We are happy to welcome you to Year 4. We hope to encourage the children to take more responsibility for their learning and to develop greater independence as they move into their second year in Key Stage 2. We will continue to build on skills already learnt, as well as introduce new concepts throughout the year. We’ll also aim to have lots of fun along the way with some fantastic topics to study!
The Year 4 Team
Knowledge Organisers
Knowledge organisers are a summary of the key facts, vocabulary and knowledge that children will be learning about in a unit of work.
Useful Links
General
- BBC Bitesize – a wealth of video links, programmes, quizzes and activities related to the aspects of the curriculum.
- BBC Learning Zone – great for history, geography, science and personal development.
Mathematics
- Oak National Academy has ‘maths mastery’ video lessons each week. The lessons cover children in Reception through to Year 10 and are free to access. The resources are easy to access, with no account or log in required.
- Hit the Button – a maths game that is good for number bonds to 10, doubling, halving, multiplication and division
- White Rose Maths Y4 is producing a daily lesson video, with demonstrations and examples for children to complete in their exercise books. This link will take you to the Year 4 page.
- Topmarks Games to reinforce learning.
English
- BBC Dancemat – a fun way to learn touch typing.
- Storyline Online – this wonderful resource streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
- Oxford Owl – including eBooks from Read Write Inc., Oxford Reading Tree, and Project X Alien Adventures. All the eBooks are free to use, but you will need to register or log in. Please note these eBooks are best viewed on a computer, laptop, or tablet.
- The Children’s Poetry Archive – an archive of spoken poetry recordings. Children can listen to poems read out loud. Poems for Nursery to Year 6.
- Once Upon a Picture – Images to inspire and questions for thinking.
- 500 word story – Get some inspiration here for writing.