Welcome to Year 4!

In Year 4, the class teachers are Mr Hunter for 4H and Miss Emsley . Mr Land provides PPA cover for both classes on a Wednesday and Thursday. PE will take place on a Friday for 4H and 4E are swimming this half term on a Thursday.

The Teaching Assistants supporting us this year are Mrs Adams and Mrs Gormley. We are a team dedicated to teaching innovative and exciting lessons, and helping children grow.

Please take a look at our class pages, as we update them weekly. This way you can see what we get up to! 

Expectations throughout Year 4

Writing

Grammar and punctuation

• Writing noun phrases expanded by modifying adjectives, nouns, and prepositional phrases.
• Using and understanding plural possession.
• Using Standard English forms for verb inflections where appropriate. 
• Using inverted commas to indicate direct speech.

Spelling

• Spelling homophones correctly.
• Spelling words that are often misspelt. 
• Using the possessive apostrophe with regular and irregular plurals.

Writing

• Talking about similar pieces of writing, and using these to help them plan their own.
• Using a rich vocabulary and a range of sentence structures.
• Creating settings, characters, and plots for stories.
• Using simple organisational devices (for example, headings and sub-headings) for non-fiction.
• Proof-reading for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

Handwriting

• Joining letters whenever appropriate.
• Making sure that letters look consistent throughout writing.
• Keeping the spacing between lines of writing parallel and consistent.

Maths

Number and place value

• Counting in steps of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000.
• Counting backwards through zero to include negative numbers.
• Rounding any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000.

Addition and Subtraction

• Choosing from a variety of methods, including mental calculations, using objects, diagrams or drawings such as number lines, models such as the area/grid method or written column addition and column subtraction
• Estimating answers before calculating accurately and checking answers by understanding that addition and subtraction are inverse operations
• Solving two-step word problems which require them to solve two different calculations before coming to the answer.

Multiplication and Division

• Knowing and using multiplication and division facts for all times tables up to 12 × 12
• Multiplying three-digit by one-digit numbers
• Multiplying three numbers together.

Fractions and Decimals

• Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals
• Recognising and writing tenths and hundredths as decimals
• Rounding decimal numbers with one decimal place to the nearest whole number.

Geometry

• Comparing shapes such as quadrilaterals and triangles based on their properties and sizes
• Drawing mirror images of shapes in lines of symmetry
• Plotting points and describing how shapes move up/down/left/right on a coordinate grid

Measurement

• Working out the perimeter and area of rectilinear shapes
• Solving problems involving converting units of time
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing measurements including money.

Statistics

• Interpreting and presenting discrete and continuous data using graphs
• Interpreting and making time graphs (a type of line graph)
• Solving problems by comparing, adding, and subtracting data from tables, charts, and graphs.