Welcome to the Year 4 Class Page

Hello and welcome to our Year Four at Old Hall Primary School. This is a very exciting year for you and your child, as they explore the wonderful topics that are part of our Old Hall curriculum for Year 4. 

The members of the Year Four team are: Mr Sharman, Mrs Hornsby, Mrs Nuttall, Mrs Ayres and Mr Hargreaves.

We are looking forward to working with you and your child/ren. 

Class Information

We will also put any important information you may need inside as an email or message from the school office and the whole school weekly newsletter will be sent home on Friday's via email.

When your child has PE on Monday and Wednesday, your child/ren are expected to come to school wearing their full P.E. kit and suitable trainers or pumps. 

Please note that this half term, our PE days are on Monday and Wednesday. 

Our Week

This is what our average week looks like in Year 4, this may change slightly due to school events. 

Spellings follow the RWI scheme and will be sent out fortnightly. 

If you have any questions, you are unsure about anything or you would just like to introduce yourself, please don't hesitate to contact either Mr Sharman or Mrs Hornsby via the school office between the hours of 8. 00 am - 4.30 pm, Monday - Friday.

Our Year 4 Learning

We are enjoy a broad curriculum which we are proud of, this covers a range of subjects that develop our children and their learning. We believe that this is a fundamental part of supporting children with their understanding of the World in which they live. Please see highlights of our half term which we will continue to update below.

Here is the curriculum map for Year 4, it contains all the exciting, interesting things we will be learning this year. 

On our class page, you can take a look at what we will be learning about each term, as well as keep track of any important reminders or special dates for the children.

Year 4 Homework

We set homework for the half term. 

The homework is set on Purple Mash, everyone should have a copy of their Purple Mash code. When you log in you should get a notification, please let us know if you misplace your login details.

You are always welcome to speak to us after homework is set. 

Times Tables

It is important that your child practises their times tables, this will help to prepare them for the Times Table check. 

What is the Multiplication Tables Check?

The Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is an assessment that will be taken by key stage 2 pupils towards the end of their academic year in Year 4 (some time in June). The MTC’s main purpose is to ensure that children manage to reach an expected standard in their times tables knowledge before they start Year 5 to help them progress in many different areas in their maths learning.

This Year 4 Times Tables Test is taken online. When taking their Year 4 MTC, pupils will be asked 25 questions on their times tables, ranging from their 2 times tables to their 12 times tables. For each question, children are given a set time limit of 6 seconds with which to answer and are also given a short rest period of 3 seconds between each question.

The DfE have decided to ask more questions about the 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 times tables than others such as the 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 times tables that children generally master earlier in their learning. There are no questions on the 0 or 1 times tables either. Of course, our questions are generated with these rules in mind, so the experience is as close to the real Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check as possible.

Spellings

Spellings will follow the RWI scheme and will be sent home on a fortnightly basis. 

Our Learning

Enrichment Homework

In Year 4, we love to see members of our team diving into their homework with enthusiasm and creativity! Here we will showcase some fantastic examples of enrichment homework that we have enjoyed.