The Year Four Team

Curriculum Overview

This Week in Cumbria

Week beginning Monday 9th January

On Tuesday, the children had a visit from a police officer to talk about internet safety and also the use of AI. This will be followed up by a second lesson later in the week. This lesson was planned by Miss Aldis and her group of students across Year 4, 5 and 6.

In Maths, we have worked on length and perimeter. By the end of the week, the children will find perimeters of rectilinear shapes. 

Following on from writing pourquoi stories, for example, how the giraffe got its long neck. The children are planning a news article based on Hiw the Stars Came To Be. They will think about the difference between reports and story writing 

The children have continued their learning about mountains. And have discovered how they were formed.

In Science, the children have used thermometers to measure temperature of water, learning about going below zero. They will be observing the temperature of melting ice.

Finally, a big thank you to the wonderful and supportive families. Whilst the children and I are sad to say goodbye this week, they have enjoyed getting to know Mrs Harding and Mrs Thomas over the last week. It has been a pleasure teaching Cumbria and I know they will continue to blossom in the last three terms of Year Four.

Mrs Shrimpton, Mrs Cheeseman and Mr Nunn.

Sharing home work.

Class Timetable

This is an example timetable of what a typical week in Cumbria will look like.

PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday this term.

Home Learning

All of the children will have an investigative topic-linked learning task to complete, which is rotated over a three-week cycle. The children will focus on one of their three current foundation subjects each week.   
To support this, the children are split into 3 groups, which you can see above.  
This will be set on a Thursday and due by the following Tuesday.  
In class on a Tuesday or Wednesday, the children will then share the outcomes of their research, and the knowledge they have retrieved, within their own group.

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book. 

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Spelling

Spellings will be set on a Wednesday and tested the following Tuesday each week.

Our next spelling test will be on the 10th February.

Times Tables Rock Stars

To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.

This week we are focusing on the multiplication tables for x3, x6 and x9.

If you know them well, maybe challenge yourself with the corresponding division facts. For example:

6 x 7 = 42

42 ÷ 6 = 7

In preparation for the national multiplication tales check in June 2026, the children have been introduced to the link below.

Maths strategies

Please see below attachments for examples from White Rose Maths including the four operations, (add, subtract, multiply, divide) and how we extend learning using reasoning style questions. 

Music Knowledge Organiser