Religious Education Mission of the Church Children will learn that Jesus gave his followers a mission to spread the Good News to others and through sending his Spirit to help them at Pentecost, this was the beginning of the Church. Belonging to the Church Children will learn what a community is and understand what it means to belong to the community of the church through the study of the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation. World Religions This term children will be studying Islam. English In English this term, children will be reading The White Giraffe by Lauren St John. Throughout the term there will be a focus on autobiographical story writing along with discussions and explanations. Year 4 will continue to improve their writing at sentence level looking at expanded noun phrases by adding adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases. This term will also be focusing on children’s improvement of their own writing to make it more effective and appealing to the specific audience. We will also be introducing new ways of using punctuation for example ellipses. Maths Throughout the summer term children will continue to look at place value and solving a range of different practical problems involving numbers to 10,000. We will also be continuing our work on decimals linking our knowledge of tenths and hundredths to finding simple percentages of numbers. Children will extend their knowledge of addition and subtraction to be able to solve two-step problems involving different measures. They will develop their understanding of time and the 24 hour clock, converting between analogue and digital. Science Living things and their habitats Children will recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways and explore classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment. We will also look at how environments can change which can sometimes pose dangers to living things. Evolution and Inheritance A great link with our Africa theme will see children identifying how plants and animals resemble their parents and how animals and plants are suited to, and adapt to, their environment in different ways. I.C.T Presenting Experiences This term children will look at the different ways we can use technology to present information to different audiences or for different purposes, including using videos, photographs and sound files to evaluate and develop their personal learning. Theme – Africa Design Technology Computing Children will learn how to control and monitor models using different software specially designed to do this. Food Children will also develop their practical skills with regards to preparing, measuring and cooking different foods when following African recipes. History Africa Year 4 will learn about Africa’s black history including the slave trade and Nelson Mandela's influence on equality. They will study the characteristic features of the past including the attitudes and experiences of black men, women and children. Geography Investigating Patterns This term children will be describing geographical similarities and differences between counties. They will focus on the climate and the environmental features of the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle. Art Take inspiration from a classic artist Children will be colour mixing and looking at light and shade whilst following the work of Henri Rousseau and his work on African jungle scenes. PSHCE Healthy Lifestyles Children will increase their knowledge of help and support networks when faced with uncomfortable situations and discuss different emotions in different situations. Music Wider Opportunities Music Service Each term will introduce a new instrument which the children will learn to play. Concluding each term will be a performance on a date which is yet to be confirmed. This term the children will be learning how to play the guitar. Physical Education Games Children will be learning the skills involved in basketball, focusing on throwing and catching along with the necessary defending skills. Cultural Studies French We will continue in our study of France and the French language. By the end of this term Year 4 will be able to name different parts of the body and say if they feel unwell. We will also look at special places to visit.