Year 4 – Class

Our Year 4 Teachers

In Year 4, your teachers Calum Wilson and Emily Turner

Your interveners are Lacey Geddes, Caroline Greg, William Crisp

They are excited about the learning you are doing in this year group.

Your project questions will be:

• What do the treasures of history tell us about ancient civilisations?
• Does reintroducing animals help or hinder the ecosystem?
• How can communities protect themselves from floods?

Learning Time

There will always be a visual timetable in the classroom.

This is what a day will usually look like:

• 8:45-9:00- Arrive in school and register
• 9:00-9:30 – Flashback4/Spelling
• 9:30-10:00 – Guided reading
• 10:00-10:15 – Break
• 10:15-11:15 – Maths
• 11:15-12:15 – English
• 12:15-13:15 – Lunchtime
• 13:15-13:30 – Register & Mindfulness
• 13:30-15:00 – Project learning
• 15:00-15:15 – Class assemblies
• 15:15-15:30 – Storytime and hometime

Music

You will learn the flute this year. Music lessons are on Friday mornings for both classes.

PE/Woodland/BFC

• Our PE session is on a Wednesday afternoon.
• Our Woodland session is on a Thursday afternoon.
• The swimming pool is coming in October/November 2025.

Library Visits

We will visit the library once a term.

Assemblies

• Monday – R&G, SDGs & UNCRC
• Tuesday – In The Media Monday (Picture News)
• Wednesday – Picture Book & I Wonder Wednesday
• Thursday – Lyfta
• Friday – Celebration Assembly
• Every week you will learn about a different country, artist, music genre and a poem.
• Singing Assembly will be on Tuesday afternoon.

Playtime

You will play Playworks games with your friends. These will teach you how to take turns, follow rules, lose and win well and be part of a team.

Lunchtime

• You will order your lunch in the morning or bring a packed lunch from home.
• At lunchtime, you will wash your hands and then eat your lunch in the classroom.
• There will be some time to play out, playing Playworks games.

Toilets

If you need the toilet, ask the teacher at a convenient time

Trips, Visits & Celebrations

• There will be a school trip linked to a project.
• We will go and listen to the Halle Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall in the Spring Term.
• People may visit our class to help with our projects.
• We will celebrate Christmas, Eid, Fathers’ Day, Mothers’ Day, World Book Day, Harvest, Easter, birthdays and lots of other events during the school year.
• We will lead a whole school assembly about The Harvest in October/November 25.

End of the day 

• There will always be a story at the end of every day.
• At home time, your teachers will take you onto the playground to meet your parents. Please make sure your teacher knows who you are leaving with at the end of the day.

Home Learning & Reading Books

• You will get home learning on Friday.
• Your reading book will be changed every Thursday.

Download Our Year 4 Welcome Pack