Welcome to Year 4

In lower key stage 2, children build on the foundations of key stage 1, becoming more independent and reflective learners. Reading comprehension deepens as they explore a wider range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, developing fluency, expression and inference skills, supported by evidence-based opinions.

In writing, children expand their vocabulary and use a broader range of sentence structures. They learn to organise ideas into paragraphs using fronted adverbials and varied conjunctions, with a strong focus on grammar, punctuation and spelling across genres.

In maths, children secure their understanding of place value – up to 1,000 in year 3 and 10,000 in year 4. They develop efficient methods for all four operations and explore fractions, time and measurement in greater depth, with reasoning and problem-solving integral to learning.

Science teaching encourages inquiry, fair testing and drawing conclusions. Across the wider curriculum, children enjoy a rich mix of subjects, including history, geography, art, DT, computing, music, French, and PE. All children in year 4 learn a musical instrument. This year the children are learning to play the ukulele.

This year, we are especially looking forward to taking our year 4 children on a residential visit to Robin Wood in December, which offers children the chance to develop their teamwork, resilience and independence. We are all excited about our forthcoming visit to the New Vic Theatre to see ‘The Little Mermaid’ in January.

Please take a look at our knowledge organisers below to find out more about what we will be learning each half term.