Science · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
Building and reading food chains
Children build food chains that start with a plant, use arrows to show the direction the energy goes, and identify producers, prey and predators.
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Year 4 lesson plans (England)
Lessons that fit Year 4 in England, each with timings and fresh practice sheets.
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School year: Year 4
Science · Ages 8–9 · 60 min
Building simple circuits
Children build a simple series circuit with a cell, wires and a bulb, explain why a circuit must be complete, and use a switch to open and close it.
Maths · Ages 8–9 · 50 min
Equivalent fractions
Children find equivalent fractions using a fraction wall and explain that multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number keeps the fraction the same size.
Maths · Ages 8–9 · 50 min
Finding fractions of amounts
Children find unit and non-unit fractions of amounts by dividing by the denominator and multiplying by the numerator, and explain each step with a bar model.
English · Ages 8–9 · 55 min
Fronted adverbials
Children identify adverbials that tell when, where or how something happens, move them to the front of a sentence, and use a comma after a fronted adverbial.
English · Ages 8–9 · 55 min
Organising writing into paragraphs
Children explain why writers start a new paragraph, spot paragraph changes caused by time, place, topic or a new speaker, and organise their own writing into paragraphs.
Science · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
Solids, liquids and gases
Children sort materials into solids, liquids and gases using their properties, and observe ice melting as an example of a change of state.
Science · Ages 8–9 · 55 min
Sound and vibrations
Children explain that sounds are made by vibrations, that sound travels through materials to our ears, and that pitch and volume can be changed.
English · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
Summarising a text
Children identify the main ideas across several paragraphs of a text and summarise them in their own words within a word limit, leaving out minor details.
Science · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
The water cycle
Children describe the water cycle using evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection, and explain how the Sun's heat drives it.
English · Ages 8–9 · 60 min
Writing a persuasive letter
Children write a letter that persuades a real reader to agree to a request, giving clear reasons with evidence, using persuasive language and a polite letter layout.
