Staff
- Sonia Peacock – Assistant Head Years 4, 5 and 6
- Alex Vaughan – Class Teacher
- SEN TA – Susie Dowd
Year 4 Curriculum Overview Spring 2
| Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is Our World. In Year 4, we will be looking at the continent of Europe. We will look at some of the countries and capital cities, famous landmarks and mountain ranges within the continent. We will then focus on the French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, looking at the climate and physical characteristics of this region and then compare it with Castleton in the Peak District UK, studied earlier in Y4. See the Topic intended knowledge map for further details. |
English |
We will continue to complete our work in English through a chosen text. This half term, we will read the text ‘The Boy who grew Dragons’ by Andy Shepherd. Using this story, we will complete short writing activities, comprehension, grammar activities and complete longer pieces of writing using a plan, write, edit sequence of lessons. Handwriting lessons and spelling lessons will continue throughout each week. Guided Reading will continue every day for all the children. |
Maths |
In Y4 this half term we will be revisiting and extending our number work on all four operations before beginning to look at fraction and decimal equivalents. We will then complete some work on statistics reading and interpreting bar-charts. |
Science |
Year 4 will be continuing the Science unit ‘Electricity’ this half term. We will be exploring and investigating various components within different electrical circuits looking at why a bulb may or may not light within a circuit. There will be lots of investigations, experiments and enquiries to complete! |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – Looking at the key question: What does it mean to be a Christian living in Britain today? DT – Electrical Systems-Torches Music – Charanga Unit ‘Lean on me’ PE – Swimming and Outdoor Games PSHCE – ‘Living in the Wider World’ Computing – Data Logging French – Do you have a pet? |
Important Dates |
Monday 24th February – Children return to school 8:45am w/c Monday 10th March – Y4 Spring Assessment Week Thursday 6th March – World Book Day Tuesday 11th March – International Women’s Day Workshops Wednesday 19th March and 26th March – Progress Meetings Wednesday 26th March – Easter Experience at Christchurch Friday 4th April – Yellow Day/School breaks for Easter 2pm |
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
