Rabbit Class (Year 4) 2025 - 2026

Welcome to the class page for Rabbit Class.

Class Staff

Teachers: Mrs Jardine (Mon/Tues) & Mrs Mulholland (Wed/Thur/Fri)

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Chadwick and Mrs Bryan

Here you will find all of the exciting and wonderful things that your child will be learning during their time in Year 4. If you have any questions, please use Class Dojo or speak to a member of our team at drop off/ pick up.

Thank you

Spring Term 2

Our text focus for English this term is 'The Lost Happy Endings,' by Carol Ann Duffy.

'If it were not for Jub, there would be no happy endings. None at all. But one night, on her way to make sure that every story told in the world ends well, Jub is caught by a wicked witch who steals all the happy endings.'

Writing outcomes:

Narrative: Twisted Narrative

Non- Narrative: Persuasive Letter 

We will continue to build upon our Year 4 writing features, focusing on:

In reading this half term, the children will explore fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We will be looking at the texts, 'The Last Bear,' 'The Legend of Podkin One-Ear,' 'Make your Own Magic,' 'F2 Ultimate Footballer,' 'Where Zebras Go' and 'Over to you!'

You can support your child at home by reading with them daily and recording it in their reading diaries to help them add stamps onto their Book Worm. 

You could ask your child about what they think might happen next in the story, how do they think the character is feeling, who is the author and what do they do. 

In Maths this half term, we will be focusing on length and perimeter, fractions and decimals.

We will continue our work on learning our times tables in preparation for the Year 4 multiplication Tables Check in June 2026.

The children will be given 25 questions on any multiplication facts up to 12x12. To ensure that our children are ready for this, we will be practising our times tables daily. As part of our practice, each child has their own login for Times Table Rockstars which they can access both at school and at home. Just a few minutes of practice each day can really help children to improve their knowledge and speed! 

This half term in science we will be learning all about sound. 

The children will be focusing on: 

• Identifying how sounds are made: Associating sounds with vibrating objects.
• Recognize that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.
• Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.
• Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.
• Recognising that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

This term we will be focusing on: Geography

We will be looking at the key question - Where does our food come from?

The children will be:

• Identifying the impact of food choices on the environment
• Understanding the importance of trading responsibly
• Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of buying both locally and imported food
• Mapping and calculating how far food has travelled

This half term in music we will be focusing on composition.

Your child will have 2 active lessons this term - one PE and one forest school. Please check the timetable for the class PE/Forest School days.

This term, the children will be focusing on tennis and running skills.

 Mondays- Each Monday, your child will be given 10 spellings to learn over the course of the week which are tested the following Mondy. They will have opportunities to learn their spellings in class, however, extra practice at home is essential. 

Other useful links:

Oxford Owl - Linked to our phonics Read, Write Inc programme https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/   

Story Nory - A range of stories by classic authors as well as poems musicals and fairytales. https://www.storynory.com/archives/classic-authors 

Story Berries- Read along with audio clips. https://www.storyberries.com

Monkey Pen-  Free downloadable children’s books in PDF format. https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-childrens-books

Free Children’s Stories-  https://www.freechildrenstories.com

Keeping Safe Online-  www.esafety.gov.au/kids 

Topmarks- A great way for children to practise many of their maths skills https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=3

Newsround is a very good outlet for your child to watch each day to gain a wider understanding of what is happening not only in our country, but the rest of the world. We will be watching newsround every afternoon in class.