In Year 4, we become experts at our times tables in maths and we develop our love of reading, especially Roald Dahl books. We build on our writing targets from Year 3 and by the time we leave Year 4, we can use varied punctuation, a range of conjunctions and we know how to join our handwriting. In Science, we find out about teeth and the digestive system, electrical circuits, sound, states of matter, the water cycle and learn how to create classification keys to identify living things. The Shang Dynasty, Ancient Greece and the Romans are our history topics. In Geography, we learn about hemispheres, tropics and poles as well as Europe and all about rivers. To find out about what we learn in other subjects, click on our long term plan below. We think Year 4 is particularly special because we go to Carlton Lodge on our first residential visit….and return with increasing independence.
Art
We’ve been learning how to ‘fill’ in photography this afternoon #y4art
We’ve been learning how to take photos with simple backgrounds #y4art
A selection of our finished designs #y4art
We loved inviting our grown-ups in to help us make willow sculptures #y4art
Computing
We’ve had fun using Scratch to animate the letters of our name #y4computing
We have gone from writing simple codes to writing procedures to design our own wrapping paper #y4computing
We know how to be smart and stay safe on the internet. Please ask us about it #y4computing
We’ve been learning about the pros and cons of AI. Please ask us about it #saferinternetday2026 #y4computing
We are beginning to write our own code snippets #y4computing
DT
We are finally playing our board games and they are fantastic 🤩#y4dt
We’ve started to make our electronic board games. Brilliant teamwork has been on display this afternoon 🤩 #y4dt
Surveys are underway in Class 4. What do we look for in a board game? #y4dt
We’re enjoying playing board games before evaluating them #y4dt
Ask us how to keep safe around electricity! We’re experts 🤩#y4dt #y4science
Geography
Fieldwork in action. We’ve been measuring the speed of the river and looking closely at river samples #y4geography
We’ve been busy locating famous buildings in Europe #y4geography
We’re busy identifying countries and capital cities in Europe #y4geography
We are geographers! Class 4 are busy locating countries on the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn #y4geography 🌎
History
We’ve been sketching (and wearing of course) Roman artefacts this afternoon #y4history
We’re busy asking and answering questions about life in Ancient Greece #y4history
French
We have enjoyed learning how to order ice creams this afternoon 🍦🍨 #y4french
We have finished our topic in French and celebrated with a song! 🎶 #y4french
We now know how to ask someone if they like a fruit and answer yes or no #y4french
This half term, our topic in French is ‘Les fruits’ We have been completing a word search to help us with our spellings #y4french
We have been learning how to spell the names of animals this afternoon #y4french
PE
What a lovely way to end a half term. Team work at its best 🤩 Class 4 loved applying their striking and fielding skills in small rounders style games #y4pe
We ❤️gymnastics. Today we’ve been exploring symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes #y4pe
What a lovely end to a week 🤩 Our Pilates routines were brilliant, so brilliant that we even taught them to Ms Anderson #y4pe
Class 4 loved Ms Anderson joining them for boxercise today. The only improvement they had was, ‘Don’t be so smiley!’ #y4pe
Class 4 have learnt jabs, cross-jabs, boxing twists and dodges. We ❤️ boxercise #y4pe
Maths
We’re so good at using working out to solve problems . Look at our whiteboards #y4maths
We’ve started to use hundredths as well as tenths in maths. Ask us about decimals #y4maths
We’re using different methods to help us divide #y4maths
We’ve started dividing larger numbers today and had to do lots of exchanging. Brilliant maths in Class 4 #y4maths
We’re starting formal multiplication and working together brilliantly to help one another #y4maths
Reading
We ❤️ reading. It can be very relaxing 😌 #y4reading
It’s an exciting day in Class 4. We’re about to start our final guided reading book of the year and we’re busy making predictions about what could happen 🚎 🦸📚 #y4reading
Free reading’s always fun in Class 4 but this week we enjoyed books written backwards and acting out playscripts #y4reading
Class 4 are getting much more independent at answering VIPERS questions #y4reading
Writing
We are SOOOOOO proud of our joined handwriting and spellings this morning #y4writing
We’re enjoying acting out one-another’s playscripts . There are some scary Cyclopses around! #y4writing
These two are determined to tick off their writing targets! What great independence 🤩 #y4writing
We’re enjoying reading and acting out playscripts this morning #y4writing
We’re using pictures and actions to help us talk throughout diary writing #y4writing
Science
More awe and wonder! 🤩 This afternoon we pond dipped🐸, hunted for invertebrates 🪲 and made dream catchers 🪶 We even found a newt! 😮#y4science
Ask us about producers, prey, predators and apex predators! We’re experts at food chains 🍀➡️🐛➡️🦔➡️🦅 #y4science
Today we’ve created our own classification keys #y4science
We’ve been busy identifying and classifying vertebrates, invertebrates and trees this afternoon #y4science
Ask us how to keep safe around electricity! We’re experts 🤩#y4dt #y4science
Music
We have enjoyed playing our instruments to the song we learned to sing last week #y4music
We have enjoyed learning to sing in a round this morning #y4music
We have enjoyed learning the song ‘Let Your Spirit Fly’ in music #y4music
We’ve been busy playing percussion to the song we that we learnt last week #y4music
RE
We have been busy comparing the Islamic and Sikh creation stories #y4re
After looking at Bible stories, we have been writing Kenning style poems to show how we interpret the Bible describes God #y4re
As part of our work on The Theory of Evolution, we have been studying fossils and thinking about how they show animals have evolved #y4re
What a lovely afternoon we’ve had at Beverley Minster. The threads exhibition was incredible. Ask us about Creation and The Easter Story:we’re experts! 🌎⛪️🪡#y4re
We’re enjoying reading the bible in our new prayer area #y4re #ourschool
Jigsaw
Class 4 have been learning about how to deal with any worries by creating a worry toolkit #y4jigsaw
Class 4 worked as a team brilliantly today #y4jigsaw
