Mercury Year 4

Mercury Class 2025-2026

Welcome to Mercury Class, where compassion, courage, and respect guide us every step of the way! We are a lively group of learners who embrace challenges, support one another, and bring positivity to everything we do. Mercury class is made up of 30 enthusiastic 8-9 year olds. They are taught full-time by Mr Knox, and supported by the fabulous team of Miss Abdali, Mrs Creavin and Miss Comer.

In our classroom, learning goes beyond books—we dive into exciting subjects that inspire us. Whether we’re mastering chords in guitar lessons, making a splash in swimming, or embarking on thrilling discoveries, every day is an opportunity to grow and explore.

Our Mercury Class community is built on kindness, bravery, and mutual respect. We celebrate each other’s achievements, work together as a team, and approach new experiences with curiosity and enthusiasm.

In Year 4, we don’t just learn—we shine!

Mercury Teaching Team

Mr Knox

Class Teacher

Full-time

Mr Royle

Class TA

Monday

Miss Abdali

Class TA

Tuesday-Wednesday

Mrs Berry

Class TA

Thursday-Friday

Mrs Smith

PPA Cover

Friday AM

Key Dates for Mercury

Forest School Dates

Monday 26th January (Hedgehogs)

Monday 2nd February (Foxes)

Monday 23rd February (Hedgehogs)

Monday 2nd March (Foxes)

Monday 9th March (Hedgehogs)

Monday 15th March (Foxes)

Reading Cafe

Wednesday 11th February

Class Assembly

Wednesday 3rd December

Trip Dates

Wednesday 6th May (Living Land Show)

Thursday 4th June to Friday 5th June (Overnight trip to Penshurst Place)

Curriculum

mercury class curriculum.pdf

Subject Knowledge Organisers

Below are links to the specific curriculum areas, including knowledge organisers for year 4.

Art and Design

Design and Technology

Spanish

RE

Computing

PSHE

Music

English

History

Geography

Science

Maths

Documents and Class Newsletters

Documents

Class newsletters

Media Gallery

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Term 3 - Art - Painting and mixed media

In this unit, the children explored painting by learning to mix tints and shades and investigating how adding black or white changed a colour. They applied this knowledge to create three‑dimensional effects in their artwork and experimented with different painting techniques to produce contrasting textures and marks. The children practised arranging objects to form an effective still-life composition, sketching their ideas carefully before creating a final painting. Throughout the unit, they focused on using colour, light, and shadow accurately, painting with care and control to produce recognisable and well‑structured still‑life artwork.

Term 3 - Art - Painting and mixed media 12th Feb 2026
30 images

Term 3 - New Year Poems 16th Jan 2026
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To begin the new year Mercury class pupils created their own New Year poems to create resolutions for the new year and reflect on the year just past.

Term 2 - DT - Structures 19th Dec 2025
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Exploring how structures are designed for strength and stability, the children investigate frame structures by designing and building a stable pavilion.

Ancient Greek Day 27th Nov 2025
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A day where we explored everything Greek!

Term 2 - Science - Electricity and circuits 6th Nov 2025
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Exploring electrical components and conductivity through circuit building and real life applications.

Term 1 - Science - Food and Digestion 5th Oct 2025
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This term we are learning all about the digestive system. In our first lesson we discussed the different functions of the digestive system and how food from our mouth travels through this system. Our second lesson we discussed how our teeth work and which teeth are used for different things when eating.

Term 1 - Art - Drawing: Wax work 26th Sep 2025
37 images

Term 1 - Geography - Where does our food come from? 23rd Sep 2025
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For our first unit in Geography this year we will be focusing on food, asking our big question of Where does our food come from? Looking at the distribution of the world’s biomes and mapping food imports from around the world; learning about trading fairly, focusing on Côte d’Ivoire and cocoa beans; exploring where the food for the children’s school dinners comes from and the argument of ‘local versus global’.

Term 1 - Music - Body Percussion 12th Sep 2025
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