Year 4 Class Page
Year 4
In Year 4 this term we will be covering the following topics:-
Literacy
The children will be learning about:
· historical stories
· poems with a common theme
· stories in imaginary worlds and other cultures
· newspaper reports
· play scripts
· instructions
· non-chronological reports
· persuasive texts
Numeracy
The children will be learning about:
- Place value, ordering, rounding
- Understanding + and -
- Mental calculation strategies (+ and -)
- Pencil and paper procedures (+ and -)
- Money and 'real life' problems
- Making decisions, checking results
- Measures, including problems
- Shape and space
- Reasoning about shapes
- Properties of numbers and number sequences
- Reasoning about numbers
- Understanding x and÷
- Mental calculation strategies (x and÷)
- Pencil and paper procedures (x and÷)
- Money and 'real life' problems
- Fractions and decimals
- Time
- Handling data
Years 3 and 4
The following subjects are organised into a two-year cycle to ensure that children in a mixed age range class do not cover the same topic twice. The work is planned so that the children are taught at their appropriate level.
RE
The life and teachings of Jesus
- Children will learn about how Jesus lived and the lessons he taught
Geography
Village settlers
- Children will learn how settlements develop over time and how early settlers provided many of the settlements we use today (links to Vikings)
- Children will study the life in a village in
History
The Vikings
- Children will learn why people invade and settle in other countries
- Demonstrate factual knowledge of some of the reasons for Viking raids
- Understand that some historical accounts were Anglo-Saxon interpretations
ICT
Year 3
E-mail
- Children will be learning how to send e-mails
Modelling effects on screen
- Children will learn to enter instructions onto a screen turtle and compare this with the operation of a floor turtle
Year 4
Writing for different audiences
- Using and manipulating text in word
Music
Year 3
Exciting news!
All year 3 pupils will be learning how to play the Ukulele
Year 4
Play it again
- Children will learn about ostinato and other rhythms and patterns
- Children will learn about musical arrangements
Design and Technology
Year 3
Shelters
- The children will research and investigate shelters. They will design and make a model of a shelter appropriate for a specific climate
Indian food (linked to the Geography topic)
- Children will be developing their skills, knowledge and understanding of food
Year 4
Indian food (linked to the Geography topic)
- Children will be developing their skills, knowledge and understanding of food
Moving books
- Children will design and make pop-up books
Science
Year 3
Grouping and classifying materials
Rocks and soils
- Children will be learning to name and give the characteristics of different rocks, explain their uses and recognise where rocks and soils come from
Year 4
Moving and growing
- Children will learn about the skeleton and how bones and muscles work
Solids and liquids
- Children will learn about the nature of solids and liquids and how they can be separated
PE
Invasion games
- Children will learn how to outwit their opponents and score when playing team games
- They will develop skills including throwing, catching, kicking and striking skills
- They will learn basic rules
Dance activities
- Children will learn to create and perform dances in groups and pairs
- They will learn how to explore and communicate ideas through movement
Swimming
- Half of Mrs Smith?s class will go swimming this term
Art
Investigating pattern
- Children will explore how shape and colour can be organised and combined to create patterns for different purposes
PSHEC
New beginnings
Children learn how to belong and follow rules
Getting on and falling out
Children learn how to co-operate and resolve conflict