Welcome to Year 4!
Welcome to our Year 4 Classes
Zircon Class
Class Teacher: Mark Haines
Class Teaching Assistant: Rosemary Manu
Abide Kasoli (SEND)
Jet Class
Class Teacher: Grace Dawson
Class Teaching Assistant: Margaret Maloney
Onyx Class
Class Teacher: Lauren Fuller
Class Teaching Assistant: Debbie Russell
Year 4 Curriculum Map for 2018-2019
| Half Term | Topic | Curriculum Area |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1st Half | It's Electric |
English: Grendel and the Cautionary Tales of Chocolate. Character descriptions, Stories with Issues- Krindlekrax, Letters Maths: Number And Place Value; Addition And Subtraction; Multiplication And Division; Geometry - Properties Of Shape; Problem Solving; Mental Maths Geography: Crystal Palace History: Timeline of inventions Science: Empiribox biology (living things and evolution) Computing: We are software developers RE: Hinduism Art: Sketchbook- Project and observational drawings PE: Invasion games |
| Autumn 2nd Half | Party through the Centuries | English: Stories from other cultures and Poetic Form Core text: Journey to Jo'Burg
Maths: Multiplication And Division; Fractions And Decimals; Geometry; Problem Solving; Mental Maths Science: Empiribox biology (living things and evolution) Computing: We Are Musicians History: Leisure and Entertainment in the 20th Century Art: Pop Art DT: Making a musical instrument RE: Hinduism PE: Dance |
| Spring 1st Half | Antarctic Adventure | English: Diaries, Newspaper articles, Non chronological reports
Maths: Multiplication And Division, Geometry And Measurement; Problem Solving; Mental Maths Geography: Northern and southern hemispheres and climate zones History: Shackleton's Adventures - Explorers Science: Empiribox (topic TBC) Computing: We Are Meteorologists RE: Why should we care for our world? DT: Making 3D models of penguins PE: Gymnastics |
| Spring 2nd Half | Amazonian Adventures |
English: Poetry, Information book, Extended story Maths: Addition And Subtraction Word Problems; Multiplication And Division Word Problems; Geometry; Problem Solving; Mental Maths Geography: Biomes and the rain forest Computing: We Are HTML Editors DT: Cooking with Fair Trade ingredients RE: Why Should We Care For Our World? Art: Watercolour paintings of landscapes PE: Striking and Fielding Games |
| Summer 1st Half | Roman Invasion |
English: Historical recounts. Writing from different points of view Maths: Fractions And Decimals; Measurement; Statistics; Problem Solving; Mental Maths History: Ancient Romans Art/DT: Artists, architects and designers in history. make Roman mosaics.Science: Empiribox (topic TBC) Computing: We Are Co-authors RE: Christianity - the church PE: Athletics |
| Summer 2nd Half | Anglo- Saxons | English: Legends - creating settings, characters and plot
Maths: Number; Geometry - Position And Direction; Statistics; Problem Solving; Mental Maths History: Anglo-Saxon settlement Science: Empiribox (topic TBC) Geography: Anglo Saxons and Vikings settlements Computing: We Are Toy Designers RE: Golden RulesArt: Sketches using a range of mediums - pencil and charcoal PE: Athletics School Games Day-preparation |
Autumn Term
The pupils and teachers of Year 4 are eagerly awaiting our trip to the Science Museum on Thursday 11th October 2018. This will support our current topic “It’s Electric!” which has already seen some great pieces of homework contributed by some children. We are also looking forward to getting our teeth into the new Science topic of living things and evolution, with some very interesting experiments lined up.
Our core literacy text “Krindlekrax” is proving to be a real page-turner, as we use the story to analyse characters and how to present an argument effectively. Debate and discussion is shared in the class about who should be the hero in the story. Will it be Ruskin? Will it be Elvis? The discussion goes on…
Our Year 4 classes have been learning all about the famous missions to Antarctica just over a hundred years ago and will shortly be going on some very exciting visits to tie in with this. This theme has made cross curricular links with our work in subjects such as Topic, English and Computing and some children have even submitted homework tasks of Antarctic themed Maths questions that they have created!