Staff
- Sonia Peacock – Assistant Head Years 4, 5 and 6
- Alex Vaughan – Class Teacher
- SEN TA – Susie Dowd
Year 4 Curriculum Overview Autumn 1 2024
| Topic |
| Our whole school topic this half term is The Struggle for Power and Control. In Year 3, we will be learning about gender equality and the significant events that led to the actions of the suffragettes and the impact that such figures have had on the Britain we live in today. |
| English |
| We will complete our work in English through different texts. This half term, we will read the text ‘Woof,’ by Allan Ahlberg. Using these stories, we will complete short writing activities, comprehension, grammar activities and the children will complete a longer piece of writing using a plan, write, edit sequence of lessons. Guided Reading and 1-1 reading will continue every day for all the children. |
| Maths |
| This half term we will be spending a lot of time looking at place value of numbers, and using this knowledge to find strategies to add and subtract 3 and 4 digit numbers. We will explore, consolidate and extend our understanding of number bonds to 100. We will apply all learning through reasoning tasks. We will consolidate our learning of 2,5 and 10 times tables and introducing and practising our 3 and 4 times tables. |
| Science |
| Year 3 will be completing the Science unit, Animals Including Humans, this half term. We will be classifying and learning about the functions of various bones and why they are important. We will learn about keeping ourselves healthy, as well as the diets of other mammals. Additionally, we will learn about the skeletons of a range of animals, including invertebrates. |
| Other Curriculum Areas |
| RE – What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? Art – Gestural Drawing with Charcoal Music – Charanga unit: Let your spirit fly PE – Games (Wednesday) Sport (Friday) Daily Mile every day PSHCE – Zones of Regulation/Children’s rights Computing – Branching Databases Handwriting lessons and spellings lessons will continue throughout. |
| Important Dates |
| w/c 9th September – all extra-curricular lunchtime and after school clubs begin w/c 9th September – PE Wednesday and Friday Wednesday 11th September – LKS2 Meet the Teachers’ Meeting 2.45pm or 4.00 pm Friday 18th October – Break up for half term (normal finish time – 3.15 pm) |
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
