Year 4

Year 4 have had a fantastic half term, filled with creativity, curiosity and collaboration across all areas of learning. The children have shown great enthusiasm for every challenge and opportunity that has come their way.

In English, they were inspired by two wonderful texts – The Baker by the Sea and Shackleton’s Journey. Through these stories, the children explored both fiction and non-fiction, developing their descriptive language, vocabulary and understanding of speech. A particular highlight was baking coconut buns to accompany their seaside writing and creating persuasive brochures to attract visitors. Their enthusiasm for reading was further sparked during a fantastic visit to Cheshunt Library, where they enjoyed exploring new books and learning more about how a library works.

Across the wider curriculum, the children have continued to build their confidence and problem-solving skills. In Maths, they have deepened their understanding of partitioning, while in Computing, they’ve been developing their coding skills and learning how to use if statements to make their programs more sophisticated.

Science has certainly captured their imagination, with the topic of electricity proving to be a big hit! The classroom buzzed with excitement—literally—as pupils built simple circuits and experimented with buzzers and bulbs. In French, they’ve been gaining confidence in speaking and listening, particularly when discussing the weather.

PE has been lively and collaborative, with children developing accuracy in their netball passing and showcasing impressive teamwork and creativity in gymnastics, using apparatus to perform complex balances with a partner.

It has been a busy and rewarding half term, full of enthusiasm and achievement. Year 4 should feel incredibly proud of all they have accomplished – and we can’t wait to see what the next half term brings!

This half term has been a busy one, full of hard work and enthusiasm. In English, we continued to develop our writing skills and produced some fantastic sequel stories inspired by Frindleswylde. In science, we learned all about food chains, while in computing we explored Logo and developed our programming skills.

In PE, the children have been improving their dribbling and passing skills in football, as well as performing partner dances in unison inspired by Cats. Towards the end of the term, we enjoyed a pantomime performance of Dick Whittington and celebrated Jolly Jumper Day.

The children have also worked extremely hard on their times tables, with weekly improvements in their Soundcheck scores on TTRS. Well done to everyone for their effort and progress.

We hope you all have a restful holiday, and we look forward to seeing everyone in January. Please remember that swimming lessons will begin in January.

It has been a very busy and exciting half term in Year 4, with lots of fantastic learning taking place across the curriculum!

In English, we have been exploring the beautiful texts Tar Beach and Farther. The children have thoroughly enjoyed immersing themselves in both stories and have produced some truly creative and imaginative writing inspired by these books. It has been wonderful to see their confidence and flair for storytelling grow.

In Maths, we have focused on perimeter and have also spent a significant amount of time strengthening our understanding of multiplication and division. The children have worked incredibly hard, and it is great to see their confidence improving. They continue to make excellent progress with their weekly TTRS (Times Tables Rock Stars) scores — well done for all the practice at home too!

In Science, we have been learning about changing states of matter. The children particularly enjoyed acting out the behaviour of molecules in solids, liquids and gases to deepen their understanding. To make our learning even more memorable, we made ice lollies to observe freezing in action — and of course, to enjoy afterwards!

In History, we have been learning about Boudicca and her revolt against the Romans. The children now understand why she led her rebellion and can explain the lasting legacy of the Romans in Britain.

Swimming has been a real success this half term. The children are thoroughly enjoying their sessions and are showing great progress and confidence in the water.

We also had a very successful first Forest School session, where the children embraced outdoor learning with enthusiasm and excellent behaviour.

In French, the children can now confidently introduce and present themselves — a wonderful achievement!

It has certainly been a busy and fun half term, and we are very proud of all the hard work and progress the children have made. We are now ready and excited for the next half term!