Class 9
Welcome to Class 9
The fabulous Class 9
Guided Reading Prompts
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CURRICULUM INFORMATION
Year Group 4
TERM Summer
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Dear Parents,
Below is an overview of the curriculum areas we will be covering in Year 4 throughout the Summer term. We look forward to introducing the children to some exciting new topics such as the Egyptians.
Homework will be given out on a Friday and will be collected in on a Wednesday. This will consist of spellings, reading books, maths and reading comprehension activities. Please note, children need to complete two reading comprehension tasks per week.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
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English
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Journalistic Text- (2 weeks) Here, children will be exposed to experience of press releases, news reports and broadcasts. They will focus on headlines and features of newspapers. Interview others, gathering information and quotes. Finally, Produce their own articles about the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb.
The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman (3 weeks) Contemporary fiction. Children will be reading the text, exploring the language used, inferring how the character felt and analysing language choices. The children will be writing: character descriptions, story maps and letters related to the text and characters.
Playscripts (2 weeks) Children will be exploring Bible stories from the Old Testament including Moses and King David. They will be looking at the features of a playscript and rewriting Bible stories in the form of a playscript.
Poetry week Haiku’s (1 week) Children will be reading a range of Haiku’s and identify the features. Along with this, they will be writing their own Haiku and performing them.
Explanation Texts (2 weeks) Children will be reading, responding to and exploring the features of an explanation text. They will be creating their own explanation texts that are linked to our science topic of ‘Sound’.
Persuasion (2 weeks) Children will be reading a range of different persuasive texts and then writing their own that is linked to a class text at the time.
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Maths |
Summer Term 1
Number Consolidate place value Compare and order Half-way between
Addition and Subtraction Mental addition and subtraction Apply formal columnar addition and subtraction Estimate and use inverse to check
Multiplication & division Multiply three single digits mentally Formal method of multiplication Mental division
Geometry: properties of shapes Symmetry - lines of orientation Symmetric patterns
Fractions and Decimals Decimal bonds to 1 Position decimals on a number line Round to whole
Measures –Time Use timetables Convert between units of time
Summer Term 2
Number Extend sequences to involving decimals Addition and Subtraction
Measures – money Round and adjust to calculate Find totals with money – mental and written methods
Multiplication & division Know all facts to 12 x 12 Formal method of short division Estimate answers by rounding
Geometry: direction and movement Understand and describe translations
Fractions Recognise equivalence between fractions and decimals Explore equivalence
Measures Area of rectilinear shapes Measure and compare lengths – decimal notation
Statistics Interpret and present continuous data |
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Science |
States of Matter- Children will:
Sound-
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R:E |
Easter Pentecost King Moses to David Light of the World and Beloved Son The Work of the Apostles Marriage and Holy Orders |
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Computing |
Creating a PowerPoint with animation and sound. This will be linked to our history, geography or science topic. Robotics- programming a floor turtle. Adapting and saving images to computers. |
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History |
Early Civilizations and Ancient Egypt.
Children will be introduced to this topic and discover who these people were, their culture and traditions and how they lived.
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Geography |
European Study – children will be producing a PowerPoint presentation of a chosen European country to present to their peers.
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Art |
Ancient Egypt – sketch book work and great artists Design, make and evaluate an Ancient Egyptian cartouche.
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Design and Technology |
Cooking and Nutrition |
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Music |
Djembe drumming. Continuing to learn new songs in Hymn Practice. Listening to Egyptian music. |
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PE |
Tag rugby with Troy Athletics Rounders Practice for sports day |