Welcome to Year 4!
Amethyst Class
Class Teacher: Mark Haines
Class Teaching Assistant: Rosemary Manu
Tanzanite Class
Class Teacher: Donna Rankine
Class Teaching Assistant: Lucy Smedley
Year 4 Curriculum Overview for 2021-2022
| Half Term | Topic | Curriculum Area |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1st Half | It's Electric | English: Character descriptions, Stories with Issues- Krindlekrax, Letters, Balanced Arguments Maths: Number And Place Value; Addition And Subtraction; Multiplication And Division; Problem Solving; Mental Maths Science: Electricity Computing: We are software developers RE: Judaism Art: Designing and Building Lizard Street PE: Invasion games |
| Autumn 2nd Half | Marvellous Maya | English: History of Chocolate - Non Chronological Reports, Adverts, Chocolate Tree Maths: Fractions; Shape and Space; Measurement; Data Handling Science: States of Matter Computing: We Are Bloggers History: Maya Art: Pop Art DT: Making Maya Masks RE: Judaism PE: Dance |
| Spring 1st Half | All Around the World | English: Diaries, Newspaper articles, Non chronological reports Maths: Addition and Subtraction; Multiplication And Division; Arithmetic; Problem Solving; Word Problems; Times Tables Geography: Northern and southern hemispheres and climate zones History: Shackleton's Adventures - Explorers Science: Living Things and their Habitats Computing: We Are Meteorologists RE: Why do you judge me? DT: Making 3D models of penguins PE: Gymnastics |
| Spring 2nd Half | Amazonian Adventures | English: Rainforest Poetry, Adventure Story. Core Text: The Shaman's Apprentice Maths: Fractions; Shape and Space; Measurement; Data Handling Geography: Rainforests around the world; Deforestation Computing: We Are Musicians DT: Cooking with Fair Trade ingredients RE: Why do you judge me? Art: Watercolour paintings of landscapes PE: Striking and Fielding Games |
| Summer 1st Half | Roman Invasion | English: Roman myths; Retelling Stories. Core Text: Romulus and Remus Maths: Fractions And Decimals; Times Tables; Addition and Subtraction; Multiplication and Division; Problem Solving. History: Ancient Romans Art/DT: Artists, architects and designers in history. Roman mosaics.Science: Animals including humans Computing: We Are Artists RE: Christianity - the ten commandments PE: Athletics |
| Summer 2nd Half | Anglo- Saxons | English: Creating Characters; Descriptions; Newspaper Reports; Scripts. Core Text: The Iron Man Maths: Fractions; Shape and Space; Measurement; Data Handling; Position and Direction History: Anglo-Saxon settlement Science: States of Matter Geography: Anglo Saxons and Vikings settlements Computing: We Are Toy Designers RE: Christianity - The ParablesArt: Designing and creating Anglo-Saxon brooches PE: Athletics School Games Day-preparation |
If you have any queries, please contact the Class Teacher or the Learning and Teaching Leader for this phase: Donna Rankine
Please read our half termly curriculum letters for more information.
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Our topic in Spring 1 has been the polar regions. Unfortunately we haven’t actually been able to go the Antarctic (due to Covid restrictions and sub-zero temperatures), but we have been learning all about the region using various resources, and some children have even written to Earnest Shackleton asking if they can accompany him on his next voyage.
We drew upon the memories of our last trip across the ice with Shackleton to write diary entries in English, before moving on to work on writing newspaper articles about climate change. Story writing will be coming next!
Maths has been filled with calculation practise and skills development so far this term, with a lot of times tables practise thrown – including some fantastic improvements in the scores seen on Times Tables Rock Stars! In our wider curriculum studies we recently looked at British values of respect; however, being mindful of Covid concerns, please remember to sanitise after shaking hands!
Summer Term
In Year 4, our term has been heavily affected by the Roman Invasion of Britain; they may have conquered these lands almost two thousand years ago, but their influence is still felt in the classroom today. Creating digital tessellation patterns to cover the floor of a villa in Computing has been complemented by drawing Roman mosaics in Art. Children have learned the methods of historic gladiators by throwing the javelin in PE, although modern health and safety laws require us to use the less deadly foam-based type of spears. In English we have learned about Roman gods, composed our own Roman myths and written instructions for catching a gladiator. The noticeable lack of gladiators seen wandering around SE19 these days suggests that the latter activity must have been a success!
Friday 24th March 2022 was Roman Day!
