Year 4
Welcome to Year 4
There are two classes in Year 4: 4RH (Mr Hulls's class) and 4JB (Miss Burford's class). Mrs Abba is the teaching assistant in 4RH, and Miss Harber is in 4JB. Mrs Chapman also teaches in both classes when Mr Hulls and Miss Burford are not. On this page, you will find some information about the learning taking place in Year 4.
Year Four Staff
Great Malvern Primary School
Summer Term 2025
Dear Parents,
Welcome back; for what we hope will be an exciting term.
We thought it would be helpful to give you an idea of what your child will be learning in school, plus a few reminders of what you can do at home to help your child succeed. Please find below a summary of the learning Year 4 will be covering this term.
The children will have their historical and geographical curiosity focused on both significant world explorers, and “wild weather”. If your child does anything at home that supports their learning around these topisc, please do encourage them tobring it in as it’s always lovely to celebrate your children’s enthusiasm for learning! Each subject will have an accompanying selection of homework tasks associated with them, which you can also find on this web page.
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Maths | We will be focussing on the following “small steps”, covering decimals, money, time, shape, statistics, and position and direction. There will be an ongoing emphasis on times tables, with daily practice. Please see full list of small steps in Word document on this page.
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English | We will write in a variety of genres, and for various purposes, including poetry to entertain, and persuasive letters.
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History | We will be studying significant world explorers, namely Ibn Battuta; James Cook, Vasco da Gama, Ernest Shackleton and Christopher Columbus, and focussing on the impact their vogages and discoveries made on people then, and now.
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Science | We will be looking at Sound, including how it travels, and ways of insulating sources of unwanted sound.
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Computing | In computing, we focus on photo editing as well as repetition in games.
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French | We will be developing our pronunciation of French vocabulary by focusing initially on phonics. We will then develop our ability to describe ourselves and present our needs to others.
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R.E. | Pentecost (Christianity) and significant life events (for Christians, Hindus, and non-religious people) will be the focus for this term. |
P.E | Indoor PE will focus on yoga. Outdoor PE will focus on netball, cricket and athletics.
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P.S.H.E | Our focusses will be on citizenship and economic well-being.
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PE days this term
Thursday for indoor PE.
Friday for outdoor PE.
Homework
There will be some homework to complete every week, with a weekly spelling test each Thursday. Maths will be set on alternate weeks (this will be using the times tables exercise book your child was given in September). On the other weeks, your child may choose one of the tasks from our history or geography work (world explorers for the first half of the term, and “Weird Weather” for the second half) which they will be given on a sheet which details the possible tasks (also visible on the Y4 web page). Children will complete this work in their homework books (which are purple).
Reading – as always, reading at home remains crucial. Please encourage you child to read at home daily, preferably to you. Please record in your child’s reading record whenever this happens. If your child reads to themselves, they should write in their record too (perhaps some thoughts on what they have read, or what they think might happen next), a sentence or two would be plenty.
Times Table Rockstars – your child has a log in for this website (it’s stuck in the front of their reading records), which they should use several times in the week. Even if they can only use it in short bursts, this is better than not at all. The site builds up your child’s automatic recall of tables which makes maths in class and every day live far easier. Please encourage them to use it.
We are looking forward to an exciting term, we have lots planned to engage your child in their learning. You can help your child reach their potential by making sure they are on time and in school every day and that they organise themselves and come to school feeling positive and ready to learn.
We thank you for your support with your child’s learning.
Best wishes,
Mr Hulls and Miss Burford.
Summer Term Maths Small Steps
Summer 1 History Homework
Maths Calculation Policy
Times Table Rock Stars
All children have log in details for Times Tables Rock Stars. We would like them to play on the site as often as possible. They don't have to play for long, little and often sometimes works best. We will be choosing a Rock Star of the week in each class for children who have made the most effort/progress across the week, and will sometimes have "battles" where classes play each other.
Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)