Year 4
The Year 4 Team
Mr Adkins
Mrs Barlow
Miss Owen
Mr Evans
Mrs Movahed
Miss Barratt
Mrs Ryan
Autumn term 2023
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RECOMMENDED YEAR 4 READS Charlotte's web - E.B White Why the whales came - Michael Morpurgo Bill's new frock - Anne Fine The Firework maker's daughter - Phillip Pullman The snow-walker's son - Catherine Fisher Perry Angel's suitcase - Glenda Millard Voices in the park -Anthony Browne
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Key days to remember
| Wednesday | PE (wear full kit to school) | Library/reading practice book changeover day (bring planners and books to school) |
| Thursday | PE (wear full kit to school) |
Curriculum Overview
English
Our first text will be The Lost Happy Endings, a modern fairy tale, written by Carol Ann Duffy. The expected writing outcomes are writing in role, a short conversation, retelling a short story and an information text about fairy tales.
We will also be reading a class novel and poems which will be selected by the class teacher in addition to our texts used in English lessons.
Maths
During the Autumn term, we will cover the following areas:
- Place value (up to 4 digits)
- Formal and mental methods for addition and subtraction, multiplication and division
- Measurement - length and perimeter
Things to practise at home:
- Times tables and associated division facts using TT Rock Stars. Children are expected to be fluent in all multiplication and division facts by the end of year 4.
- Counting forwards and backwards from 0 to 100 and 100 to 0.
- Counting forwards and backwards in multiples of 2, 4, 5, 8 and 10.
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Science |
Physics: Electricity and Sound | |
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History |
Autumn 1 - New Arrivals - Anglo Saxons | |
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Geography |
Settlements - where would we choose to settle? | |
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Art |
Festival Feasts.How might we use food and art to bring us together? | |
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D.T. |
Mechanical systems: levers and linkages. Making a moveable card | |
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Music |
Momma Mia - Glockenspiel |
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R.E. |
Sikhism | Sikhism |
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P.S.H.E. |
Being Me | Celebrating Differences |
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P.E. |
Invasion Games and Dance | Netball and Gymnastics |
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Computing |
Online Safety - Coding |
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French |
Revising year 3 language and vocabulary, classroom commands | The calendar and Christmas in France |
Science
Geography
History
Design and Technology
Spring term 2023
Summer term 2023
