Year 4 Teaching Staff
Summer Term
Year 4 have an exciting Summer term ahead – from Egyptians to Electricity, from Poetry to Pounds and from Textiles to the Tropics! Continue reading for more detail of what’s in store for Year 4 in the Summer term…
In maths, children will be completing their final topics of decimals, money, time and shape before consolidating the year’s learning. This will involve lots of practical learning in and out of the classroom.
Our English learning brings us to poetry this term, where we will be exploring and studying Maya Angelou’s poem, “Still I Rise”. The children will use this to inspire their own poetry writing about rising above bullying. Throughout this poetry unit, the children will explore the use of rhyme, similes and metaphors to create their own powerful piece of poetry. They will then have the opportunity to perform their poems in front of their peers!
We are looking forward to doing lots of learning about the Egyptians this term – both in History and in English. The term will begin with children learning all about the Ancient Egyptians, with a focus on their civilisations and achievements in history. We will learn and write a biography about the pharaoh Hatsheput, and we will also read The Secrets of a Sun King, which is a fictional adaptation on the early life of Tutankhamun. Children will write their own diary entries based on the characters and events of this book.
Children will become excited in our Electricity lessons in Science this term – investigating and constructing a simple series electrical circuit to help them to identify and name each of its parts. They will also recognise some common conductors and insulators and associate metals with being good conductors. We will then move on to Sound, identifying how sounds are made how they travel through a medium to the ear. Children will also find patterns between pitch, volume and distance.
In Religious Education, the key concept to begin with will be The Kingdom of God, where we will be exploring the question “When Jesus left, what next?”. In Summer 2, the children will be revisiting the Hindu topic from earlier in the year, and diving deeper into what it means to be a Hindu in Britain today. They will draw on their learning from the Mandir trip as a starting point for this unit.
There will be an opportunity for children to attend some community music events this term, with more information to follow on this. Children will therefore spend some time rehearsing and preparing for these upcoming performances. Our music topics this term are ‘Connecting Notes and Feelings’ and ‘Purpose, Identity and Expression in Music’. Within these topics, children will explore how music connects us with our environment and how it shapes our way of life. They will listen and appraise, perform and compose music within each topic.
The French topic for this term is ‘En Clase’. The children will learn the names for a variety of classroom objects and begin to say and write sentences of their own about the classroom in French.
In PE, Year 4 will be learning and applying a range of skills in both Athletics and Rounders. They will continue to work on their agility, balance and coordination skills in a range of game contexts using Real PE. As well as this, children will spend time preparing for the all important Sports Day, practising for the running, obstacle and relay events.
We look forward to a term of exciting learning opportunities for our children!
een 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.
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
