Year 4 Teaching Staff
St Martha- Mrs Faulkner St Andrew - Mrs Ash and Mrs Reeves
TAs Mrs Read and Miss Hardy
Spring Term
Maths
Maths will comprise multiplication and division, fractions and decimals.
English
We will begin the term by writing a narrative based on the story ‘The Invisible’ by Tom Percival. We will also be writing our own story based on The Chocoplot by Chris Callaghan. Following this, Year 4 will also be writing persuasive letters to their favourite authors, trying to convince them to visit our school! As we have been studying Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as well as a chocolate-themed text in English, the Year 4s will also be taking an exciting trip to Cadbury World later in the term to understand how chocolate is made and experience the journey it makes from “Bean to Bar”.
Science
The focus will be Biology this term. This will comprise of learning about the digestive system of animals and humans. Children will also be learning about food chains as part of this topic and will even create their own.
Geography
We will explore the terms ‘longitude’ and ‘latitude’ and we will use map skills to explore these terms further. We will also be learning about the water cycle.
History
The topic this term is the Vikings, which we start in the second half of the term, and children learn about why they really have such a bad reputation!
RE
Year 4 are considering the question ‘How and why do people show commitments during the journey of life?’. We will be visiting the church to experience a pretend baptism, with our very own “parents” and “Godparents”. Children will also spend a day looking at the Easter story and diving deep into this important event in the Christian calendar.
Music
We will spend our first half term exploring our voice through a variety of singing exercises. The next half term will be Creating Simple Melodies Together with the key question being “How does music teach us about our community?”
PE
Year 4 will continue to work on their agility, balance and coordination skills in a range of game contexts using Real PE. The focus will be on the Creative and Cognitive cogs.
Design Technology
This term will focus on Food and Nutrition, with children exploring the question, “What’s really in our food?” through creating and evaluating a variety of dishes. In the second term, Year 4s will learn about Mechanisms and explore the different ways of opening a door through practical learning.
Computing
Children will be creating media as well as learning about data and the storing of information.
French
Children will be studying “Rooms of the House” followed by “At The Café”
Reading at Home:
All children are expected to read regularly every week to an adult and have it signed in their planner by an adult at home. Every five reads earns a merit. When they have read 25 times, they will receive a golden ticket which will be placed in a prize draw at the end of each half term.
Home/School Planner:
Could you please ensure that your child brings their home/school planner in to school every day. Please feel free to write any comments in it.
Every Friday your child will bring their planner home which will have been signed by their teacher. This should be countersigned by the parent/carer and returned to school again on Monday morning. Children will receive a merit for planners that have been signed when returned on Monday
Our Classroom Rules:
- Be respectful.
- Maintain a clean learning environment.
- Follow any teachers’ directions the first time.
- Take responsibility for yourself
Year 4 Home Learning
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Year 4 Curriculum
