Year 4
Year 3/4 Phase Leader - Mrs Hemingway (3HE)
Teachers - Mrs Ward (4W) & Miss Ritchie (4R)
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Mayet, Mrs Khot, Miss Jubb, Mrs Hussain, Mrs Nadat and Mrs Ravat
Below is the SPRING TERM overview - this covers everything that your child will be working on throughout the spring term in Year 4.
For the full year overview of all subjects covered across this year group, please click on the Long Term Plan link below:
Year 4 Long Term Plan 2025-2026
PARENTS' OVERVIEW - SPRING TERM 2025/26 (downloadable doc)
SPRING TERM 2026
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Maths |
In Year 4, we follow a progressive approach ensuring the children get experience of mathematical concepts in blocks of a week or two weeks. They then revisit these concepts over the year to ensure they have mastered previous knowledge and understanding that has been taught. We encourage the children to be independent learners in maths and they utilise their Maths Toolkit to support their learning when required.
During the Spring term the children will learn about: multiplication grids (TUxTU), multiplication and division using chunking (TU/TU), fractions and decimals, geometry, area and perimeter of rectilinear shapes, measures (capacity and mass) and mental/written four operations again.
Times Table Rock Stars
This year your child will take their multiplication check. This is a timed test similar to TT Rockstars so we highly encourage the children to practise their times tables and challenge themselves on TT Rockstars as often as possible.
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Literacy |
In Literacy, over the Spring Term, Year 4 will be looking at a variety of texts.
In the first half term, the children will be looking at the text How to Train Your Dragon. As part of the analysing of the text, the children will look at retelling the story opening as well as producing a newspaper report.
In the second half of the term, they will look at dinosaurs: a Dinosaur adventure, where they will plan their own cliff-hanger ending and a character description. The children will create a non-chronological report on a dinosaur of their choice.
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PE Physical Education |
During Spring term 1, Year 4 children will be developing their cognitive skills in their PE lessons.
This will include: Unit 1: Cognitive.
Children will develop and apply their dynamic balance on a line and ball skills through focused skill development sessions, healthy competition, cooperative games and group Personal Best challenges.
Unit 2: Creative. Children will develop and apply their sending and receiving and counter balance with a partner through focused skill development sessions, healthy competition, cooperative games and group Personal Best challenges.
PE Day: Wednesday
Children need to come to school in uniform and bring in their PE kits.
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Science |
Our first year 4 topic in science during the first half of the Spring term ‘Living things and their habitats’ where the children will learn how to recognize that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
In the second unit, they will build on what the children have learned earlier in the term but with a ‘Conservation’ focus. In this unit, the children will learn to recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
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Music |
Year 4 will be listening to a Soul/Gospel Song by Bill Withers – Lean on Me.
This unit will require the children to listen and appraise a new genre of music where new progressive Warm-up Games will be played. The children will use new progressive improvisation resources and a new tool for composing. We can’t wait to hear what the children create!
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MFL Modern Foreign Language (French) |
In French this term the children will be learning the vocabulary to describe items of clothing, along with knowing when to use ‘a’ and ‘an’ in the French language. The children will also be incorporating previous learning about colour into their descriptions of clothing and recapping the concept of adjectival agreement. As the term progresses, they will also have the opportunity to express their opinions about outfits in French.
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Computing |
Children will be using Purple Mash to continue their Computing skills. Throughout the term the children will continue to learn about e-safety to ensure they know how to stay safe online.
The children will focus on:
- Logo
- Sound stories
- Effective searching
- Coding
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PSHE Personal Social Health Economic Education |
In the first half term, our topic will be ‘Appreciate’. The children will understand why gratitude matters and how you can develop gratitude as a habit.
In the second half term, our topic will be ‘Relate’. The children will focus on the importance of being able to relate to one another and have positive relationships.
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RE Religious Education |
Over the Spring term, in year 4, the children will be exploring the big question:
Why do the lives of the Gurus inspire Sikh believers?
