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Welcome to Year 4!

This Autumn term, the children have been thoroughly enjoying their topic all about the Romans! We have explored how the Romans had an enormous impact on the way ancient Britons lived their lives and the long lasting impact it had on our country. The children had a Roman visitor in and learned lots about how tough it was to be a Roman soldier! This half term, we are moving on to the exciting topic of Volcanoes! The children will explore all about what they are, how they are made and the impact they have on the world.

We cannot wait to share more of the fantastic work your children have been doing.

Mr McGeachy, Mrs Brereton-Ward & Miss Duff-Cole

English

In English this term, the children have looked at a variety of different writing styles. From setting descriptions to detailed recounts of their favourite activities, the children have explored different writing features and how they could use them effectively. The children are currently gathering lots of factual information in order to write an engaging non-chronological report about volcanoes! They will be learning how to format their reports to ensure they are interesting and informative for the readers.

Times Tables!

Children in Year 4 take part in the Multiplication Tables Check in the Summer term.

Here at St. George's we practise our timetables daily using TTRS.

Please make sure that you encourage your child to complete a soundcheck each day at home!

Below you can find the key information for the Multiplication Tables Check.

If you missed our parent meeting on the MTC, all the information you will need is in the powerpoint below.

Information_for_parents_multiplication_tables_check.pdf

Year_4_Multiplication_Tables_Check__2026.pptx

Maths

This term in Maths, the children have been working hard to develop their foundational maths skills such as place value and procedural knowledge of the four operations. Each Friday, they practise their core arithmetic skills that will help their confidence and fluency in all other areas of maths. We now move on to explore area, what it means and how it can be applied to everyday situations.

Area of squares, rectangles and compound shapes - KS3 Maths - BBC Bitesize

You can always support your children at home with learning with the following websites:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zxv6g2p

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/index.html

Roman day!

At the beginning of this term, Year 4 was lucky enough to recieve a visit from a real Roman Solider!

Cassius the Roman centurion came to St George's and explained to the children about the life and hardships of a Roman soldier. He showed the children his gear and explained the purpose of each piece.

After this, we broke off into groups to explore several different activities such as Roman writing, Roman bored games, battle tactics and, finally, an archaeological dig.

Internet safety

As part of our school's computing curriculum, we prioritise teaching the children how to be safe online in a wolrd that is evolving to be more technologically advanced everyday. The children are taught what some of the dangers are for being online, what responsibility they have to keep safe and what strategies to use when seeing something online they do not like.

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