Year Four
Welcome Back to the Spring Term
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break and is ready for an exciting Spring term in Year 4. This term promises to be full of learning, discovery, and progress. As always, we will be maintaining high expectations for behaviour, attitude, and effort – let’s make this term another to be proud of!
Reading
This half term, we will be exploring Volcanoes by Maria Gill. This text will support comprehension, fluency, and a love of reading. We will continue to use Reading Plus, which is available at home to further support your child’s reading journey.
Literacy
In literacy, our focus will be on Escape from Pompeii, alongside SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar), we will also continue to emphasise handwriting, presentation, and spelling, helping children develop confidence and skill as writers.
Maths
Our Maths focus this half term will be on multiplication and division, length and perimeter, and fractions and decimals. Times tables remain a key focus, and we will continue to use Reflex Maths at home to support quick recall and fluency. Regular arithmetic practice will help build accuracy and confidence.
Science
In Spring 1, children will learn about states of matter, exploring solids, liquids, and gases. In Spring 2, we will move on to grouping and classifying, investigating different ways to categorise and compare living things.
PE
PE will take place on Monday afternoons for the first half term. Please ensure your child has the correct kit each week.
History & Geography
In Spring 1, we will be exploring the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain, understanding its historical significance. In Spring 2, our focus will shift to geography, studying rivers and their importance to people and the environment.
We will continue learning Spanish with Mrs Hamilton on Thursday afternoons, building vocabulary and growing confidence in speaking and listening. She will also be teaching RE.
On Fridays, Mrs Plummer will continue to teach the class, covering a range of curriculum subjects, including PSHE, Art, Music, Computing, and additional maths and SPaG activities to support learning across the curriculum.
Homework
Homework will be set weekly and will rotate as follows:
Reading: School books for 15 minutes at least three times a week
Spellings: Set every two weeks
Maths and SPaG: Homework will alternate weekly – one week your child will have a maths activity, and the next week a SPaG-based activity.
All messages and announcements will be posted on Class Dojo, so please check regularly to stay up to date.
If you have any questions about this term or your child’s learning, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Many thanks,
Mrs Schofield
Useful resources to support learning at home:
