Summer Term 2025

Welcome to our last half term of Year 4!  We are thrilled to share what’s in store for our students this term!

This half term, we begin our new History Topic - Ancient Egyptians.

Core Subjects:

This term, we will embark on an engaging journey through our core subjects! In English, we'll explore the text The Egyptian Cinderella. Pupils. After reading and completing tasks to ensure  understanding, the pupils will work on planning and creating a non-fiction report of a pharaoh of their choice. Oracy skills will be developed by discussing new vocabulary and phrases, structuring writing into paragraphs, and proofreading for spelling and punctuation errors to justify opinions confidently. Children will also present their written reports to small groups.

In Mathematics, students will study shape, position and direction as well as completing a small topic on statistics.  The official MTC will take place this half term too- keep brushing up on your times tables!

For Science, we’ll investigate States of Matter learning key vocabulary and engaging in practical investigations. Pupils will make predictions, observe change and record accurate findings.  

Foundation subjects:

In History, we will delve into the fascinating lives of the Ancient Egyptians, looking at primary and secondary sources of evidence, artefacts, the civilisation they made, the mummification process and their way of life. We are lucky enough to have a Historic workshop run by Ari - our very own Ancient Egyptian Expert! 

For PE, we’re thrilled to continue working with Tameside Active to enhance our sports skills. The whole of this half term will be athletics.

In PSHE and RSE lessons, our focus topic will be 'Relationships'. Children will be covering topics such as, jealousy, loss, love, friendship and repairing relationships after falling out.

Spanish lessons will be fun as we learn about Summertime! We will practice speaking Spanish as well as listening, reading and writing about the summer weather and learning how to order an ice cream! We’ll pick up new vocabulary, explore masculine and feminine nouns and work collaboratively to produce work for our floor books.

In RE, we will explore a thematic theme, discussing what it means for people of all religions (or non-religion) to embark on significant life journeys. This term will we say Goodbye to Louise from St Barnabus as she concentrates on a new job role within the community. We wish her well.

Art and Design Technology sees us getting creative to plan, design and make a canopic jar from bottles and tissue paper. We will use a technique called decoupage to build up layers of pattern and colour in order to create a 3d sculpture.

In ICT, Mr Choudry will lead us in digital creativity, where we’ll explore various software and tools to enhance our computing skills and complete some fantastic framed computer art.

Finally, in Music, we’ll follow Charanga to learn a new song, with Aretha Franklin being our artist of the month!

Exciting times ahead! Let's have a fantastic last term!

Homework:

Each week, children will have engaging tasks to complete on Century, our fantastic online platform, alongside their regular reading, TT Rockstar practice, and spellings to master. All homework will be set on a Friday and will be due the following Friday, including those Century tasks and spellings.

It's really important that children feel they can ask for help if they’re finding something tricky – we’re always here to support them!

To further assist, I’ll be running a homework club during break or lunch time on Mondays. This is a great opportunity for anyone who needs a bit of extra time or support with their tasks. Happy learning! 

Reading:

Please can we ask that all children are reading regularly at home to develop independent reading skills. We aim to listen to each child read once a week but require your support with reading more at home. We are running a reward system in school where children will receive 5 dojos after 5 home reads!

All children will have the opportunity to read for pleasure and change library books each week

Celebrating successes:

We’ll continue to use Class Dojo to celebrate our children's successes and commend their wonderful behaviour choices. It’s such a fantastic platform for keeping everyone in the loop and sharing those little triumphs!

If you would like to share your child’s achievements from home, please don’t hesitate to post on Class Dojo. It’s lovely for the children to see their accomplishments recognised both at school and at home!

Additionally, we warmly invite you to join us every Friday afternoon at 2.45pm for our assembly, where we’ll celebrate even more of our wonderful students' accomplishments. It’s always a joyous occasion, and your presence makes it all the more special!

Please don't hesitate to speak to us if you have any queries.

Mrs Hulland, Miss Davies and Miss Ward