Year 4
This matrix shows the learning in Y4 across all subjects.
Autumn term 2
Year 4 is taught by Mrs Walters on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Dinham, our school SENDCo, teaches the class on a Monday. Our class TA is Miss Law.
Reading
Our class text, on which our daily reading sessions are based, is ‘Skysong’ by Abi Elphinstone. We begin each week by learning the definitions of new vocabulary coming up in the text and recap on these each day. We then read the text together and work on a range of tasks focussing on author choice, vocabulary, compare, contrast and comment, retrieval, inference, summary and prediction.
We also read a non fiction text weekly and use our skills to retrieve information from it. This half term, our non fiction text is ‘Who are refugees and migrants?’ by Micheal Rosen and Anne Marie Young.
English
In English, the children will be introduced to the charity ‘ Teams4U’ and we will write a persuasive letter to ask for a small donation to help us buy items for a Christmas shoebox. They will then independently record a message for you, using the persuasive writing skills they have learnt to persuade you to donate, if you are able to. The project is intended as a compassionate act for another child whom our children will never meet but who are a great deal less fortunate. Use this link to find out more….
https://teams4u.com/shoebox-appeal/
Next, we will write an adventure narrative based on ‘Skysong’, our class text. Our focus will be on using dialogue.
Maths
We will be learning about area and perimeter and consolidating our multiplication and division skills, including written methods. We practise our times tables regularly and recap on previous learning at the beginning of lessons. In June, year 4 children take a compulsory times table check of 25 questions. See a simulated version here:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Science
We’ll be learning about electricity, including electrical safety and circuits with bulbs, buzzers and switches. This will include learning to identify common appliances that run on electricity, constructing a simple series circuit, identifying/naming its basic parts, including cell, wire, bulb, switch and buzzer, identifying whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery, recognising that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit and recognising some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.
Y4 Science knowledge organiser Autumn 2
Geography
Our non fiction book will teach us about who immigrants and refugees are and where they travel from and to. We will also learn to name and identify the geographical regions in the UK and study physical and human Geography in the UK. We’ll also learn about the most populated cities in the UK and plot a route for Father Christmas between them.
Geography Aut 2 Knowledge organiser
Computing
We will learn to record audio and regularly revisit how to use the internet safely.
DT
We will be designing and making Christmas Stockings.
PE
Each week, we will be enjoying 2 PE sessions: handball on Wednesdays and dance on Thursdays. Please send your child in a school PE kit, along with a warm jumper/tracksuit bottoms, on these days.
Music
We will be learning how to play glockenspiels.
RE
We will be asking…..What do Hindus believe that God is like?
MFL
We will be learning the French names for vegetables!
PSHE
We will be reading books about respecting ourselves and others and safe relationships and discussing these questions:
In what ways are we different to each other and what do we have in common?
Why is it important to respect similarities and differences between people?
Why is it important that I respect other people’s traditions, beliefs, or way of life, even if they are different from my own?
What is peer pressure, and what can I do about it? (Including ‘dares’.)
Why might people behave differently online?
How can I recognise online risks and what can I do about it?
It is our aim that every child in Year 4 has a great year. Please come and see us if you have any questions or concerns.
How you can help
Read at home daily with your child and ensure they bring in their book and reading diary every day.
All children should be practising their times table skills regularly on TTRockstars please. This is particularly important this year as, in Year 4, the children undertake an assessment of all tables up to 12X12.
‘Maths whizz’ can also be used to practise maths skills at home; your child’s log in is stuck in their reading diary.
Thank you for your support- it really makes a difference!
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