Year 4
A very warm welcome from Miss Petri and Mrs Lines
LSAs: Mrs Hilton, Mrs Necasova and Mrs Antoniou
Welcome to our class page. Here you will find all of the useful information you need in order to support your child’s learning at home.
Year 4 is a year of consolidation; the children will build upon and strengthen the foundations of their learning. During this year, the children will be expected to become even more independent and self-motivated learners. They will be given lots of opportunities to develop these areas, whilst still having lots of fun!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy, healthy and successful year in Year 4 and look forward to working closely with you to help your child achieve this.
Dates For Your Diary Autumn 2025
Promoting Resilience Parent Session Oct 2025
Maths Information Meeting Slides September 2025
Meet the Teacher 2025
Autumn Term Curriculum Overview
English
Reading
Your child will need to bring their reading record and book/s in every Friday. Please sign their record after hearing them read at the weekend.
We provide opportunities (and support) for the children to change their reading books. They are encouraged to regularly update their reading records themselves. Please encourage your child to do this on their own.
Guided reading – every child is heard read at least once a week. Although reading ability and enjoyment continues to be important, we will be focusing on developing your child’s inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and sequencing skills.
Please support your child by asking questions about their reading and hearing them read or read together.
Questions to ask your child when you read together
When we hear children read in school alongside their phonic skills we also support their comprehension skills.
Below you will find a list of possible questions to help you with conversations about your child’s reading. They are not intended to be used all at once or every time you read with your child. Use them at your discretion and where they are appropriate. Happy Reading !!
Questions to ask before you read
- Can you look at the pictures and predict what you think will happen in this book?
- What makes you think that?
- What characters do you think might be in our story?
- Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why or why not?
- Does the topic/story relate to you or your family? How?
Questions to ask during the reading
- What do you think will happen next?
- What can you tell me about the story so far?
- Can you predict how the story will end?
- Why do you think the character did _______?
- What would you have done if you were the character?
- How would you have felt if you were the character? (use different characters)
- As I read____________, it made me picture________ in my head. What pictures do you see in your head?
- As you read, what are you wondering about?
- Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words?
Questions to ask after reading
- Can you remember when/where/who/why ___________________?
- In your opinion, was it a good title for this book? Why or why not?
- Were your predictions about the story correct?
- If there was a problem, did it get solved?
- What happened because of the problem?
- Why do you think the author wrote this book?
- What is the most important point the author is trying to make in his writing?
- What was your favourite part of the story?
- If you could change one thing in the story, what would it be?
- Can you retell the story in order?
- If you were __________, how would you have felt?
- What is the most interesting situation in the story?
- Is there a character in the story like you? How are you alike?
- Why did you like this book?
Spelling
Spelling are given to the children on Friday as part of their weekly Home Learning task. The children are given opportunities throughout the week to learn them, find definitions and write them in context. There will then be a dictation session on Friday where the children are asked to apply their learning.
Please support your child in learning the rules and patterns, extending them by looking at other words with the same patterns, using them in writing tasks and developing dictionary skills.
Handwriting & Pace
Neat, joined fluent handwriting is strongly encouraged, as is the importance of pace. Please use the handwriting policy as guidance to letter formation. Should you need a copy of our school font (Letterjoin) please don’t hesitate to ask.
Maths
Please ensure that your child practises mental maths regularly at home to build up his/her skills in number sense, recall of number facts and his/her ability to manipulate numbers mentally. It is best to keep practices short and as much fun as possible.
The multiplication tables check (MTC) is statutory for primary schools in the 2025/26 academic year, therefore we are having a specific, more targeted focus on this area of fluency with daily activities and the use of online resources. Multiplication will also form part of the children’s weekly Home Learning.
Maths at Pope Paul Year 4 – Thursday 7th October
Division Information for Parents
Multiplication Information for Parents
Timestables Information for Parents
P.E.
Home Learning
Home Learning is explained and given out each Friday. It is due back the following Wednesday. If a project has been set, the children will have an extended period of time to complete it.
The children will be given spelling, reading, Maths/English and occasionally RE tasks online. A home learning task that involves a written task should be completed in pencil (Maths and Science) or hand writing pen. It is vital that Home Learning is completed each week as it supports and consolidates what is being taught in class.
If your child has a specific target such as handwriting, punctuation, vocabulary, please remind them before they start their home learning and support where necessary.