Meerkats Class Autumn 2 2026

  Class Teachers

Miss Ball (Monday - Wednesday) 

Mrs Terry-Smith (Thursday-Friday)

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Greenaway, Mrs Lewis, Mrs Knowles, Miss Jefferies

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 4, 

Each term we will be exploring these exciting topics to link and inspire our learning:  

Autumn term – The Roman Empire  

Spring term – History of Transport   

Summer term – Modern Europe 

Uniform 

Please could you ensure that your child’s uniform, particularly jumpers, are all appropriately named to allow us to reunite them with their rightful owners! 

PE 

Indoor PE will be on Tuesdays and outdoor PE will be on Fridays. Please ensure PE kits are in school everyday. Please make sure there are spare jumpers and/or long bottoms as we still go outdoors in the colder weather.   

Homework 

Homework will be set on Google Classrooms but also provided here for your reference. 

Reading – Please encourage your children to read at home for at least 10 minutes every day. This can be any book from non-fiction, biographies, comics or fiction books.  Please make sure they are writing in their reading record and please sign it (even if they have read independently). Their reading record should stay in their bag so they can write in it - in and out of school. We will collect reading records in daily and award Dojo house points for regular reading. 

Spelling – We are sending home a spelling log with spellings for each week. We will teach the words and have spelling tests each week. The spelling log includes ideas of spelling games to play to practise spellings at home.  

Maths – Please practise Timestable Rock Stars (TTRS) to practise recalling timestables up to 12x. The soundcheck  on TTRS is similar to the statutory Year 4 Multiplication Check that children will take in June. 

Project – This term there will be a project that spans a few weeks, to enable time for creativity! 

Carry out a science experiment that explores changing the state of matter of a material (melting or freezing).

In our Autumn 1 term, we have been learning about the 3 states of matter – solids, liquids and gases. For your homework next term, we would like you to carry out a science experiment that explores changing the state of matter of a material (melting or freezing). Summarise the experiment and your findings.  
  
We have sent home 2 experiments you could do but it is up to you. Explore your scientific curiosity!  
  
Parent/Guardian Note:  
Please supervise your child while using any heating device, and ensure safe handling of hot or frozen items. Encourage your child to think about why materials change state, and remind them to use scientific vocabulary in their answers.  
  
Science Vocabulary:  
Solid: A state of matter with a fixed shape and volume.  
Liquid: A state of matter that can flow and take the shape of its container.  
Melting: The process of a solid turning into a liquid.  
Freezing: The process of a liquid turning into a solid.  
 
DUE Week beginning 7th December 2026 

We will endeavour to share updates and photos on Class Dojo, so please check regularly!

Many thanks,  

Miss Ball and Mrs Terry-Smith 

Year 4 Teachers  

Spelling logs:

Other documents: