1. Welcome to the Year 4 Curriculum Evening.
Teacher: miss wilkins
Teaching assistant: mrs speight

2. Who are our global Caretakers? We Are!
2017/2018 Overview
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Maths
Number- Place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division/ Geometry
Number- Place value, Roman Numerals, addition, subtraction, fractions including decimals
Statistics; Measurement
Properties of a shape
Position and direction
Number- place value, addition, subtraction, decimals, fractions, Statistics
Literacy
Fiction- Adventure Stories, Stories with Historical Settings Non-Fiction - Newspapers – Report an event using quotes Poetry
Fiction - Stories from other cultures –
Play scripts Non-Fiction - Non- chronological reports Poetry
Fiction - Imaginary Worlds - Moral Dilemmas Non-Fiction - Persuasive Writing Poetry
Science
Changing states/Electricity
All living things/Sound
Animals including Humans/
History
Romans
Ancient Egypt
Geography
Where on Earth?
Why the weather?
Who are our global Caretakers? We Are!

3. 2017/2018 Overview Art DT Computing Music RE PE PSHE French Autumn
Spring
Summer
Art
Mosaics
Observational drawing
Hieroglyphics DT
Roman Sandals
Pyramids
Computing LS
Music
Listening appraising/ composing/ performing RE
What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?
What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?
Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?
Why are festivals important to some religious communities?
Why do some people think that life is like a journey and what significant experiences mark this? PE
Invasion Games/ Gymnastics
Indoor Athletics/ dance
Swimming/ Athletics/ Striking and fielding games
PSHE
Getting along
Betrayal and forgiveness
Internet safety
French
Encore!
Les fetes
On mange!

4. Literacy
Range of fiction and non-fiction units studied across the year.
We will look at the features of the texts and develop our own text over 2 or 3 weeks.
We will use our literacy skills across all areas of the curriculum.
Guided Reading- Every child will be heard reading at least once per week.
Grammar is taught within the literacy units and revisited regularly.
Key Grammar: Conjunctions, extending sentences, nouns and pronouns, nouns and adverbs to represent time and cause, fronted adverbials, punctuating speech.

5. Mathematics Geometry Measurement Statistics Number
Recall multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12.
Counting in 6, 7, 9, 25, 1000.
1000 more or less
Negative numbers
Place Value
Round to nearest 10, 100, 1000
Roman numerals
Formal addition and subtraction to 4-digit numbers
Multiply 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers
Fractions of a whole number
Geometry
Classifying and comparing shapes.
Acute and obtuse angles
Identifying lines of symmetry (2D)
Drawing symmetrical lines
Describe grid coordinates
Plot coordinates
Describing movements such as translations
Measurement
Convert between units of measure
Perimeter by measure and scales
Comparing and estimating
Read analogue and digital time in both 12hr and 24hr clocks
Problem solving
Statistics
Interpret and represent data
Solve comparison questions

6. Science States of Matter Sound All Living Things
Compare group materials
Observe and report how some materials change through heating or cooling
Identify the roles of these states of matter play in the water cycle.
Sound
Identifying how sound is made
Recognising that sound travels through vibration
Looking for patterns within vibration and pitch
Looking for patterns within vibration and volume
Distance vs volume
All Living Things
Grouping animals in different ways
Classifying animals (links to statistics)
Habitats
Recognising how climate change affects habitats and living things
Animals (including humans)
Simple functions of the digestive systems
Identifying different teeth types and their functions
Food chains
Electricity
Identifying uses of electricity in everyday life
Constructing simple circuits
Identify and fix problems in the circuitry
The usefulness of switches
Conductive materials

7. PE PE IS ON A MONDAY AND THURSDAY!
Invasion Games
Ball games, Problem solving
Gymnastics
Rolling and Balancing
Dance
Motifs, linking movements to create a sequence
Indoor Athletics
Athletics
Swimming
Striking and fielding games
Quick Cricket/ Rounders
PE IS ON A MONDAY AND THURSDAY!
Every child must have plimsolls in their PE bag!
Standing long jump
Throwing
Sprint
Borough Olympic Sports

8. History and Geography
In History we shall be studying the Romans and Ancient Egyptians.
Romans
Roman legends
The Roman invasion of Britain
Roman Entertainment
Boudicca
Roman buildings and legacy
Ancient Egyptians
Who are the Ancient Egyptians?
Mummies
What was life like in Ancient Egypt?
Tutankhamun
Egyptian Gods

9. Geography In Geography we will be studying: Where on earth?
Map reading and locating skills
Lines of longitude and latitude
Identify key locations on a world map.
Why the weather?
Difference between climate and weather
Measuring elements of the weather
Who are the global caretakers? We are!
Global climate change
Recycling

10. RE In RE we learn through exploring questions.
The questions we will be looking at this year are:
What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?
What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?
Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?
Why are festivals important to some religious communities?
Why do some people think that life is like a journey and what significant experiences mark this?

11. Art and DT
Art
Mosaics
Observational drawing
Hieroglyphics DT
Roman Sandals
Pyramids
Children will plan and design before creating finished pieces. They will then evaluate their work. We will look at artists, designers and architects and use a variety of techniques in our work.

12. PSHE/Music/ French PSHE- Music French
The children will explore and address issues around:
Getting Along
Betrayal and forgiveness
Internet Safety
Music
Children will listen and appraise different pieces of music.
They will use percussion and tuned instruments to play and perform
They will compose and improvise using the inter-related dimensions of music
French
Encore! – Revising pronouns (he, she, I), describing people, saying hello
Les fetes- Celebrations
On mange- Food.

13. Homework Children are expected to read at least 3 times per week.
Please discuss the books with your child, ask questions: what happened? How do you know? What might happen next?
Sign their reading record. These will be checked in school.
Maths Homework
Spellings plus a task
Handwriting
Topic on Occasion
Homework will be given out on a Friday and submitted the following Wednesday

14. Appointments and Communication
Please write a note to be handed in via the child
Reply slips to go through class pot system to the office
Arrange an appointment at the office to see me
Drop in