Year 4
Welcome to our Year 4 Class Page!
Here you will find regular updates on all the exciting things we've been learning and doing in Year 4. Each month, we'll share a roundup of topics we’ve been covering, the skills we’ve been developing, and key learning highlights from across the curriculum. You'll also find important dates and information about upcoming events to help keep you in the loop.
We hope you enjoy following our journey and celebrating our achievements with us!
Coming soon...
2nd December - Christmas Fair
11th December - Pantomime Trip
12th December - Key Stage Two Carol Service
18th December - Key Stage Two Christmas Party Day
November 2025 Round-up
November has been packed full of fun and learning for Year 4! It has certainly been a month for creativity.
We celebrated our own British History Day by learning all about the Titanic. In the afternoon, we made our own lifeboats and had a competition to see how many "passengers" we could rescue from disaster. The children loved exploring the properties of materials and working collaboratively to build their lifeboats. To link with our learning, we have also been learning life saving skills at Big Fish Little Fish during our swimming lessons.
In Geography, we have been learning all about the Amazon Rainforest, and again our creative side has been unleashed! We made a collage to show the four layers of the rainforest and explain their features. Take a look at some of our beautiful creations...
In Science, we are learning all about electricity. We have created circuits and also learnt how to problem solve when they don't work. There are definitely some future electricians or project managers within the class!
Amongst all of this creativity, we continue to work on our presentation and handwriting skills. I am sure you will agree, the standard is very high and I am so proud of how much care and attention the children are taking with their work.
Start of Year 4...
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October 2025 Round-up
October has flown by! We finished our English topic based on How To Train Your Dragon by writing our won endings to the book. The children worked so hard to engage the reader with exciting vocabulary and description. In Maths, we are continuing to work hard with our times tables. Look out for an updated "heatmap" in children's homework books so that you can see how much progress they have made already.
We finished our History topic all about the Victorians in Thornton and The Fylde Coast by making posters about the railway station. The children are excited to share these with the community and we will put them up on display soon, but we have decided to wait for some kinder weather so that they don't get ruined.
Our science topic about digestion finished with an experiment all about poo! The children explored different poo samples and used their knowledge of diet, teeth and food chains to work out which animal the poo belonged to.
As we continue to develop our curriculum, this month we have installed an orienteering course around the school grounds. This can be used for many different subjects and will provide a huge benefit for engagement in the curriculum and also the health and wellbeing of the children. We had a first go in a Maths lesson on rounding. Children loved being able to read the map, run around to find the markers and then answer the different questions. Watch out for much more of this throughout the year!
There was also some amazing homework shared at our homework celebration and it was lovely to catch up with families and friends. Hope you have had a lovely half term and are ready for Autumn 2!
September 2025 Round-up
Year 4 have got off to a swimming start! We love our swimming lessons at Big Fish Little Fish and already the children are having lots of fun and making super progress. It is also so lovely to walk together to the pool; it gives us the opportunity to have some fresh air and have a good chatter on the way too. Hopefully the weather will continue to be kind to us.
In English, we are reading How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell. We are focusing on using exciting vocabulary in noun phrases to create detailed descriptions of characters and settings. This will build up to writing our own chapter of the book. There are some budding authors in Year 4 and I can't wait to share their writing with you all.
In Maths, the children are working incredibly hard to beat their own scores in Times Tables Rock Stars and make it into our weekly Top 10! It is so positive to see children keen to learn and improve - look out for their certificates in homework books.
We are learning about The Victorians in History and hope to be out and about in Thornton next month to see the impact that Queen Victoria had on the Fylde Coast. In art we have been learning about tinting and shading - check out some of our fantastic work below.
This year, we are having a huge focus on the importance of beautiful handwriting and presentation. I am so proud to say that several children have already earned their pen license and we also have been awarded the first fountain pen license too! Well done Year 4!
July 2025 Round-up
July has been a short but another busy month!
The children started July by visiting St. Johns church ⛪ Rev. Jane delivered a really informative and sentimental lesson based off altruistic love, which supported our learning in class. The children were so well behaved and a credit to Baines!
In English, we started our new topic on debates. The children have been very enthusiastic with this, and had some very serious debates...parliament style! The children chose to do a written debate on whether AI or teachers are more effective to teach children....thankfully they thought teachers are more effective!
In PSHE, we have been focusing on money budgeting. I gave the children a budget of £25 and gave them a list of things to buy for a 'birthday party' using online shopping. It was very interesting to see what the children were adding to their basket, but overall they were amazing and very money savvy 💰
In DT, the children have been building pavilions. Their teamwork and structural engineering knowledge was very impressive. Seeing all of their designs come to life was brilliant.
And finally, all children in the school had 2 transition mornings in July. Our Year 4 children moved up to Year 5 for taster sessions with their new teacher, Mrs Holland! All children are very excited to move up to Year 5 😆 We have had a wonderful year together, and have no doubt they will excel in upper KS2!
June 2025 Round-up
Wow! What a busy but fabulous month June has been!
I want to start off with congratulating the Year 4's for their Multiplication Check Results...they were outstanding! To reward all of their hard work, they enjoyed an ice lolly in the sunshine 🌤
In Geography this half term, we have started looking at rivers. The children explored and demonstrated their understanding of the structure and the features of a river by creating a 3-D model using forest school resources. Their teamwork and 3-D models were truly mind-blowing 🏞
We also had a homework celebration, where the children designed their own habitats based off their learning throughout Year 4 in Geography and Science! They were so impressive, and really demonstrated their understanding of different habitats!
During health week, we had sports day and involved in a range of fabulous activities - taekwondo, UV dodgeball, yoga and frisbee. The children had so much fun!
In English, our focus has been Folktales. The children have loved reading and learning about a variety of different folktales - and even produced a fabulous role-play based off 'why the bananas belong to the monkeys.'
In Science, the children have been consolidating their knowledge of Year 4. We have been investigating the viscosity of different liquids and they have been doing a range of experiments to test if the viscosity of a liquid affects how it is absorbed in the human body.
May 2025 Round-up
In English this month, we have been learning all about 'The Sea Swallow' by Gareth Thomson. The children have had a fabulous time acting out and roleplaying the book and as a result have written some very imaginative stories!
This month we have also had BGT! We had the amazing Reuben and Etta through to the finals that were held at Millfield. They were both outstanding, and Etta came 3rd place! What an amazing achievement! A massive well done to all children that auditioned.
To celebrate VE day, we had a school picnic out on the field. The sunny weather definitely topped this off! We had such a good time, eating, laughing and sun-bathing. We even had time for a quick selfie!
