Class 10
Summer 2
CURRICULUM INFORMATION
Year Group 4
TERM Summer
Dear Parents,
Below is an overview of the topic areas we will be working on in Year 4 during the Summer term.
Any questions please feel free to contact us. Thank you for your support.
English
Whole class reading of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’. Writing activities will be based on the novel. These activities will include play scripts, newspaper articles, diary entries, letter writing.
Spelling: Prefixes, Investigating, letter strings, homophones, words with common roots, verbs with irregular past tenses, high frequency words
Grammar: Use of commas, adverbs, speech marks, apostrophes to mark contraction and possession, exclamation marks
Comprehension: Read and study a variety of texts.
Maths
Using timetables
Converting between units of time
Read scales
Consolidate work on place value
Compare and order numbers including finding numbers halfway between two points.
Formal method for multiplication
Mental Division
Symmetry
Decimals - position and rounding
Formal method of addition and subtraction including using estimation and inverse calculations.
Science
Animals including Humans
Living things and their habitats
R.E
Easter
Pentecost
Sharing in the life of Christ
Special roles and responsibilities
Computing
Coding
Robotics
Databases
History
Anglo-Saxons
Art / DT
Create a sketch book of ideas and designs
Anglo saxon jewellery
Music
African Drumming
French
Basic phrases used in everyday life.
PE
Basketball
Athletics
Tag Rugby
Spring 1
Well done to Class Ten on another fantastic term! Wishing you all and your families a very happy and holy Christmas. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2015.
From Miss Burke and Mrs. O' Rourke
Autumn Term 2
Halloween Art with the talented Mrs. Hogan
Our fantastic trip to the Partnership Centre to find out all about electricity.
Welcome to Class 10
Autumn Term
English
Reading and study of the novel ‘The Butterfly Lion’ by Michael Morpurgo
Poetry: similes, alliteration, metaphors, rhyme
Newspaper recounts
Diary entries
Weekly grammar, comprehension and spelling lessons
Maths
Operations involving + / - / x / ÷
Counting on in ones, tens, hundreds and thousands from any number
Place value and partition numbers
Rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
Read and write four digit numbers
Compare and order numbers
Read and recognise fractions
Measurement: m,cm,ml, l, g,kg
Read time to the nearest minute on analogue and digital clocks
2D and 3D Shapes
Handling Data
Science
Electricity
RE
Creation and the Story of Abraham to Joseph
Jesus Teaches Us to Pray
Advent
Christmas
Geography
Europe- Mapping Skills
Continents and Oceans
French
Greetings,numbers, days of the week, months of the year, seasons,
PE
Football (Wednesday afternoon)
Dance (Thursday morning)
ICT
E - Safety
Coding