Rode Heath Primary SchoolYear 4 2025 - 2026
Mrs Wiskow
I am passionate about education and try to make learning fun in my classroom. Children need to be motivated to learn well. Outside the classroom my other passion is for horses of which I am lucky enough to own two. I also have a Rhodesian Ridgeback called Kito.
Mrs Pecora
Hi! I am Mrs Pecora - part of the Year 4 dream team!
Besides teaching, my passions are exercise and eating! Luckily they balance each other out - most of the time. I also love the arts - drama, dance, painting, etc so I will be looking for plenty of opportunities to use those in my lessons.
I am looking forward to a fun year learning and getting to know and teach all your special little people.
Welcome to Year 4
This term, our learning will take us on some thrilling adventures. In Literacy, we’ll be studying Greek Myths by Jean Menzies, a captivating collection that brings the stories of gods, heroes and legendary adventures to life. These myths tie perfectly into our History topic, where we are exploring the world of Ancient Greece. To deepen our understanding, we will also be visiting the Manchester Art Gallery at the beginning of February, connecting the stories we read with real historical art and artifacts. In Maths, we’ll continue with our Maths – No Problem! scheme, solving real-life problems while building on topics from previous years to develop strong understanding and confidence.
We know that happiness, safety and wellbeing are just as important as academic learning, so we’ll be working to make sure every child feels secure, confident and ready to enjoy school life to the fullest.
We can’t wait to get started and share a year full of curiosity, discovery and fun together!
Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of children being happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we follow our Hearts and Minds curriculum. More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.
Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to another exciting term!
Continuing the Learning Journey...
Week Beginning: Monday 2nd March 2026
- - Book Week!! (Dress up - if you wish - on Friday) - -
- We will also be taking part in some Zoom events with actual authors during the week! -
Focus times table focus this weeK: 7 X tables
English: Greek Myths By Jean Menzies
Reading about mythical heroes, gods and monsters
Storyboarding
Planning and writing our own mythical adventures
Maths: Finding fractions of a whole number such as 3/4 of 64
History: Greek myths
Design and Technology: Evaluating existing products - biscuits!
Geography: Fair trade
Science: States of Matter
Religious and Worldviews: Can I explore why some people sacrifice time or money for their beliefs?
PE: Outdoors on Wednesday and Friday (swimming)
Hearts and Minds: Online safety: Health, Well-being and Lifestyle + road safety
Key Dates:
Parents' evenings: Wednesday 4th and 18th March
Quinta Residential 24-26th June 2026
Weekly Reminders:
- Homework: Atom online learnng is set on a Monday.
- Spellings and sentences are set and come home on Wednesdays and need to be handed by the following Tuesday.
- Please ensure children in Year 4 are reading and filling in their reading diaries 4 times a week at home.
- Practise and learn the 7 X tables.
Renaissance Link for reading click here.
In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview.
The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.
To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here.
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check
Dear Year 4 parents and carers,
You may be aware that Year 4 children across the country are now required to take part in The Multiplication Tables Check: This is a formal assessment that happens at the beginning of June. The children will be tested on their times tables up to 12 x 12. All children will take the test using an Ipad. There is no set pass mark. However, secure and rapid knowledge of times tables facts are beneficial in many of the areas of maths taught in KS2 and therefore will help the children as they move towards their end of KS2 SATS.
Many of the children are now practising their times tables using TT Rockstars and it is really helping with their progress. Usernames and passwords for this are in the front of your child’s reading diary. We recommend that the children practise four times a week for ten minutes. It is so important to get as much practise in as you can because this knowledge will also be a big help with your maths lessons.
Practice tests can also be found on Educationcity in ‘Classwork’. (The 6 second one is the aim as this is how long the children will be given on the day.)
For more information see the document at the bottom of our class page.
Happy multiplying!
Kind regards,
The Year 4 Team at Rode Heath Primary.
Useful websites: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly to see what we're all busy doing:
https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com