Welcome to Year 4!
The Year 4 team are: Mrs Drury in Bluebell class, Ms Hayden and Ms Ridsdale in Daisy class, Miss Staykovska in Violet class and Miss Lee in Snowdrop class. The children are also supported by our teaching assistants: Mrs Proctor, Mrs Cooper, Mrs Dawes, Miss Viasu, Mr Gartrell, Mrs Sajin,Mrs Mirzaei, Ms Wardle and Ms Sandford. Some of our classes are also taught by Mr McCusker. What a team!
We are an active lot at Lydgate Juniors - we have two PE lessons a week. Please remember to come to school dressed in school PE kit on your day. A warm jumper or fleece is a good idea for outdoor games lessons. Our PE days are as follows:
Bluebell - indoor PE Wednesday, outdoor games Monday (Swimming until November)
Violet - indoor PE Thursday, outdoor games Wednesday
Daisy - indoor PE Thursday, outdoor games Monday
Snowdrop - indoor PE Wednesday, outdoor games Friday
Y4 children all have the opportunity to have a block of swimming lessons over the year. We will let you know details when it is your child`s turn to swim.
We will also be working in our woods on alternate Wednesdays. Everyone should wear appropriate clothing for these forest school sessions. We will send a text reminder when it is your turn.
Homework in Year 4 is given out on Friday and is due in the following Friday. The children have a pink homework book; everything is kept in there. We also ask that you practise x tables - little and often is best. Weekly times tables booklets will be sent home too.
We are passionate about reading and would love the children to experience a wide range of books and stories, at home as well as at school. Listening to your child read, sharing a book together, visiting the library, listening to an audio book or snuggling up for a bedtime story all count. Our message is to read, read, read, read and read!
Here is an overview of this term's learning:
You can download our Autmn 2026 Curriculum Overview here.
Attendance
We've achieved...
97.0%
Our target is...
97.4%
Latest News
Y4 experienced their first woods session
Y4 Bluebell and Y4 Violet had an exciting first session in the woods! We heard a Nordic folk tale about Jack who outsmarted an evil troll! We then made our own clay trolls by collecting natural materials and working together!
Y4 Maths
Year 4 Bluebells used water to investigate how many lots of one are in 1,000, how many lots of ten are in 1,000 and how many hundreds are in 1,000.
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!
Look at these wonderful creations by Y4 Bluebell. The seaside in a matchbox!
Our Y4 Zoolab Experience
Bringing science learning alive with Stasia from Zoolab. Y4 have been learning about habitats and met some new friends today. Here we have Gary the giant African land snail, Meredith the Mexican flame-leg tarantula, Pumpkin the corn snake, Zippy the Madagascan hissing cockroach and Flump the Australian white tree frog. Amazing!