The children will be examining Sikh beliefs and practices, including the belief in Guru Nanak and his importance in the Sikh religion. They will learn about his life and disappearance. They will begin to explain and give reasons for Sikh values e.g. equality, honesty.
They will also look at the big question:
How are the stories of Holy Week Important to Christians?
The children will explore how the narratives of Holy Week help Christians understand the significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection, considering the significance of stories from the religion.
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Art and Design |
During the spring term the children will be looking at Craft and design: fabric of nature.
They will develop their skills in: generating ideas from a range of stimuli, developing use of sketch books by annotating and planning, showing an awareness of proportion and working as a professional designer to by collating ideas to generate a theme. They will evaluate ‘batik’ and surface pattern techniques to consider how fabric is used differently.
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DT Design Technology |
During the Spring term, children will be making a sling shot car!
Year 4 children will enjoy making a textiles book sleeve. They will think about product design, first reflecting on different types of fastenings in their product research. They will then design their book sleeve, thinking about who the product is for and their interests and likes. The children will then spend their time sewing the sleeve and adding any design appendages before evaluating their finished product.
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Geography |
In this unit the children will be trying to answer our big question:
What are rivers and how are they used?
Throughout this unit children will learn about how the water cycle works, recognise features and courses of rivers and other information relating to rivers, including some map work!
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History |
Our History topic for the term is The Vikings!
The children will consider the time period, placing this in context with their previous learning, They will consider why the Vikings came to Britain. They will think about what they did when they were here and consider the impact they had on Britain with their lasting legacy.
Spelling
We follow the spelling patterns from Spelling Shed.
The children can then use the website to practice their weekly spellings choosing the level of support they need. Each child in Year 4 has a copy of the spelling lists in their school book bag.
Children who are having phonics teaching will get spellings from their phonic phase.
We will also cover the spellings from the Statutory Year 3/4 list.
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Homework |
Every week on Friday (due in the following Tuesday) Year 4 children will be given a maths activity, either linked to their learning that week or revisiting a previously taught skill.
They will also be expected to:
- read their reading book and get their reading record signed x3 weekly
- Play on TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed games.
- Learn their times tables up to 12 x 12
- Learn their weekly spellings (each week has a different list focus that the children have been practising in school that week)
Each term Year 4 children will:
- be set their black book homework tasks. They need to be as creative as possible so it could include art work, writing, computer presentations, 3D models, posters etc. It is hoped an adult at home will work collaboratively with the child and help them with their learning and presentation. When this happens the work is often simply stunning!
Black book homework
This is your chance to show off what you can do now you are in Year 4! Choose at least 3 activities from the list below to complete over the spring term and during the half term holidays (due in on Monday 23rd March 2026)
You are going to share all your homework with your class mates and teacher. It could include art work, writing, computer presentations (printed out), 3D models, posters, photographs etc. You will have to explain to the class what you have done.
Homework for research to be completed in Black Books:
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Year 4 Spring Term 2026 Black Book Homework Tasks |
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Can you write a report about a dinosaur? Your report must include information under the following subheadings: |
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In Art we have been looking at nature. Have a look outside… can you choose some leaves and do some ‘rubbings’ of them? Could you sketch the leaf? Could you use some leaves to make a collage? Or… make your own nature inspired artwork. |
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We have been learning about the water cycle. Can you draw a diagram? Explain how it works…You could have a go at making your own water cycle with a sandwich bag… sketch your design. |
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Our History topic this term has been the Vikings. Try to explain what it was like to be a Viking. What was their life like? You can present this however you like! |
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Easter is coming up at the end of the term! Can you find some facts out about Easter and why people celebrate Easter? You could also design an Easter egg! |
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In Science we have been looking at Living things and their habitats. Can you choose a habitat and explain what animal would live there? How does it survive in that habitat? Draw a diagram of the animal and label its adaptations (features) and how they help it to survive. |
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In DT we have been designing and making our own book sleeve. Can you use the skills we have learnt and design your own product made by fabric? It could be a bag, a toy. Can you have a go at sewing any part of it? |
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