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Learning in Year 4

Woodpeckers Class September 2019

• All subjects in the National Curriculum
• English – speaking and listening, reading and

writing

• Maths
• Science
• Art and design, computing, design technology,

geography, history, music, PE

• French or Spanish (in Key Stage 2)

What we learn

Reading scheme

Our books are

• rganised into book
• bands. Children

work through these book bands as they learn to read.

Reading

By the end of Year 4 we hope that children will be reading books from the lime, brown

• r grey book bands.

Phonics

• The sounds that letters make
• Sounds are blended together to make words

wish = w-i-sh chin = ch-i-n

• Sounds should be said properly – imagine

that you are saying the word in slow motion

• There is more information in your child’s

reading record book

Recognising words

• Lots of words cannot be sounded out
• Your child may be given these words on

flashcards so that they can practise reading them

• The words your child should be able to read at

the end of each year group are shown in the reading record

Rising Stars reading tests

• Talk about books, stories and information
• Read to your child at home
• Read with your child at home
• Ask questions
• Use the guidance contained with

the latest newsletter

How you can help your child with reading

Useful questions

• What happens in the story?
• What is the book about?
• Who is in the story?
• What do you think this character is like? How do you know?
• What do you think will happen next?
• What is the title of the story?
• Is this book fiction or non-fiction? How do you know?
• What did you learn in the book?
• What is your favourite part of the story? Why?
• Who is your favourite character? Why?

Writing

Key skills in Year 4. Children…

• Group similar information together in paragraphs in non-fiction writing,

using headings and subheadings if necessary

• Discuss and record ideas when planning
• Consider the needs of the reader and provides background information
• Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to

avoid repetition

• spell all of the Year 3 & 4 word list
• use the prefixes il-, ir-, re-, sub-, inter-, anti-, auto-
• use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters
• use and punctuate direct speech, including punctuation within and

surrounding the inverted commas

• understand the difference between the plural and possessive –s
• Can proof read for errors

Writing

• Help them to learn spellings
• Help them to sound out words carefully to

write them

• Talk about stories
• Encourage them to find out about new words
• Encourage and support them to complete

their English homework

How you can help your child with writing

Maths

Key skills in Year 4. Children…

• count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000
• can round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
• add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits
• choose the appropriate operation to solve one- and two-step problems
• recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
• can find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100,

identifying the value of the digits in the answer as units, tenths and hundredths

• solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals

to two decimal places

• measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including

squares) in centimetres and metres

• read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 and 24-hour

clocks

• interpret and present discrete data using bar charts and continuous data

using line graphs Name and describe 2D and 3D shapes

Rising Stars maths tests

• Regular practice of timetables – timestables.co.uk
• Give your child opportunities to handle money, learn

to tell the time and understand it

• Involve your child in measuring things (length, weight

and volume)

• Notice and talk about numbers, measures and

shapes in the real world

• Ask questions and talk about number problems

How you can help your child with maths

• Every half term ‘Rising Stars’ assessments used to judge

attainment colour for each child.

• These identify performance in reading, maths and GPS.
• Written work assessed against a set of curriculum objectives

from the writing target books.

• Assessment colours :
• RED - Not on track to meet their expected year group targets.
• GREEN – On track to meet their expected year group targets.
• BLUE – On track to exceed their expected year group targets.

Assessment