Year 4 English

Hamilton's flexible English blocks are designed to put the teacher in control. Teaching is organised into themed blocks focussed on one or more key texts of a particular type (fiction, non-fiction or poetry). The key text or texts represent a particular genre within that text-type, for example, 'fantasy', 'biographies' or 'poetic forms'. Each block comprises a small number of units that can be used independently or as a set that builds progressively towards an extended piece of writing. Teachers can select the units most relevant to their Year 4 class and adjust the length of time spent on different aspects of English teaching. In addition, all of Hamilton's flexible English blocks include age-appropriate SPaG-focussed units. These units can be taught as stand-alone teaching or as part of the whole block. Find out more about how SPaG is integrated into our English blocks.

Explore our Flexible English Blocks for Year 4.

Year 4 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
Hamilton's English planning includes a grammar scheme which provides an overview of a developmental approach to teaching grammar from Year 1 through to Year 6 to help with whole-school planning. Download our grammar scheme.

In addition, we provide lower key stage two SPaG PowerPoints for teaching and revising grammar with your Year 3, Year 3/4 or Year 4 class.

Group Readers
The Pobble Who Has No Toes is one of Hamilton's group readers, written especially for Year 4 children. This is a beautifully illustrated version of the famous poem by Edward Lear. The text is broken up into sub-verses to enable children to read it with little difficulty, and there is a matching audio file to complement it. It is available to download or buy.