Curriculum – Year 4 | St Oswalds Catholic Primary School

Year Group Overview

Download: Year 4 – Long Term Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]

Download: Year 4 – Summer Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]
Download: Year 4 – Spring Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]
Download: Year 4 – Autumn Overview 2025-2026 [PDF]

Download: Year 4 – Reading Spine [PDF]

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Spring 2 Overview

Welcome to an exciting term of learning!

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to the Summer Term! We have an incredibly busy and exciting few months ahead as we move into the final stages of Year 4. Below is an overview of the key learning your child will be diving into across the curriculum.

In R.E., we begin by following the Apostles’ mission "To the Ends of the Earth," exploring the Holy Spirit's role in the early Church. We will also focus on "Dialogue and Encounter," learning how to live peacefully with those of different faiths.

Our RSHE curriculum, A Journey in Love and Life to the Full, will help pupils celebrate their unique talents and explore the theme of "Created to Love Others." This will include sensitive, age-appropriate discussions on grief, the Holy Trinity, and the mission of the wider Church.

In English we will use the beautiful picture book The Journey by Francesca Sanna to write powerful, vocabulary-rich narratives about a refugee’s experience. In Summer 2 we shift our focus to biography and narrative writing with Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, exploring the life of the famous oceanographer.

In Maths, our focus begins with Decimals—linking them to fractions and using them to solve money problems. Later in the term, we will move on to Geometry, where children will classify shapes and master coordinates/translations on a 2D grid. We will also be interpreting data using various graphs in our Statistics unit.

In Science, we will be getting hands-on with Electricity, building series circuits with bulbs, buzzers, and motors. We will also look at the History of Science, exploring how ancient civilisations used scientific thinking to survive.

In Computing, we are focusing on Digital Literacy, learning how to use search engines safely and understanding copyright. We will also get creative with Pixel Art.

PE and games this term is all about Dance (character and narrative), Fitness, Tag Rugby, and Football. We will be focusing on teamwork, fair play, and tactical thinking.

In Spanish, we are learning to talk about our spare time (sports and hobbies) and how to order from a menu using euros.

How You Can Help at Home

Encourage your child to learn their times tables up to the 12 times tables
Safety: Talk to your child about their "online reputation" and what it means to be safe when searching the internet.

Thank you for your continued support!

Best wishes,

The Year 4 Team

Homework in Year 4

New homework is given each Monday. The homework relates to maths, spelling and English work that we have covered in school. In addition, children are asked to complete times tables on Times tables Rock Stars and spellings tasks. We ask that this is given in to the class teacher on the Friday of that week so that it can be marked. We suggest that weekly homework should take no longer than 30 minutes. If you are struggling with homework, stop after this time and let your teacher know.

All children should read with someone at home for 15 minutes each night and Reading Records must be signed and dated. These should be sent into school every day so children can be heard read and the books changed. Some children will take home a Read Write Inc book and a reading for pleasure book.

PE Lessons

PE will be on a Tuesday and Thursday each week for 4LH and 4HT.

PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday each week for 4DT.

Please ensure that children have the correct PE kit in school on these days.

Times Tables

As you may be aware, all children in Year 4 will complete a Multiplication Tables Check in the summer term. This test will determine whether they can recall their times tables fluently. The test is completed on a laptop or tablet and consists of 25 random times tables questions which the children have 6 seconds to answer.

There are a number of online platforms which mirror the format of the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) and allow children to become familiar with how to complete the test. This letter contains a numbers of online platforms for practising times tables.

Download: Year 4 – Times Tables Letter [PDF]