Year 4 | St Wilfrid's RC Primary School

WELCOME TO YEAR 4

Mr Bell and Ms Armstrong

Year 4 Newsletter - Spring 2 2026

Skills builder - skills we are working on improving throughout the year.

Topic - Why are Rainforests so Important to Us?

In our topic this term this half term we will describe and give examples of a biome and find the location and some features of the Amazon rainforest, describe the characteristics of each layer of a tropical rainforest, understand the lives of indigenous peoples living in the Amazon rainforest, describe why tropical rainforests are import and underatnd the threats to the Amazon, understand how local woodland is used using a variety of data collection methods and analyse and present findings on how local woodland is used. Any learning done on this topic at home is welcomed.

Homework

In Year 4, homework is distributed on a Wednesday and needs to be handed in by the following Monday.

Spellings are tested on Tuesdays.

Year 4 go swimming on a Tuesday morning. Please can children come into school in the morning with swimming costume on under their uniform.

P.E. is on a Thursday - children should come to school in school uniform and will change for PE in school.

Year 4 Blog - Click to access with password

Maths

Useful Websites

Hit the Button - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Maths Frame Times Tables Challenge - https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

BBC Maths Games - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/

ICT Maths Games - http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html