school in their P.E. kit- White t-shirt, navy shorts or bottoms and school sweatshirt or cardigan- the only logos should be the school logo. If your child cannot remove their own earrings (to be placed into a secure bag or tuppaware), earrings must be removed before school, please.

Computing

We will be developing our basic skills of computing - building on our learning from previous years, challenging the children further! Don't forget you can log on at home and use Purple Mash!

Homework

Weekly homework is now set using the orange homework books, with the half term's activities glued in. It is given out on a Friday and should be handed in to the teacher by the following Wednesday. A copy of the homework grid is also published on teams. You can, of course, submt completed homework to us on teams or in your orange books. If you have difficulties in accessing homework this year, please let class teachers know so we can help. Homework is not set in the first week of half term. TTRS is your child's maths homework and they should aim to complete 21 minutes of Garage sessions over the week.

Reading

Please, please do continue to read to your child and to hear them read aloud. Your child has been given a day of the week on which they should bring their books for changing, which is written in their organiser. In class, there is a wide selection of books available for their reading pleasure and children also are able to borrow books of their choosing from the KS2 library to read at school. It is fantastic to hear children telling us what they read at home and even that they have been inspired by our class book choices to find the same or similar books in the library or bookshop. Please send organisers and reading books in every day.

Year 4 Statutory Times Tables Assessment

This year, all children will complete the times tables assessment. They will have the opportunity to see how the test works by first having a practice session. To prepare for this test, we will set times tables as homework all year long, whilst keeping tables a priority in class at school as part of the Maths curriculum and having some time allocated in school for using TT Rockstars or Purple Mash. The Purple Mash times tables app has the most similar format to that of the test itself and it is worth using this to practise.

www.timestables.co.uk

www.ttrockstars.com