Years 3 & 4

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Spring Term 2026

Year 3 and 4

In Year 3 & 4, as we start the Autumn Term, we would just like to thank everyone for supporting our school Motto:

‘Together with Christ Everyone Achieves More’

The curriculum in Year 3 and 4 this term:

Our unit this term is called ‘ Invaders and Settlers'

As the school year develops, we will post information and examples of the children’s work on the Year 3 and 4 pages of the school website or our school Twitter account.

Religion

Christmas
We listen to God's Word at Mass. This unit involves the children thinking about listening and finding out about the Liturgy of the Word at Mass. Through this topic they will explore the value and the importance of listening to the Word of God in the Scriptures.

English

Beowulf by Rob Lloyd Jones

The literacy objectives covered in this unit are: –

To create a mythical character
To describe contrasting settings
To draw inferences from details in a text
To describe how tension builds in a story structure
To create tension in my writing
To prepare a group performance
To identify conventions in mythical literature
To make a plan for my writing/ To write my own heroic myth

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Focus on the plot, characters, setting and style of the story
Look at the use of pronouns, dialogue, punctuation and adverbials.
Write character descriptions
Write a new chapter for the story

Literacy and language Year 3 Unit 3: A Tale of Two Robots

Fiction: A Story with a Familiar Setting

Key writing purpose:

To write a new episode for the story.

Reading:

My new episode:

has a problem, reaction and resolution

has dialogue that sounds convincing because it is based on what I know about the characters

shows the characters’ reactions to new situations.

Grammar:

includes correct use of first person (I, we) for a short part of the episode written by a first-person narrator.

End of year 4 expectations for English.

Þ I can spell most words correctly. (Please speak to your child’s class teacher about the Y3 and Y4 National Curriculum spelling lists)

Þ I can write neatly, legibly and accurately, maintaining a joined style.

Þ I can use paragraphs to organise my writing although may not always be accurate

Þ I can use fronted adverbials and use a comma afterwards.

Þ I can evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences.

Þ I can extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although.

Þ I can use sophisticated conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause.

Þ I can use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense. Present perfect tense is used for activities that started in the past but are still true now, or have an effect on what is happening now. My friend Kashaan has lived in this town for five years. We have been best friends all that time

Þ I can use inverted commas accurately.

Þ I can use the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular and irregular plurals e.g. girls’, boys’, children’s.

Author Study

Each half term we will be focusing on a famous children’s Author. Our Key Author this term is Cressida Cowell.

We hope that the children will enjoy reading her texts and completing some of the activities we have planned for them so that they are enthused about reading!

Mathematics

These are the units of study we will be studying this term.

Number and Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Shape
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
Position and Direction
Decimals
Measures: Mass/ Time

Year 4 will be completing their times table challenge at the end of this year.

Don't forget to keep practising times table facts.

Click on the link to access the Mathsframe website to test your knowledge. Mathsframe Multiplication Tables Check

Science

Conductors and insulators
Being safe with electricity
Children will learn that there are 2 types of circuit, and begin building their own simple series circuits. They will investigate what happens if different components are removed or replaced within a circuit. They will also learn how to draw a circuit diagram.

Geography/History