Tom Palmer

Curriculum Information

Year 4 Autumn Newsletter 

 

 

Towards the end of Year 4, children will be tested on their times tables up to 12 x 12. 

Please find a leaflet below from the Department for Education with information for parents / carers about the test. 

Multiplication Tables Check Information

 

End of Year Expectations 

Class Novels
Autumn 1

The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camilo

Autumn 2

The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camilo

Spring 1

  What was it like to be an Ancient Maya? – David Long

Spring 2

Cinnamon – Neil Gaiman 

Summer  1

Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah

Summer  2

Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah

 

Recommended Reading List 
Writing
The Iron Man — Ted Hughes
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane — Kate DiCamillo
The Wild Robot — Peter Brown
The Worst Witch — Jill Murphy
The Butterfly Lion — Michael Morpurgo
The Boy at the Back of the Class — Onjali Q. Raúf
The Nothing to See Here Hotel — Steven Butler
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — C. S. Lewis
The Explorer — Katherine Rundell
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter — Philip Pullman
The Hodgeheg — Dick King-Smith
The Sheep-Pig — Dick King-Smith
The Worst Class in the World — Joanna Nadin
The Highland Falcon Thief — M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman
The 13-Storey Treehouse — Andy Griffiths
Fortunately, the Milk — Neil Gaiman
Varjak Paw — S. F. Said
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear — Kieran Larwood