Staff
- Sonia Peacock – Assistant Head Years 4, 5 and 6
- Alison Brien – Class Teacher
- Joanne Leah – HLTA
Year 4 Curriculum Overview – Autumn 1
Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is, The Struggle for Power and Control. We will be exploring and comparing modern and historical leadership such as The monarchy, parliament and the struggles of power between the two. We will learn about Charles I, his reign and will use our oracy skills to discuss conflicting view points from the time as well as our own. We will also discover why religion played such an important role within the civil war at the time. |
English |
Out text this half term is Woof, the humorous novel about a boy who turns into a dog! It is playful text, surrounding the life of a young boy meaning the children will love it. We will be constructing many genres linked to the text such as diary entries, reports and a narrative. Our oracy skills will be developed further as we learn to respectfully debate, support our opinions and build on the comments of others. |
Maths |
This half term we will secure our understanding of place value but this time stretching to and working with numbers to 1000, using concrete materials and leading to abstract manipulation. We will use this learning to complete missing number line values and to continue sequences increasing in different increments. As this is the year of our official Times Table check, we will start as we mean to go ahead, learning times tables to 12×12, by rote. Mastering these facts is crucial for Year 5 and above so that solving problems including multiple steps become more manageable. |
Science |
Year 4 will study the unit, States of Matter. Understanding, first, the properties of solids, liquids and gases. We will explore these classifications through real-life and practical learning before applying knowledge acquired to understand the Water-Cycle and the changes of states involved. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – Why do People Pray? Art – Story Telling through Drawing Music – Charanga unit: Mamma Mia PE – Games (Wednesday), Swimming (Friday), Daily Mile PSHCE (RSE Curriculum)– Zones of Regulation, Managing Risks and How to Manage Money Computing – The Internet |
Important Dates |
Wednesday 2nd September : Return to School WC 7th September: Meet the Teacher Meetings for Parents Friday 2nd October: Harvest Assembly requiring donations WC 5th October: Black History Month launch Friday 9th October: World Mental Health Day Friday 16th October: Wear Red ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ |
Empowering learning skills
Self manager
- Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities
- Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise
- Anticipate, take and manage risks
- Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement
- Respond positively to change
Effective participator
- Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.
- Play a full part in the life of the school
- Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves
- Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution
- Present a persuasive case for action
- Propose practical ways forward
- Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views
Resourceful thinker
- Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections
- Find links and see relationships
- Explore & experiment with resources and materials
- Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions
- Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem
- Try different ways to tackle a problem
- Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value
Reflective learner
- Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners
- Review their work and act on outcomes
- Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success
- Monitor their own performance and progress
- Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism.
- Make changes to improve their learning
- Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences
Independent enquirer
- Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations
- Plan what to do and how to go about it
- Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes
- Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes
- Use range of techniques to collect and organise information
Team worker
- Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role
- Listen and take account of others’ views
- Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes
- Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations
- Show fairness and consideration towards others
