The Federation of Netley Abbey Infant and Junior Schools

Welcome to Year 4

Welcome to our Year 4 page. Here you will find useful information about our termly curriculum, PE days, homework expectations and useful websites.

Our school values are: READY, RESPECTFUL, SAFE and KIND.

Our federation is united by four key values that all children are encouraged to live by every day: Ready, Respectful, Safe and Kind. These principles shape how our pupils learn, behave and interact, creating a positive and supportive environment for everyone.

If you would like further information about our curriculum, please feel free to speak to our class teachers in the first instance who should be able to answer any queries. Alternatively, you can direct any further questions to Mrs Fulton, Director Of Teaching and Learning.

Please refer to the presentation in July 2026 for general information that can be found here:

Our learning - curriculum maps

Our 2026/27 curriculum map can be found here: Year 4 overview

A more detailed overview of our Autumn One planning (2026 - 2027) can be found here:

Autumn one curriculum overview

Our learning - texts

Here is our Reading Bookcase, which shows the key texts we will use across the curriculum in Year 4:

Meet the Year 4 teaching team

Mrs Kreft (Year Leader) – Wykeham

Miss Downes - Castle

Mr Archer - Grange

Our PE Days

Please make sure you wear appropriate PE kit, for the weather, on your school PE days. Pupils may come into school wearing their PE kit. You may wish to bring a spare set into school incase this gets wet or muddy.

Wykeham - Monday and Thursday

Grange - Tuesday and Thursday

Castle - Tuesday and Wednesday

Homework

Homework is set each Friday and should be completed by Wednesday morning when this will be checked by each class teacher. All logins have now been sent home and the children have been shown how to access each website at school.

Spelling

Your child will be using the Spelling Shed app for weekly spelling games. All login information has been sent home with access via the Classlink app. Please ensure that your child completes 5 games that will include all of the spelling words that have been taught in school.

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login/school

Times Tables

They should continue to learn their times tables at home as they will be frequently tested at school to ensure their progress. The expectation for all Year 4 children is for them to know and be able to recall all multiplication facts to 12 X 12 by June 2026.

The children love Times Tables Rockstars so please log on to https://ttrockstars.com/

You can also find further support with times tables on this website: https://urbrainy.com/

Reading

Thee children should be reading at home for 20 minutes each day for 5 days. Please record your child’s reading on Boom Reader. Class teachers will be monitoring Boom Reader each week (on a Monday for Readopoly) and each child will update their personal bookmarks in school. Logins will be sent home in the first week of September and if you need any support there will be a parent drop-in session in Grange Class, Tuesdays at 3.20pm.

The links below are useful support documents for parents that help to explain Boom Reader and guide you through the user process.

To access Boomreader, please use the following link:

https://pupils.boomhub.app/redirectAfterLogin/7?targetUrl=/

Home reading tips

Parent app - information
Parent app poster

Useful Websites

Reading support

Parents often ask us for suggestions of appropriate books for their children to read. Below is a list of suggestions of high quality texts suitable for children working towards and at the expected level for year 4.

SLS Recommended Reads For Year 4

SLS Able Readers Year 4

Parents’ Guide to Grammar

In the link below you will find a user friendly guide to the different grammar terminology your child will be familiar with. Although it is split into year groups, you may need to look at the year group before for skills originally introduced in previous years. We hope that this is a helpful tool for supporting your child with their homework.

A Parents Guide to Grammar

Half term updates:

Dates for your diary:

- MTC and Minstead information evening on Thursday 26th March @ 3.30pm.

Please see the powerpoint for the MTC information and Minstead:

Minstead 2026

MTC 2026

- Egyptian performances on Thursday 26th March (PM) and Friday 27th March (AM).