Welcome to Year 4
Autumn Term
Our History topic in Autumn Term 1, is The Tudors and the impact that they had on society. We will undertake research into the rise of the Tudors, Explorers during this period of history and research the different Kings and Queens of the time. Although the main focus for this topic is History, it will incorporate art and English skills.
In Autumn Term 2, we will begin a Geography topic linked to Volcanoes and Earthquakes, aspects of non-fiction will be incorperated into this learning through our English learning.
In Science, topics will include Teeth and Digestion and Food Chains. Children will consider the food they eat and its pathway through the body. Science work on food chains will look at predators and prey.
Our two class reading texts this term will be The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine.
Spring Term
In the Spring Term our topics will have a Science focus. We will investigate materials and their properties as well creating electrical cirucits during our electricty topic.
In Geography this term we will look at Mountains and link our learning back to last term when we investigated and located volanoes and earthquakes from around the world. Aspects of non-fiction writing will also be included in this topic.
In History we will learn all about the Stone Age. We will consider the limited evidence avaliable to us today. We will discover how the Stone Age people lived, what they made their houses out of and how this period of History is similar to the Tudors. Although the main focus is History, it will also incoperate some Art and English skills - with a Historic Narrative created about travelling back to the Stone Age.
In English we will be completing a mini-topic on the writing of Roald Dahl. Books will include Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits, Matilda and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. The children will be writing a range of text types, including a non-chronological report, poetry, character descriptions and a narrative.
Summer Term
Our main topic this term will be A Local Historicial Study of Horsforth and how the times have changed since the Industrial Revolution and through the Victorian period. We will be looking at Matthew Murray's contribution to abolishing the slave trade. We hope to visit the local area to discover more about how people lived in the past and to compare this to the modern day Horsforth.
We will continue our Geography learning by conducting a study into the country of Italy. We will link this topic to our learning about Volcanoes and look at the culture and society found in Italy. We will also link our Design and Technology learning to the famous Pizza's of Italy.
Our final science topics will be Sound and Animal Classifications. For example, the children will classify different species of animal by their habitats and physical appearance.
We will conclude our weekly swimming lessons and assess the childrens' water confidence and swimming ability.
Year 4 Staff
Mr Hoyle
Mrs Anderson
Miss Dibble
Mrs Woosey
Mrs Dixon
Year 4 Information
PE
Year 4 have PE on a Tuesday in the Summer Term. Children should come to school in black/grey tracksuit bottoms/ joggers/ leggings and a white t-shirt and school jumper.
Year 4 will go for their weekly swimming lessons on a Thursday afternoon. Please ensure children have the correct swim kit for their lesson
HOMEWORK
Maths and English homework is set on a Friday and due in the following Thursday.
Spellings to learn and practise are given on a Friday, with a test the following Friday.
Year 4 children are expected to read regularly at home and record their reading in their reading record.
Thank you for supporting your child at home.
Our Curriculum is constantly evolving and we consider our planning to be working documents.
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