Reading – Children are expected to read at home at least 3 times a week. They have the opportunity to read with an adult in school weekly
Multiplication – Children have access to Times Table Rock Stars and should spend 30mins a week practicing the times tables in preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication Check
Children access these websites in Year 4 to help enhance their learning journey. Each child will have their own log in details and can also access the sites at home. Please click on the picture to be taken to the website.
Further information on these websites and other we use in school are linked here.
Y4 | Autumn | Spring | Summer | |||
English | The Jabberwocky
Narrative: Character description- wanted poster -Expanded noun phrases -Identifying wordclass -Using adjectives to describe | Beowulf
Legend Narrative/ Character Descriptions Possesive apostrophes Prepositional phrases Expanded noun phrases Paragraphs panning a character Dialogue- inversted commas
Kennings Poems Modifying verbs –er, ed Writing to a given form | Explanation Texts – Linked to Science -Subordinate conjunctions- cause and effect -co-ordinating conjunctions – Formal language/ Precise vocabulary -Fronted adverbials -commas in lists
| The Iron Man Diary Writing: First person Apostrophe’s for contraction
Alternate chapters- Character description focus
| Diary Entries – Causal Conjunctions – Synonyms- shades of meaning – Present perfect tense – Adverbs of time and place – Fronted adverbials – Paragraphing Setting Description: In first person recount | The Story of Tutankhamun Patricia Cleveland -Peck
Non-Chronological Reports- Egyptian Gods Subheadings Pararaphing Co-ordination Subordination
Narative: Entering the tomb- Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx Extract
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Maths | Place Value Addition and Subtraction Area Multiplication and Division | Multiplication and Division Fractions Decimals Length and Perimeter Time | Decimals Money Shape Statistics Position and Direction | |||
Science | Living things and their habitats
States of matter | Animals including humans | Electricity
sound | |||
Geography | Water cycle
Rivers
| Longitude and Latitude
| Map skills – Environmental regions of Europe, Russia, North and South America
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History | Britain’s settlement by Anglo Saxons and Scots | Study the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor
| Study the achievements of the earliest civilisations – Ancient Egypt | |||
Art | Drawing
Painting | Print making and textiles.
| 3D and collage
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DT | Mechanisms- hinges | Food and Nutrition- food choices -pizza, bread, soup
| Textiles- fixings and fastenings
Electrical systems- switches and circuits
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Music | Body and tuned percussion
Rock and roll
| Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics
Haiku, music and performance
| Samba and carnival sounds and instruments
Adapting and transposing motifs
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Computing | Computing systems and networks – the internet
Creating media – audio production
| Programming A – repetition in shapes
Data and information – data logging
| Creating media – photo editing
Programming B – repetition in games
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French | All around town On the move
| Going shopping Where in the world? | What’s the time? Holidays and hbbies | |||
PE | Gymnastics Invasion Games (Hockey) Dance (States of Matter) Net and Wall games (Badminton)
| OAA Swimming Invasion Games (Netball) | Striking and Feilding (Rounders) Tag Rugby Barrow Raiders Athletics Target games (golf) | |||
PSHE | Me and my relationships
Valuing difference
| Keeping safe
Rights and respect
| Being my best
Growing and changing
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RE | Sikh rites of passage
Christmas journeys | Hindu homes and Mandir
Why is Easter so important?
| Buddhist festivals
Identity and belonging
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