Welcome to Year 4

Meet the Team

Welcome to the Year 4 staff team. We are a friendly team, determined to help your children flourish into the best versions of themselves. If you require any help or have any questions, please do not hesitate to chat to us at drop off / pick up or contact the school and one of us will respond.

Key Information

Year Four Curriculum Overview: Click Here

Instagram: Avonwood.year4

Homework: Click Here

Year 4 is an exceptionally exciting year in students’ primary journey; it is usually the year that children become fully independent learners and their personalities truly begin to flourish. Our key texts grow in complexity as the children progress and expose children to a wide range of authors and genres; from the mysterious descriptions of ‘The Iron Man’ to the cultural diversity represented in the tales of ‘A Thousand and One Arabian Nights’. Our books engage and inspire our children to become life-long readers.

In Year 4 we begin to tackle more mature themes, such as ‘deforestation’ and ‘socio-economic discrepancies between settlements’ in Geography. These always generate some fascinating and engaging debates! Without a doubt, a highlight of the Year 4 experience is our 2-night residential trip to Harry's Island with our wonderful forest school team. On this trip children are able to take risks, work as part of a team and achieve feats they never thought possible. Year 4 represents the bridge to upper Key Stage 2 and through our knowledge-rich curriculum, inspiring activities and dedicated staff team, we truly believe we are setting up students with the best possible chance of success both in their education and wider life.

Support for Year 4

Curriculum Briefings 2024

The key dates for the half term ahead and information on homework (including Reach for the Stars Challenges) are captured on the half termly curriculum handout, a paper copy of which is sent home with your child. The electronic version of the handout can also be found below:

We have made the slides available below:

From Autumn 2, the briefing can be accessed below:

In early Spring we also held our maths calculation workshop - please find the resources below:

Year 4 Timetable - A Typical Day

At Avonwood our mantra is ‘Every Moment Matters’, so please help us by arriving promptly at 8:40am daily. Morning break is 15 minutes and we have a one hour lunch.

Home Learning

As children transition into our junior school phase, they will be exposed to increasingly independent opportunities to develop and learn. With the academic standard of core subjects also rising, there is an increased need to consolidate and recall prior knowledge from weekly lessons. Our home learning therefore reflects this by expecting the reading, maths, times tables and spelling to be completed by all children on a weekly basis. This will be set on a Friday each week and checked each Thursday. There will also be some additional, optional challenges handed out on the half-termly hand out, which can also be found here.

Important Documents and Links

Year Four Curriculum Overview: Click Here

Spelling Shed - Spelling Shed - The Science of Spelling

DoodleLearning: Best Learning Apps for EYFS, KS1 & KS2 | DoodleLearning

Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)

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