Year 4
The Year 4 team is Mrs Molloy, Miss Gee and Mrs Kitchen and Mrs Brookson
TLSA's -Ms Hewitt
Welcome to Year 4
spring term 2026
Welcome back and Happy New year to all!
Shared reading this term will continue, but each class will start a new novel, 4D will be reading The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe; 4P will be reading Varjak’s Paw and 4S Charlotte’s Web. All three texts are enjoyable, and we know the children will love reading them with their class.
In English, we will begin by looking the story The Match Box Diaries which is a lovely, illustrated story about families and their memories. The children will then move on to writing a non-chronological report about Volcanoes, this will link nicely with our geography topic this term maths is heavily focussed on times tables. We will continue our White Rose unit on multiplication and division, and we will learn the remaining times tables. Through a daily timetable lesson, we will be focussing on faster recall of the multiplication facts, to set us up for the Multiplication Check in the Summer term. Please can we ask that all children are supported at home, with learning the timetables facts and being able to recall them in 6 seconds using TTRS as a support and aid – thank you.
We will continue with our guitar lessons on a Friday afternoon and we’re proud of how much the children have learned already.
We will begin our history unit on the Anglo Saxons; we'll be finding out about the key features of an Anglo-Saxon settlement and what it was like to be a Monarch in 1066. In geography we'll be finding out about volcanoes and why people live near to them.
In art we'll be completing a unit called Painting and Mixed Media, focusing on light and dark. We'll be describing the difference between tint and shade and mix tints by adding black or white.
In science, children will be learning about digestion, thinking about how their food travels through their bodies. We’ll then look at electricity, including keeping safe around electricity and learning about circuits and conductors.
As always, any concerns over the half term please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
Your Child Needs in Year 4:
Please ensure your child brings the following to school each day:
A named water bottle
A sensible pencil case (small enough to fit in their drawer), containing pencils, a ruler, rubber, and glue stick
We are very much looking forward to a fun, enriching and successful year with your children. Thank you for your continued support—it makes a big difference, and we really value the partnership between school and home.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Curriculum Overview
You can find more details of the Dorridge Primary Curriculum on the Curriculum and Subject pages on the menu to the left. Please see below a letter to parents that explains the sort of things that are being covered in each of the units.