Class Blog for Year 4

February 2026

This month in English we have completed some work on Kenning poems, we learnt about the features of these poems before writing some of our own about animals. We then performed our poems to the rest of the class and they had a go at guessing which animal we had written our poems about. We also learnt about non-chorological reports this month about bees. We studied the features of these non-fiction texts and learnt how to identify them in a model text. We completed work using these different features to make sure we understood what they were and how they were used in our own text. After planning each paragraph, we wrote them up using a success criteria for each section.

In Maths this month we continued to focus on our multiplications using our mastering number at Key Stage 2 program we also completed work on length and perimeter through Whiterose and Oak Academy.

In Art, we learnt about 'Tones and Textures'. We learnt and practiced different shading techniques, and layering colours to create 3D effects. We looked at the work of artists; Sarah Graham and Nicola McBride, using their work to help inspire us with ours. Finally, we looked at the work of Beatriz Milhaze before using different materials to create a collage which we then sketched and added layered colours.

In PE, we completed a unit of Gymnastics where we learnt different balances and rolls before putting them altogether to create our own sequences.

In Science, we completed our unit on 'Animals including Humans'. We enjoyed learning about the different teeth we have and their functions before investigating the human digestive system. Our favourite part of the unit was our experiment investigating the effects different liquids have on our teeth. We took lots of videos and photos of the experiment and was surprised about the effect vinegar has on teeth.

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January 2026

This month we have been looking at 'How Children's Lives Have Changed' in History. We looked at life for children during the Victorian and Tudor times. We enjoyed learning about how different our lives are compared to that of children in the past. We used a range of different primary and secondary sources to complete our research and practiced evaluating the reliability of our evidence.

In Literacy this month we have been studying the story 'Gregory Cool'. We read the story as a class whilst completing VIPER activities and using our Fab Four characters to investigate the story in more detail. We were focused on the genre 'Stories from another culture' whilst also learning how to create a really effective setting description for a story. We completed lots of SPaG work, particularly focusing on expanded noun phrases, adverbials of place, figurative language and fronted adverbials before eventually planning, writing and editing our very own sequel to the story. We have also studied Kenning poems and created some or our own.

In Maths we completed lots of work on multiplication and division. We spent time using various different written methods to help us complete the given calculations. We also continued our Mastering Number at Key Stage 2 work by learning two focus facts a week.

In Art/DT this month we have been looing at tone and texture with a focus on the artists Sarah Graham and Nicola McBride. We completed lots of activities whereby we experimented with using different tones and textures in our art work as well as focusing on proportion and composition.

This month in PE we have completed a Gymnastic unit where we learnt about different jumps, roles and balances before putting together our own sequences.

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November/December 2025

We have had another busy month and a bit in Year 4. During November and December, in Geography we have been looking into the question 'What impact did travel during the time of the Tudors have on the world as we know it?' The children have really enjoyed investigating the things travellers during the Tudor period found and how they impacted people then and now. They researched Sir Francis Drake and his circumnavigations, thinking about his discoveries and their impact on us today. The children also explored maps and atlases, in particular focusing on maps created back during the Tudor times and then comparing them to maps from today. They researched the tools that used to be used to draw and plot maps and thought about the reliability of them compared to the technology used today. The children learnt about the Mercator Projection and the distortions between a globe and a map. They then began to research some of the other travellers of the Tudor period and how their discoveries impacted the world as we know it as well as trade that happened between certain countries and how some of those trade links are still used today. The children came up with some brilliant ideas about the discoveries made and the affects of them since.

In Maths we have been continuing with our NCETM Mastering Number at Key Stage 2 work alongside our Whiterose unit of Multiplication.4

In PE we have been learning the skills and techniques needed to play a game of Basketball. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this unit.

We completed two English units, one was a narrative unit on Mrs Stink which involved us learning about the story, the characters and the authors writing style before planning, writing and editing our own chapter for the story. The other was a non-fiction unit, we recapped previous knowledge on Volcanoes and Mountains and then learnt about the different features of explanation texts before planning, writing and editing our own on Mount St Helen's.

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October 2025

We have had another busy month in Year 4. We finished off our Geography topic on Climate Change by completing a piece of work which aimed to answer our question 'What is climate change and what can we do about it?' The children have really enjoyed learning about ways in which we can all do our bit to help reduce the effects of climate change. Many of them have worked with some of our school Eco-council to suggest ways in which we, as a school, can have a positive impact on the environment and the future of our planet.

In Science we completed our work on different habitats that are being affected by climate change and finished off the unit by designing our own conservation areas. The children researched the animals/species they would like to help protect and then thought carefully about all of the features their conservation area would need in order to be successful.

In Literacy we read the book 'I can Save the Earth' and the children completed lots of work on persuasive texts before they wrote their own persuasive text to try and persuade people to help curb climate change. They also completed poetry unit of work which saw them learn about simile and metaphor poems before creating their own.

In Maths we continued our work on times table whilst completing an addition and subtraction unit. In particular we focused on column addition and subtraction methods.

In Art we studied the comic book artist Dav Pilkey and the children created their own comic book strips in the style of him. They practiced lots of cartoon style drawing techniques before editing and refining their own work.

PE this month saw the children completing lots of circuit activities before working as a class to create their own circuit training which they all thoroughly enjoyed taking part in.

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September 2025

We have had a busy first month in Year 4. They children have settled in and are getting used to the new routines and work load. This month we have been looking into Climate Change. This has run through our Literacy, Geography and Science work. The children have researched and recapped what climate change is and its affect on the planet and more specifically, in Science, different habitats within the various climate zones.
We read the book 'The bear in the stars' in Literacy and the children completed lots of work on word clauses and the structures of stories. They then re-wrote the story in their own words and wrote their own endings. After investigating the different climate zones the children picked an animal from three different zones and completed work on how climate change was affecting those animals and their habitats.

In Maths we have started our daily times table work this month as well as completing our place value unit. We have covered number lines, rounding and roman numerals. The children particularly enjoyed learning our roman numerals song.

In Art, the children have completed lots of work on Climate change, creating art work that represents the planet both with climate change and what the planet would look like if we were able to slow the rate of it down. The children also created multimedia posters to help encourage and persuade people to help curb climate change.

In Music they have investigated what pitch, tempo, dynamics and rhythm mean and listened to lots of different styles of music to better understand the instruments involved. The children also listened to the 'Carnival of the Animals' and made notes about the animals they believed the music was representing, they then sketched these in the sketchbooks whilst re-listening to the music.

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