Year 4 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Year 4

The Year 4 team is Mr Bullen (class teacher), Miss Anders (PPA teacher on Wednesday afternoon and all day Friday), Mrs Jones, Mrs Hilsden, Miss Jenson and Mrs Ross (TA).  We are all looking forward to teaching your children this half term.

If you need to contact the Year 4 team, please catch me at the end of the school day or contact me on joe.bullen@oldfield.cheshire.sch.uk

For the autumn 1 half term, we will be having PE sessions on Thursday afternoon (hopefully outside!) and also on a Wednesday afternoon with House of Dance.  Please make sure your child has their full PE kit on for these days. 

In English we will be using the book Gorrila by Anthiny Browne.  During the unit we will focus on mastery keys and be focusing on writing a narrative.

In Maths, we will look at Number and Place Value.  This will link into other areas of the curriculum throughout the year.  Please also encourage your child to complete TTRS as part of their homework. Any problems accessing this please do let me know.

Our geography unit will investigate UK Capital Cities and Settlements.  In our art, we will be looking at Plant Art and thinking about tone and colour.

On some afternoons we will be using the laptops and Logo to programme to continue to create repeated shapes.

Miss Anders will be teaching the science this half term.

We will continue to add to our class toolbox with strategies to help us when looking at the Zones of Regulation.

Homework:

Homework tasks will be linked to our learning in school. It should take your child about 20 minutes and it should be able to be completed independently or with some adult support. 

Homework will be set on a Thursday and is due the following Wednesday.

Reading:

We love reading in Year 4. Children become better readers by practising reading as much as possible. We would encourage children to read with an adult or to be read to at home every day for 10 minutes. Children will bring home a book from our class library and should bring this (with their reading record) into school each day.
https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/branching-out/
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year4

Times Tables:

Being able to recall times tables quickly and accurately helps children to succeed in all of our Maths lessons. Please help your child at home to practise times tables as much as they can. Questions, chanting and Times Tables Rockstars are all good ways to learn.