Autumn Term 2 2026

Welcome to Year 4!

Curriculum

This half term, we will be learning all about Electricity in our topic 'Ouch! Zap! Ping!'  

In English, our text is 'Thomas Edison Biography" written by Margaret Frith. The children will be learning about and then writing a diary entry, explanation and a piece of poetry.

In Maths, the children will be learning about shape, position and direction, fractions, decimals and arithmetic revision.  We will focus on our times tables, working towards our Multiplication Check at the end of the year. 

In the wider curriculum, the children will broaden their knowledge in a range of subjects. Specifically, they will make their own Lightning piece of art work and learn how to talk about themselves and family in French.

PE 

Both classes have PE on a Wednesday and a Thursday.

Please ensure that your child's PE kit remains in school throughout the week.

Homework

All spellings homework is set on a Monday and will be tested the following Monday; the spelling rule linked to the weekly spellings is taught by the class teacher.. Occasionally, optional creative homework will be given.

We also encourage the children to read three times weekly, as part of our Regular Readers competition.

The children also need to play on TTRS each week as part of their homework. This will support the children with their fluency of times tables ready for the multiplication check.