Year 4 

 

Or teachers are: Mr Coleman in Silver Birch Tree class and Mr Hill in Cedar Tree Class

 Miss Brown, Mrs Maybanks, Mrs Dougall and Miss Ironmonger support our learning.

 

 

Summer 2026

Welcome back to the final term in Year 4 for what will be yet another busy, exciting and challenging time at Great Dunmow. This term’s experiences for the children are as follows:

 

 

English

 

In English, the term has started with a focus on ‘Science Fiction’ which will be covered via The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and ‘Stories from a Different Culture’ will be addressed through Journey to Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo. We will also focus on writing based on the work of Shakespeare through a study of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, finishing off the term with some performance poetry. Through all written work, we will be focussing on the development of key skills to improve organisation (paragraphs) and develop dramatic writing techniques. We will also be recapping on many key skills learnt throughout the year.

 

Maths

 

In Maths lessons, we’ll begin by continuing to learn about DECIMALS (including partitioning in 10ths and 100ths, ordering, comparing, rounding and converting fractions to decimals). LENGTH & PERIMETER looking at equivalent lengths when measuring alongside calculating the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and regular polygons. Another area of coverage is TIME (including telling the time using 12 and 24 hour clocks, converting digital & analogue time, calculation problems involving time and converting seconds, minutes and hours). Whilst learning about MONEY, the children will cover the concepts of tenths and hundredths. ANGLES & TURN involving identifying and ordering angles in shapes, including those in polygons. POSITION & DIRECTION plotting coordinates on a grid as well as drawing and translating shapes on a grid. The final area covered this term is STATISTICS where the focus will be on interpreting and drawing charts and line graphs.

 

Other subjects

 

In Spanish, the children will learn about wild & domestic animals, animal habitats, market & restaurant role play and The Three Little Pigs.

 

 

 

General Information

 

P.E.

Please make sure that children come to school with all the relevant P.E equipment: shorts, t-shirt and appropraite footwear for indoor P.E. - a tracksuit and games sessions.  They will need plimsolls for indoors PE and trainers for when we go outside. It is particularly important that the children have suitable footwear for the outdoor sessions. No jewellery is to be worn at any time during PE sessions (children need to be able to remove their earrings or will be unable to take part in the lesson) and long hair needs to be tied back. Children will not be permitted to borrow kit from other children. Please let us know if your child is unable to partake in any PE lesson.

 

In addition, please ensure your child has a water bottle to take with them to PE lessons.

 

P.E days for the first term are as follows:

 - Monday (indoors)

 - Wednesday (outdoors) 

 

 

 

Homework

●         Reading - Children should be reading for 10 minutes daily and recording in their reading record, where possible

●         Maths - A weekly task will be set for each group via Morodo.  Work will be set on a Tuesday and is to be completed by the following Tuesday. 

●     Spelling - A weekly set of spellings (taken from the ‘Spelling Shed' scheme used throughout the school) will be set and reinforcement work is covered in class.  This work will be shared on a Tuesday and tested the following week.

●   Literacy – A weekly task will be set on Mirodo.  Work will be set on a Tuesday and is to be completed by the following Tuesday

  •         Times Tables - Children should be working on their times tables daily.  They need to log in to TTRockstars and other online portals to practise in preparation for the Multiplication Tables Check in the coming weeks

   

 

Upcoming Events in Year 4

 

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Viking WOW Day – Friday 22nd May

 

Year 4 MTC – Week beginning 1st June

 

Essex Schools Food & Farming Day – Tuesday 23rd June (TBC letter to follow)

 

 

If you have any further questions, and wish to speak to us, please do not hesitate to see us.

 

 

Mr Coleman and Mr Hill