Welcome to Year 4!
Y4 Curriculum Information September 2025
Welcome to Year 4!
We are about to embark on another fantastic year, and we have lots of fun learning planned. The termly forecast below gives you more detail about the learning which will take place within our topic this term which is based around The Romans. The children are already excited by this which is great to see.
A few practical matters to make you aware of…
PE is on a Wednesday. Children can come into school in their PE kits. Appropriate Blundeston school PE kit must be worn and labelled. As winter draws near, the weather will begin to turn cold and wet, so please ensure your child has jogging bottoms, jumpers, gloves and light waterproof jackets, as learning will take place outside as much as possible. PE is a compulsory part of the curriculum, and it is also hugely beneficial to their physical and mental health. However, we understand that children can sometimes have slight injuries or colds which might impact their ability to fully participate in PE lessons. We are always happy to adapt lessons to accommodate everyone. Please do let us know if your child may need to take the lessons easy or if they cannot participate.
Music is on a Friday afternoon with Mr Moulton from the Suffolk Music Service. Each child will be given a glockenspiel which they can take home each week to practise. This must be brought in each Friday ready for the lesson. Mr Moulton is a fantastic teacher, and the children progress quickly to be able to play competently as a group. He does have strict expectations as you can imagine when 25 children all have an instrument, but the children will really enjoy learning to play as an ensemble. In the Summer term, you will be invited to a concert to see them perform with other schools.
Thank you for encouraging the children’s independence by allowing them to come in on their own last week. This is great to see. Unfortunately, we are not always on the gate at drop off, so please use dojo to pass on any messages. If you would like to meet in person, please request a suitable time after school.
In class: children are allowed to bring pencil cases into school but a gentle reminder that despite best efforts, things do get lost or broken. Please ensure your child does not bring in their special and precious items. We also request no fidget toys please. We have spoken with those who do require one. If we feel your child does need a fidget, we will make an appointment to discuss this with you. We allow water bottles at the desks as we know how important it is to drink throughout the day. We encourage the children to go to the toilet at break and lunchtime, although we know this isn’t always the case. In class, we encourage them to try and ask at the appropriate time e.g. handing out books/tidying, rather than in the middle of teaching.
Homework
Multiplication Test Check
Year 4 children will sit a compulsory Government multiplication test in the summer term, and so there is a big emphasis on learning both multiplication and division facts. We will be sending home a times table worksheet each Monday and expect the children to hand these in by Friday. Please make time for the children to complete these at home. There is more information on this check using this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multiplication-tables-check-information-for-parents
The children also have ‘Times Table Rockstar’ logins. This website is a great way to practise and embed their table facts, so please try to set aside a few minutes each day to practise. If a screen is not your ideal way, please use cards or worksheets/booklets to support them. These key facts will help your child become more efficient and fluent within the lessons and as they progress through key stage 2. So far, we have had a super start to the year and we are excited with the learning planned. We want all the children to be happy in school, so if you have any worries or concerns, please email the office or contact us on dojo.
This website is also useful for times table practise: Time tables
Reading
The children are constantly reading throughout our curriculum and in our daily whole class reading sessions. However, to really help them progress and to support their enjoyment of reading, they should be reading at home most nights. Please try and read with your child as much as possible. We know it is hard to fit everything in, but reading offers valuable models for sentence structure, fuels their imagination, improves their knowledge of the world and also offers them some much needed calm time. We recommended that, despite their fluency, children should read with an adult regularly to check their understanding of the text.
Spellings
Spellings will be stuck in their home books each Monday. We will be learning these in class, including using them to support our handwriting practise. There will be no formal test, but it is vital that your child takes times to look at these at home and try to learn them, so they become embedded into their work. Be creative with learning – writing out in chalk, repeating in the car, using pens in the baths – any way to engage them. Always check your child understands the meaning of their spellings as this will help to broaden their vocabulary.
Spring Term:
The children will be swimming after Christmas – more details to follow. If your child finds swimming hard or they are nervous swimmers, it would be good to find some time to visit the pool before these sessions.
The Y4 residential to How Hill takes places in Spring term. Again, more details, including payment, will follow soon. This is a fantastic trip where the children learn so much independence as well as build firm friendships. The trip is for 2 nights but this does go really quickly. Again, it is good to set up some sleepovers with family members or close friends, so the children are confident when staying away from home.
So far, we have had a super start to the year and we are excited with the learning planned. We want all the children to be happy in school, so if you have any worries or concerns, please email the office or contact us on dojo.
Many thanks,
Mrs Ward & Mrs Barber
Current class reading books:
Spelling:
National Curriculum Word List Years 1 and 2
National Curriculum Word List Years 3 and 4
National Curriculum Word List Years 5 and 6
Extra Information:
Reading at home questions booklet
Learning about fractions guide
Useful Links:
BBC Bitesize
Lots of interesting video clips and learning tools for a range of subjects
Classroom Secrets
Fun, interactive and practical home learning resources that are designed to be used by children. These include interactive games, video tutorials and downloadable home learning packs
Maths Chase
A fun website for learning times tables
NRICH
Great maths investigations
Oxford Owl
Entirely free website with lots of fun games and activities for you and your child - there is also a useful 'At School' section explaining the techniques used to teach reading within school