Year 4
Weekly Update - Friday 7th November 2025
Summary of this week:
Welcome back for the 7 week run up to Christmas! The children have launched straight into their new Geography unit – Rainforests – this week, and have already learnt about a range of rainforest animals within their English model text. In Reading, we have been unpicking the book, “Why The Whales Came”, and any of the children are interested to hear about the mysterious Birdman. In Computing, we worked collaboratively in small groups or pairs to try and type a story onto a word document. We had to use teamwork to come up with ideas and to also use the correct punctuation and spellings.
Our learning next week:
Maths: We will be completing some maths quiz papers, to check our understanding about arithmetic and reasoning. We will also continue learning about multiplication, focusing on the 11 times table.
English: We will be writing our own non chronological reports about the Rainforest, choosing 2 of our own animals to research.
Reading: We will be continuing our author study on Michael Morpurgo, unpicking one of his books called “The Butterfly Lion”.
Foundation:
In Geography, we will be exploring the different layers of the rainforest.
In D&T, we will be learning about sturdy frames, and we will be making 3D structures using cocktail sticks and raisins.
In PSHE, we will be exploring how influences can cause us to make assumptions, based on how people look.
In RE, we will be asking and exploring: What is the most significant part of the Nativity story for Christians?
In Science, we will be using scientific equipment to measure the temperature of water and stop watches to measure time.
In PE, we will be doing Gymnastics with Mrs Line and Rugby with the PE coaches.
Homework:
Maths
The Maths homework sheet will be stuck into books and given out on Tuesdays – please could children complete this and hand it in by Friday so teachers can mark, provide feedback and hand back by the following week.
Spelling
Please continue to practise the weekly spelling words at home in whichever way your child finds most useful.
Notices & Reminders:
No new notices for this week 😊
Miss Bullock, Mrs Secker and Mrs McKenzie.
Welcome to Year 4
Please find below the presentation from our Year 4 Parents Information Evening held in October 2025, which provides useful information for parents and carers about Year 4 at Eastwick in 2025-26.
Year 4 Parents Information Evening 2025-26
Contact
Please use year4@eastwick.thpt.org.uk to contact the year 4 team with any queries.