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Year 4
Welcome to Year 4
"Love one another as I have loved you."
John 13:34-35
Mrs Sutton and Sir would like to welcome you to the Year 4 class page for 2025-2026.
Our aim is to keep you informed of all the things that are happening in our class throughout the coming year.
For more detailed information about each curriculum subject please refer to the appropriate tab on the Curriculum page.
Summer Term
2025-2026
Spring Term
2025-2026
Dates for Your Diary
Spring Term 2026
Spring 1
Wednesday 14th January: Macbeth play-in-a-day
Wednesday 21st January: Design Technology workshop - textiles
Friday 23rd January: Non-uniform day (unwanted gifts)
Friday 30th January: 'inside out' mental health day
Friday 6th February: Trashion Show
Tuesday 10th February: safer internet day
Friday 13th February: School closes for half-term (3pm)
Spring 2
Monday 23rd February: school reopens
Friday 6th March: non-uniform day (chocolates)
Monday 9th March: pupil progress meeting
Friday 20th March: Comic Relief (mad-hair day)
Friday 27th March: Easter raffle and competitions
Friday 27th March: Term finishes @ 1:30pm
* please note: some of these dates may be subject to change
Look What We've Been Up To!
Spring Term
Science
Electricity
In our science lessons we have been learnign about electrical circuits. We have learnt how to light a bulb, make a buzzer sound and run a motor and we have learnt how we can control these when we add a switch to our circuit. We also designed our own switches and sent messages using Morse code.
Technology
Trashion Show
"In year 4 we don't do fashion - we are fashion!"
We all strutted our stuff on the catwalk with our recycled designs. The challenge had been to take an old piece of clothing and turn it into something new. Some great creations were on show.
Technology
Textile Pouches
We worked with Steph to design and make textile pouches. We began by looking at different pouches that used an applique design. We then practised different stitches before we decided upon the ones we wanted to use. With the help of Steph, we then designed and made our own pouches using felt. Finally, we evaluated our designs against the success criteria we set out. We had a great day and we are all very proud of the outcomes.
Maths
Formal Subtraction
We began exploring the subtraction of 4-digit numbers and recording using a compact and efficient method during our maths lessons. We used place value counters and place value charts to make different minuends and looked at how we used exchanges to help us subtrsct.
Play-in-a-Day
Macbeth
We started the term working with Dave from Altru Drama who introduced us to the Shakespeare play Macbeth. We learnt about the history of the play, the curse as well as the characters involved and the plot. We all took on different roles and performed for the rest of the school at the end of the day. It was a great way to start our new English text.
Autumn Term
2025-2026
Autumn Term
Dates for Your Diary
Autumn 1
Thursday 11th September: School Council Elections
Friday 19th September: Mass for feast of SRB
Tuesday 7th October: class trip to Martin Mere
Friday 10th October: Macmillan Coffee Morning
Friday 10th October: 'Hello Yellow' mental health awareness day
Friday 17th October: Non-uniform day (unwanted gifts)
Monday 20th October: Pupil progress meeting (12:30-5:30pm)
Friday 24th October: Non-uniform day (wearing red or blue to say NO to discrimination)
Friday 24th October: School closes for half-term (3pm)
Autumn 2
Monday 3rd November: Friendship Week
Friday 14th November: Children in Need (pyjama day)
Friday 14th November: Y4 friendship assembly
Tuesday 2nd December: First Reconciliation (1:30pm church)
Friday 6th December: non-uniform day (bottles)
Friday 12th December: Xmas Fayre (1:15 pm)
Tuesday 16th December: Advent Service (6pm) (tbc)
Thursday 18th December: Xmas jumper day
Friday 19th December: Xmas disco
Friday 19th December: Term finishes @ 1:30pm
* please note: some of these dates may be subject to change
Look What We've Been Up To!
Autumn Term
Collective Worship
Remembrance Day
We held a collective worship in class on the theme of Remembrance Day. We thought about the brave people who made the greatest sacrifice for our country.
Jesus said, “Greater love has no man than this; that he lay down his life for his friends.”
Soldiers have shown this great love, by dying to keep our country safe.
Let us pray together:
God our Father, your Son Jesus gave up His life to free us from the power of sin and death.
He showed us that the greatest love is in giving up one’s life for others.
Today we remember those who fought and died for our freedom.
We ask you to bless and console them together with their families.
Help us to understand the sacrifices they made in leaving their loved ones to face the horrors
of war.
We pray that we never forget those who fought, suffered and died that we might have the
freedom and peace we enjoy today.
May we never forget their generosity.
Amen
Maths
Place Value
As part of our place value work exploring 4-digit numbers,
we used digit cards and place value charts to order and
compare numbers. We had different problems to solve and we had to find different solutions to each problem.
PSHE
Hello Yellow
On Friday we wore something yellow to come to school. This was so we could raise awareness about looking after our mental health and wellbeing. As you can see from the smiles on our faces, we had a lovely day! We talked about the importance of looking out for our mental and physical health and explored some of the things that we can do to help.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
We celebrated the Macmillan Coffee Morning by bringing in cakes and selling them in class. Our school councillors organised everything and we really enjoyed these treats. Thank you to everyone involved for your amazing generosity.
History
Mere Tun Trip
As part of our topic on history topic about the Anglo-Saxons, Year 4 recently visited Martin Mere and their settlement of Mere Tun. Here we experienced life in Anglo-Saxon times. During the visit we went foraging in the woods for materials that would be useful in camp, we weaved a pig pen from willow, we learnt how to thatch a roof using reeds and we learnt to defend the village from Viking attack. We all had an amazing day and learnt so much.
Maths
Nice & Nasty
We played a game today based on 4-digit numbers. 
Game 1 Take turns to throw a 0-9 dice and decide which of your four cells to fill. Do this four times each until all your cells are full. Whoever has the largest four digit number wins.
Game 2 Whoever makes the smallest four digit number wins.
Game 3 Set a target to aim for. Then throw the dice four times each and work out how far each of you is from the target number.
British Values
Democracy
Year 4 presented a short assembly about the British value of Democracy. We explained how democracy started in Ancient Greece; how it works in Britain today and how we use a democratic process when we elect our new school council at the start of each year.
Maths
The Calendar Problem
We were given 12 month cards that looked
similar to this. However none of the cards
had the name of the months on. Our job
was to attempt to name each month, order
them correctly and rebuild the calendar.
this. Where would you start? What do you
know about the number of days in each
month?
School Council Elections 2025
Well done to everyone who took part in the school council elections and put themselves forward to be a school councilor. The standard was very high this year and it was a very difficult job for the children to decide who to vote for. After listening to each candidates' ideas, all of the class went to the polling station to cast their votes. It was a very close run thing. Congratulations to our two new year 4 councilors!
