The Year Four Team

Curriculum Overview

Online Advent Calendar

As Advent begins this Sunday with Advent Sunday celebrated in Churches, we would like to share this online Advent Calendar with you, produced by the Diocese of Guildford. It explores the Christmas story through Christian artwork, investigating a different artist and aspect of the story throughout the term time days of Advent. Please enjoy sharing this with your family as we prepare for Christmas in school and at home.

This Week in Cumbria

Week beginning Monday 15th December

This week, Cumbria has enjoyed many fun and enjoyable moments. The Christmas lunch today and the Christmas fun yesterday were definite highlights.The children thoroughly enjoyed craft, Lego, games and colouring. Below, there are pictures of the many creations. 

The Nativity performance was wonderful and I was so proud of all the choldren but especially those who put themselves outside their comfort zone. Congratulations all of you.

The children spent a morning on Science. They carried out a test using a decibel meter; recording the decibel level as they moved further away from a sound source. Then they drew line graphs to represent the data they had collected. 
 

Also, the children have spent time listening to Beetle Boy which has got so exciting. We have paused to discuss the basics of genetics to help understand the plot. There are so many theories flying about! The children can’t wait to find out the ending.
 

There is so much waiting and anticipating at the moment. Despite this, Cumbria is behaving beautifully and we are so proud of them. Thank you for the cards, gifts and messages, they are very much appreciated.

Have a wonderful break and enjoy your celebrations. 

Mrs Shrimpton, Mrs Cheeseman and Mr Nunn.

Cumbria's spiritual tree.

Sharing home work.

Freeze frame drama! Acting parts of the story from Beetle Boy. 

Christmas fun! The children enjoyed the afternoon. The competition winners will be announced tomorrow. So many creative ideas!

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 each Wednesday and tested on the following Tuesday. The next spelling test is on Tuesday 25th November 2025.

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