A Parent Guide to Year 4

Mexico City -  your teacher is Mrs Lawrie

Rio De Janeiro - your teacher is Miss Smith

Our teaching assistants are Miss Bateman and Mrs Valente

 

 

Our PE days are Thursday and Friday.

REMINDER: Please bring your musical instrument every Wednesday

 

Spring 1: How did Pompeii affect Naples?

Writing –

When the Giant Stirred

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Writing outcome:

To write their own version of ‘When the Giant Stirred’ in the first person from the point of

view of the boy in the story.

Greater depth writing outcome:

To write the story from the mountain God’s point of view

 

Reading –

Ariki and the Island of Wonders

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Maths

Fractions

  • Understand the whole
  • Count beyond 1
  • Partition a mixed number
  • Number lines with mixed numbers
  • Compare and order mixed numbers
  • Understand improper fractions
  • Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions
  • Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers
  • Equivalent fractions on a number line
  • Add two or more fractions
  • Add fractions and mixed numbers
  • Subtract two fractions
  • Subtract from whole amounts
  • Subtract from mixed numbers

 

Decimals

  • Tenths as fractions
  • Tenths as decimals
  • Tenths on a place value chart
  • Tenths on a number line
  • Divide a 1-digit number by 10
  • Divide a 2-digit number by 10
  • Hundredths as fractions
  • Hundredths as decimals
  • Hundredths on a place value chart
  • Divide a 1 or 2-digit number by 100

 

Focus tables: 

  • x3, x4, x6, x7, x8, x9, x7, x11 and x12 

 

 

Science - States of matter

In Science, we will be looking at comparing and grouping materials together according to whether they are a solid, liquid or a gas, we will be investigating gases and explaining their properties and we will be investigating the changes to materials as they change state. We will also be looking at a number of ways that water changes state, investigating how water evaporates and identifying and describing the various stages of the water cycle.

Geography - Naples

In Geography, our work will be centred around looking at maps and locating Italy and the Bay of Naples. We will be re-visiting our knowledge of volcanoes and looking at the structure of volcanoes as well as looking at why earthquakes occur and identifying the ring of fire. We will be using our knowledge of the local area to compare to the Bay of Naples and identifying why people visit the Bay of Naples and the benefits of tourism.

Art- Exploring patterns

In Art, we will be using techniques to create a sensory drawing, using methods to explore with dots and connecting dots to create a sensory drawing and exploring surface design. We will look at the artist Rachel Parker and create a repeated pattern based on her work.

PSHE – Healthy Me

During this unit, we will be looking at friendship groups and identifying how they are formed, we will be looking at the different roles people take in friendship groups, and we will begin to look at the impact of certain things on our health such as smoking and alcohol. We will look at issues in friendship groups such as peer pressure and identify our own beliefs and understanding of right and wrong.

RE – Who was Jesus really?

During this unit, we will be exploring who Jesus was and the various ways he is represented, and we will be investigating the different groups Jesus may have been associated with. We will be understanding the meaning of the word prophecy and exploring beliefs around this, and we will be considering the concept of miracles and their significance to beliefs around Jesus. During the end of the unit, we will be looking at resurrection in Christianity and exploring what this suggests about Jesus.