Year four have had a great start to 2026! The children have approached each topic with enthusiasm and resilience, developing new skills and growing in confidence as learners throughout the half-term. 

In English, the children wrote their own adventure stories, using their imagination to create exciting plots, settings, and characters. They produced some fantastic pieces of work and showed great creativity and enthusiasm for storytelling. We finished the half-term by writing a newspaper article based on a twist of The Three Little Pigs, which allowed the children to explore a different writing style and consider alternative viewpoints.  

Year 4 are continuing to work hard on their times tables and making brilliant progres. Many children are building great speed and accuracy, which is fantastic to see. Please continue to encourage regular practice at home, especially on TT Rock Stars, as this really helps to keep their skills sharp and confidence high. 

Thank you, as always, for your continued support — We are very proud of the effort shown by the children during Spring 1 and look forward to building on this success next term.

Writing

In writing, we have been creating our own versions of the opening to an adventure story inspired by The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. The children worked hard to include accurate speech punctuation and engaging descriptive language to capture the reader’s interest. It has been wonderful to see their imagination shine through as they crafted exciting and atmospheric story beginnings.