This half term our topic is “Ancient Civilisation” 🌍🏺 — an exciting journey through some of the earliest and most influential societies in history.

Here is an overview of what we will be learning across the curriculum.

📖 English

This half term, our English learning is linked to our Ancient Civilisation topic. We will:

• Read “Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain” 🐉⛰️ to support our History work
• Write our own narrative inspired by the Chinese Dynasty
• Use direct speech with accurate punctuation
• Write sentences that show action, dilemma and resolution
• Strengthen descriptive writing using expanded noun phrases ✍️
• Consolidate grammar skills in all writing tasks
• Practise spellings from KS1, Year 3 and new Year 4 lists
• New spellings are set on Spelling Shed every Friday. Regular practice at home is essential for Year 4 progress.

📚 Reading

Reading continues to be a key part of Year 4. This half term we will:

• Read daily in class to build fluency and confidence
• Develop key skills such as inference, retrieval, prediction and vocabulary understanding
• Discuss characters, themes and the author’s choices
• Encourage reading at home every night
• Ask children to talk about what they have read to check understanding
• Use Reading Logs to track reading progress and celebrate effort

🔢 Mathematics

This half term in Maths, Year 4 will be learning about a range of fraction-based skills. Children will work on:

🍕 Fractions

• Partitioning mixed number fractions
• Using number lines with mixed numbers
• Comparing and ordering mixed numbers
• Converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and back
• Finding equivalent fractions on a number line
• Understanding fraction families
• Adding two or more fractions
• Adding fractions and mixed numbers
• Subtracting two fractions
• Subtracting from whole amounts
• Subtracting from mixed numbers

These lessons will help build a strong understanding of fractions before moving on to more complex calculations later in the year.