Year 4 2023 - 2024
Mrs Rayner
Mrs Morris
Welcome to Year 4
Staff
Mrs Morris (Mon - Wed) Mrs Rayner (Thurs - Fri)
Miss Brown
Who lives in ANTARCTICA?

Writing outcome:
To write a fact file about Katherine Johnson, including a short biography.
Mastery Keys - Year group national expectations
Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrasesUse fronted adverbials
Use paragraphs to organise information and ideas around a theme (to organise and sequence more extended narrative structures)
Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
Use commas after fronted adverbials
Recap: Use inverted commas for direct speech
Feature keys - vocabulary, manipulating sentences and tense, structure
Information text:
• Use specific vocabulary
• e.g. NASA, and some technical vocabulary e.g. mathematician, calculations
• Use description to compare and contrast e.g. Johnson is greatest unsung heroes of the 21st century
• Write with clear and precise description
• Use layout features e.g. questions to draw in the reader, headings and sub-headings, paragraphs to group related ideas, diagrams
Recount:
• Engage the reader through detailed description
• Include eyewitness accounts as quotes using direct speech punctuation
• Write an introductory paragraph including the 5Ws – who, what, where, when, why and how
Reading
Maths
During the Autumn term, in Maths we will be covering:
Place Value
Recognise place value of each digit of a 4 digit number
Order and compare numbers beyond 100
Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
Addition and subtraction
Find 1000 more or less than a given number
Add and subtract numbers usinf the formal written method
Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers
Measure
Convert between different units of measure
Measure and calculate perimeters
During the Spring Term we will be covering
Multiplication and Division
Multiply and divide mentally
Recall timestables facts up to 12 x 12
Factor pairs
Written methods
Efficient multiplication
Measurement
Area, length and perimeter
Fractions
Equivalent fractions
Fractions greater than 1
Add and subtract fractions
Subtract from whole amounts
During the Summer term we will be covering
Decimals
Recognise tenths and hundredths
Tenths/Hundredths as decimals/on a place value grid/on a number line
Money
Write money using decimals and convert beyween poinds and pence
Compare amounts of money
Estimate and calculate with money
Solve problems with money
Time
Years, months, weeks and days. Hours minutes and seconds
Convert between analogue and digital time.
Convert to and from the 24 hour clock.
Shape
Understand angles as turns
Identify, compare and order angles
Triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons
Lines of symmetry
Statistics
Interpret charts
Comparison, sum and difference
Interpret and draw line graphs.
Position and direction
Describe position using coordinates/ plot coordinates
Draw 2D shapes on a grid
Describe and translate onto a grid
Y4, children are required to take the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) at the end of the year. The dates for this year are between the 5th and 19th of June 2023. A good way to prepare is start early and build a daily routine practising the times tables. With regular practise children will learn all the questions and gain confidence. Research suggests that practising for 10 to 15 minutes a day will provide optimal results.
This a link to current government guidance
Information for parents: multiplication tables check (publishing.service.gov.uk)
We will be doing lots of practice in school, however, if you would like your child to have extra practise at home they will have their Times Tables Rockstars username and password readily available to use on - https://play.ttrockstars.com/
The Mathsframe timestables check is set up in a very similar way to the MTC, it is free to access and can be found by clicking on the link below.
Multiplication Tables Check - Mathsframe
Residential
Homework
Homework will be set online on a Friday and will need to be completed by Wednesday.
Project homework and knowledge organisers will be available to view every term on this webpage.
Files to Download
Year 4: Calendar items
Dress Down Day - Chocolate Donations, by Mrs O'Malley
Yr 4, 5 & 6 Church for Christmas story, by Mrs O'Malley