Year Four

Welcome to Koala Class!

Our teacher is Mr Gosling s.gosling@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistant is Mr Lovering.

Welcome to Kangaroo Class!

Our teachers are Mrs Hobbs c.hobbs@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk and Mrs Perry a.perry@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistants are Mrs Spooner and Mrs Hodgson.

Please click here for the Year 4 'Meet the Teacher' presentation

Spring Term 2025

Welcome to our Year 4 class page!

Below is an outline of the learning that will take place this term.

English Key Text: Matilda

Reading

To read with fluency a range of appropriate text types.
To determine the meaning of new words by applying prior knowledge and context.
To listen to, discuss, express views and draw inference from a range of texts.

Writing

To write a character description, a letter, a diary entry, a set of instructions and a piece of dialogue
To organise writing into sections or paragraphs.
To use a range of presentational devices.
To vary sentence openers and use fronted adverbials appropriately.
To demarcate sentences accurately.

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

Vary sentence openers, changing the pronoun e.g. He / Jim, or with a fronted adverbial e.g. Later that day, he…
Use adjectives to create noun phrases in order to expand the detail in sentences
Use inverted commas accurately for direct speech
Use sentence demarcation, mostly accurately, including capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks; commas to separate items in lists, and for fronted adverbials

Mathematics:

To use known number facts to answer calculations.
To identify the most efficient or appropriate methods when multiplying in a range of different contexts.
To measure in kilometres and metres.
To identify equivalent lengths (km and m)
To calculate the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons.
To find the missing lengths in rectilinear shapes.
To partition, order and compare mixed numbers.
To understand fractions.
To understand improper fractions.

Science:

To know that things are composed of a material in one of three states of matter: solid, liquid or gas.
To know that things are made of particles (tiny building blocks), these are organised differently in different states.
To know that materials can change state when temperature changes.
To know that when solids turn into liquids, this is called melting and that the reverse process is called freezing.
To know that when liquids turn into gases, this is called evaporation and that the reverse process is called condensation.
To know that the melting point of water is 0°C and that the boiling point of water is 100°C.
To know that water flows around our world in a continuous process called the water cycle.

History:

To recognise the earliest civilisations.
To know the impact of the earliest civilisations on the world today.
To know that ancient Egypt was the first great empire.
To understand all about the life and power of King Tut and why he was a significant pharaoh.
To know how artefacts and evidence can give us an insight into Ancient Egypt civilisation.
To know why the Ancient Egyptians built temples, tombs and pyramids and why these were important to their religious beliefs.
To know why and how the ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics and why there were important.

Art:

To know how to use a colour wheel and experiment with colour.
To develop an understanding of tints and shades and begin to created and use them effectively.
To know why Van Gogh uses marks in his artwork and replicate his marks,
To know post-impressionism and how it changes the art scene.
To experiment with different effects and textures.
To use a wider range of brush techniques using thick and thin brushes to produce shapes, textures, patterns and lines.

Computing:

To identify that sound can be recorded.
To explain that audio recordings can be edited.
To recognise the different parts of creating a podcast project.
To apply audio editing skills independently.
To combine audio to enhance my podcast project.
To evaluate the effective use of audio.
To know that anything I share online will stay there to be seen and used by others.
To make safe choices when using technology to communicate responsibly with others.
To explain why I need to ask a trusted adult before downloading files and games from the internet.

PSHE/RSE:

To identify some of my hopes and dreams and know how it feels to have hopes and dreams.
To understand that sometimes hopes and dreams do not come true and that this can hurt.
To know that reflecting on positive and happy experiences can help me to counteract disappointment.
To know how to make a new plan and set new goals even if I have been disappointed.
To know how to work out the steps to take to achieve a goal, and can do this successfully as part of a group.
To identify the contributions made by myself and others to the group’s achievement.

French:

Vocabulary: Pets and ages of pets and Faire des crêpes

Grammar:

understanding plural endings
J’ai and Je n’ai pas de.

Phonics: nasal sounds ien, in

Culture: La chandeleur and St Valentine

RE:

How is the Golden Rule important?
How do the Ten Commandments help Jewish people know how to live?
What does Christianity say about how to live a good life?
How can people decide what is right and wrong without God’s help?

PE:

Striking and Fielding games

Children can throw underarm and overarm with accuracy
Strike a ball using a bat / racket with intent and force
Retrieve a ball and throw it when fielding over different distances
Intercept and stop moving balls with control and accuracy
Start to use a range tactics in order to effect and win a game

Year 4 have PE on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please ensure children come in dressed in their PE kits with no earrings in on those days.

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Click here to see the reading, writing and maths expectations for Year 4

As well as accessing our broad curriculum, our pupil offer outlines the additional opportunities your child will have whilst in Year 4

Curriculum Maps

Term 1 Curriculum Map

Term 2 Curriculum Map

Term 3 Curriculum Map

Term 4 Curriculum Map

Term 5 Curriculum Map

Term 6 Curriculum Map

Class Timetable

Year 4 Class Timetable

Homework in Year 4

Daily Reading

We encourage all children to read at home daily and a note to be written in their reading journal. If the school book has been completed then please read and share any other books/comics you have at home. These can also be recorded in the reading journal and can count towards the number of daily reads.

Spellings

Spelling will be sent home on a Friday and will tested the following Friday

SPaG.com

SPaG activities will be set on Fridays and will need to be completed by the following Friday.

Maths arithmetic

Arithmetic questions will be set on Fridays and will need to be handed in on the following Wednesday.

TT Rockstars

We suggest working on TT Rockstars for 15 minutes a week; however you can do more should you wish. Specific timestables will be set for your child and this programme aims to increase the fluency of these. This is an online maths game that can be accessed on tablet, ipads and desktops

English in Year Four

Reading in Year Four

During Year 4, children will apply a growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to understand the meaning of new words. They will listen to a discuss a wide range of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and reference books and use a dictionary to check the meaning of words. Children will draw inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and justify their inferences with evidence.

By the end of Year 4, children should be able to real aloud a wider range of poetry and books written at an age-appropriate interest level with accuracy and at a reasonable speaking pace. They would of developed strategies to choose and read a wider range of books including authors that they may not have previously chosen.

In non-fiction, the children know what information to look for before beginning and is clear about the task. the children can use contents and indexes to locate relevant information.

Writing and SPaG in Year Four

During year 4, the children will develop their use of paragraphs and in narrative, create settings , characters and plot. They will be able to write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught. They will use standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms and be able to use fronted adverbials. Children will be able to choose an appropriate pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition and use inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech.

Maths in Year Four

During year 4, the children will develop their understanding of place value through counting in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000. They will be able to count backwards through zero to include negative numbers. They will order and compare numbers beyond 1,000 and round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000. They will continue to solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in context, deciding on which operations to use and explain why. Children will be expected to know all multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12.

When working with fractions, the children will be able to recognise and show families of common equivalent fractions and count up and down in hundredths. They will round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number and solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions to two decimal places. In measure, children will develop their understanding of converting between different units e.g. kilometre to metre; hour to minute.

In shape work, children ail compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes. they will identify lines of symmetry in two dimensional shapes presented in different orientations. They will specific points and draw sides to complete a given polygon.

Children will solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs.