Year 4
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The Wider Curriculum
Art
The children will explore how artists compare themselves to other beings such as birds to enhance their creativity. Birds nests will be looked at in detail and the children will go on to sketch and then build their own nests using clay and materials found in the natural environment outside. The children will explore the artist Antonio Gaudi before building their own Gaudi inspired sculpture.
RE
In RE, the children will learning more about Christianity. They will explore how Christians believe that they are on a mission and what the five marks of a mission are. They will learn why spreading the message of God is important to Christians.
History
In History, we will looking at the question ‘Who settled in Britain after the Romans?’. The children will learn that the Anglo-Saxons took power in Britain in 450AD after the Romans left in 410AD. We will explore historical sources, such as Sutton Hoo and the Bayeux Tapestry, to help us to understand and know what life was like for the Anglo Saxons.
Science
The children will be learning about animals and living things. As part of this, we will be exploring the different teeth humans have and what each type of tooth is used for. We will then apply this knowledge to the teeth of animals and consider what clues this gives us about the diet of different creatures. The children will learn about the digestive system and track the journey of food from the mouth through our bodies. They will enjoy a stomach churning, but fun science demonstration to learn the process!
Computing
Due to the Multiplication Test Check, Year 4 will be using this term to prepare for the official test. The children will use laptops and Ipads to help them familiarise themselves with the test format . They will also focus on consolidating their times table knowledge.
Jigsaw
Our Jigsaw puzzle piece this term is Relationships. The children will think about how we make friends and how we can solve problems in our friendships. They will explore how to make others feel included in a group and how having respect supports this. The children will learn what having a boyfriend/ girlfriend might mean and that it is a special relationship for when they are older. We will end the unit by celebrating the relationships that people have with animals.
PE
This term, we will be working on our athletic skills. The children will develop their flexibility, strength and balance techniques in jumping for height and distance. They will also be working on their strength, control and technique for overarm throwing. Year 4 will continue to have some children swimming each week this term.
English
Reading
In reading, we will be reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. This is a fantastic book and the children will enjoy exploring the magical world of Narnia and all the characters who live there. This will be an exciting but challenging book for the children. Due to it being written in the 1940s, there is some vocabulary that will be unfamiliar. The children will be building on their reading skills and then applying these skills to a variety of text types such as poetry and newspaper reports.
English
The children will be using The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to build on their writing skills learnt so far this year. They will be thinking about how they can use prepositions to build upon noun phrases they write and then applying this to some descriptive writing based on the world of Narnia. The children will explore the concept of portal stories, where a portal in our world takes us to another and then they will use this knowledge to write their own.
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Maths
Maths
The maths focus this term will continue to be on decimals and the children will apply this knowledge to money. The children will add and subtract money using their knowledge of decimals and also apply the skills of conversion to work with pounds and pence. Later this term, the children will be working on time. We will look at longer periods of time such as days, months and years before exploring hours and minutes. Year 4 will continue to have daily times table fluency lessons and will be reinforcing their understanding of the relationship between multiplication and division. The children will also have daily soundcheck sessions using Times Table Rockstars in preparation for the MTC next term.
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