Year 4 Classes

Year 4 Teaching Staff

St Martha- Mrs Faulkner St Andrew - Mrs Ash and Mrs Reeves

TAs Mrs Read and Miss Hardy

Autumn Term

Maths:

This term will comprise of place value, addition and subtraction, length and perimeter and multiplication and division.

English:

Children will be exploring the feelings and themes of the characters in the Disney animation, ‘Feast’ and writing their own fiction story based on these themes. They will also become news reporters, writing a newspaper report all about what’s hidden beneath our ocean! Our guided reading texts for this term are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in St Martha and The Iron Man and My Dad’s a Birdman in St Andrew.

Science:

We will learn about living things and their habitats in the first half term, which will involve exploring different vertebrates and invertebrates in detail. In the second half term, children will learn all about the states of matter.

RE:

 Year 4 are considering the question ‘What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?’. We will also have the opportunity to visit the mandir in Wellingborough to explore the Hindu faith first hand. Children will also spend a day looking at the Christmas story and diving deep into this important event in the Christian calendar.

History :

Our History topic this term is the Anglo Saxons! Children will become archaeologists, discovering artefacts to learn all about their arrival in Britain, their housing and lifestyle!

Geography:

We will be learning all about rivers and studying the features, also learning about the rivers local to Northamptonshire. In a later topic, children will also be introduced to the terms longitude and latitude and explore what these terms look like in mapwork.

PE:

Year 4 will be working on their agility, balance and coordination skills in a range of game contexts using Real PE, which they will then apply to a range of sports. The focus will be on the Personal and Social cogs.

Music:

Our Music lessons this term focus on combining elements to make music. Children will also be introduced to the term ‘time signatures’, learning how to tap the pulse t:o pieces of music with a variety of time signatures. All children will be given their own recorder to keep in school; this instrument will support our music lessons each week.

Art:

In Art, children will be focusing on the skills of drawing and painting as well as printmaking. They will apply some of their learning in History to create pieces of artwork based on Anglo-Saxon artefacts, using viewfinders to make their work focused and detailed.

Computing:

Children will be reminded of e-safety, before looking in detail at computing systems and networks as well as creating their own media.

PSHE:

The PSHE topics this term are ‘Being Me in My World’ and ‘Celebrating Difference’. Children will discuss and reflect as a class on what makes a good citizen, how we can be good friends and how we celebrate our differences.

French:

Theywill learn how to present themselves and discuss their families. They will read, write and speak French to help them to learn the key vocabulary.

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

Year 4 Curriculum