Curriculum
Please click on the following link to see the National Curriculum for Year 4.
You’ll find our Yearly Overview and Science, History, Geography and Religious Studies curriculum overviews in the downloads section opposite.
Swimming
In year 4, children will take part in swimming lessons as required by the National Curriculum. Sessions take place over the course of 17 weeks, in which children will aim to achieve their level 5 swimming certification. This award includes:
- The ability to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
- Use a range of strokes effectively.
- Perform a safe self –rescue in different water based situations.
For the sessions children will need:
Girls – One piece costume, towel and bag
Boys – Trunks or swimming shorts, towel and bag
Multiplication check
All children in year 4 are required to take part in the statutory multiplication Check. This check will test the children’s multiplication knowledge under timed conditions. Children will be supported throughout year 4 with their multiplication knowledge and are also encouraged to practice their times tables outside of the classroom wherever possible. There are some links you may want to access to support your child with their multiplication knowledge and skills.
Helping your child at home
Homework will be sent every week on Seesaw to be completed by the following week. Children will receive spellings, mental maths, grammar and another piece of work each week. There will be a spelling test and a mental maths test every Friday. Please encourage your child to ask in school for further explanation of their homework activities if they don’t understand, before it is due in.
Your child should also read every day, in addition to homework. Please discuss what you child has read and then record the text in their Reading Record. You can also include any comments about their reading. Your child can also be encouraged to read other things, e.g. newspapers, comics, magazines, library books, etc. which can also be recorded.
Useful Websites
Here are some websites that you may like to visit to help with your child’s learning this term and beyond:
Letter Join – Handwriting support
Please ask your child’s teacher for the log in details.
Times Table Rockstars
Your child will have their own log in for Times Table Rockstars.
Hit the Button – Quick fire Maths games to support Mental Maths
Extra Curricular
From Year 3 onwards, children are offered the opportunity to learn a brass instrument and play as part of the school band. Children also have the opportunity to join our school choir which involves numerous performances across the wider community over the course of the school year.
Routines and Reminders
Children will need their reading books, reading records and book bags in school everyday.
Reading Books will go home everyday.
Homework will be sent every Friday.
PE Kit
- Black or navy (plain) shorts, joggers or leggings
- A white or light blue (plain) t-shirt a St Andrew’s light blue t-shirt is available from Moses School Wear
- A navy hoodie (or a St Andrew’s hoodie is available from Andizyneses School Wear
- Trainers
- Pumps
- Please note: PE kits should be worn in school on PE days (Wednesday). Pumps can be worn for dance sessions.
Please clearly label your child’s PE kits with your child’s name.
