Welcome to Year 4
Miss Padhiar - Clover Class
Miss Howie - Heather Class
Miss Helme - Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Miss Hydes - Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Autumn 2 - 2025/26
Welcome back to the second half of Autumn term. We hope you have had a restful half term break. We have all sorts of engaging activities planned for the rest of the term. This term, our topic will take us back to Roman Britain, in which we will be turning into historians and looking at the Romans and their impact. This half term, our topic question is:
"How did Britain change under Roman rule?"
We will be using our history skills to understand who the Romans were and where they came from, why they invaded Britain and why they left. We will also be looking at why they left a lasting impact on Britain and our lives today.In English, we will be learning to write a wishing tale as part of our fiction unit. For our non-fiction unit, we will be writing persuasive adverts.In Maths, we will be focusing on Area to start the half term. We will then move on to continue with Multiplication and Division. We will be consistently consolidating our knowledge of times tables, throughout the year, in preparation for the national multiplication check this year.Our Science work this half term will focus on the topic of Electricity. We will be learning about the components of a circuit and how they work, conductors and insulators of electricity and the purpose of switches.
Our class text this half term is:
Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong.
In this half term, we will be learning about:
- Maths - Measurement (Area) and Multiplication and Division.
- Science - Electricity
- Computing - Audio Editing
- History - Roman Britain
- DT - Winter decorations
- Spanish
- PSHE - Relationships 2
- PE - Football and Gymnastics
- RE - Christmas Journeys
- Music - Learning to play the Ukelele
Key Dates
Please note the following dates for your diary:
Monday 3rd November: Return to school
Monday 10th November: Odd Sock Day
W/C Monday 17th November: Maths Week England
Monday 19th December - Friday 2nd January: Christmas break
Monday 5th January: INSET Day
Tuesday 6th January: Return to school
Knowledge Organisers Below you can find our knowledge organisers for our subjects this half term. These can be used to quiz at home about topics or to revise key concepts.
PE & Outdoor Learning
This term, PE will take place on alternating TUESDAYS and every MONDAY. Outdoor Learning takes place on alternating TUESDAYS. See below for details.
PE kits consist of PLAIN black shorts or jogging bottoms, PLAIN white t-shirt and trainers. Please pack an extra warm top for outdoor PE lessons. Please label PE kits with children's names.
| W/C: | 3.11.25 | 10.11.25 | 17.11.25 | 24.11.25 | 1.12.25 | 8.12.25 | 15.12.25 | |
| Clover | Tues - PE | Tues - OL | Tues - PE | Tues - OL | Tues - PE | Tues - OL | Tues - PE | |
| Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | ||
| Heather | Tues - PE | Tues - PE | Tues - OL | Tues - PE | Tues - OL | Tues - PE | Tues - OL | |
| Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE | Mon - PE |
Outdoor Learning is on alternate Tuesdays.
Outdoor Learning kits consist of:
- Warm clothing
- Black jogging bottoms or leggings
- John Clifford jumper, cardigan or warm plain jumper
- Waterproof coat, trousers or all in one
- Extra layers
- Warm socks
- Hat, scarf, gloves
- Wellies or old trainers (brought to school in a named bag)
Please ensure that all kit is clearly named and in a bag which can be hung on your child’s peg on the day.
Please could we ask that outdoor learning kits are not left in school.
In Outdoor Learning, children have the opportunity to build dens, explore the mud kitchen, look after our animals and get messy! Please send in clothes that you do not mind getting messy or wet.
Homework in Year 4Homework Books:Children will be given 2 homework books, a Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling homework book and Maths homework book. Each week, children will be set a section to complete, as practise for the learning we are doing in class.Homework books will be sent home on FRIDAYS and must be returned by the following WEDNESDAY.
New for this term, ‘sessions’ have been set on TT Rockstars – this means the children must complete 15 minutes of Garage before they can access other games. This is expected to be completed weekly. Please let us know if there are any issues accessing this.
There will be no homework over the Christmas Holidays.
The homework for this half term will be as follows (your child will also write this in their communication diary for each week):
Reading:We ask that all children read with somebody at home at least three times a week. This could be with any adult or an older sibling or friend. Please sign their diary and add a comment. Children should bring in their diaries every day. Every bit of reading and being able to talk about what is being read really does help children with their learning and enjoyment. Spelling:Children will be given spellings to practise on Thursdays every week, which can be found inside the Communication Diary. We conduct a spelling quiz each week as part of a dictation lesson and children are encouraged to use the words in their writing each week. Times Tables:A vital aspect of Maths is that the children have a secure recall of times tables up to 12x12, so we ask that they spend some time each week on TT Rockstars practising these. There will be weekly class competitions for Year 4, as well as some beat the teacher competitions. Log in details can be found in your child's Communication Diary. Heatmaps will also be given to children to stick in termly so that you can see your child's progress.PLEASE NOTE: The Year 4 Multiplication Check takes place this year. More information will be communicated nearer the time. 
