Year 4
Year 4 Parent Meeting Powerpoint
Dear Y4 Parents/Carers,
We aim to use our broad and robust curriculum to ensure our children acquire knowledge in a sequential way that allows them to become confident and resilient, 21st century learners.
Our curriculum layout clarifies the end points that all children should achieve at the end of the week, term and year. We know how important it is that children are able to see the big picture of whatever they are learning and have broken our curriculum into manageable composites and components of knowledge blocks. As a progress model, our curriculum is sequential and ensures cumulative layers of knowledge. This enables our children to develop the dispositions that allow them to confidentially approach and tackle problems.
Year 4 Core Subject Curriculum
| Core Subjects | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | Develop efficient methods to calculate accurately including decimals | Estimate, compare and calculate different measures including money in pounds and pence | Solve a range of problems including fractions, time, measure and money |
| Reading | Draw inferences from texts | Develop understanding and summarise main ideas | Identify themes and conventions |
| Grammar | Use standard English in both oral and written composition and select appropriate grammar and punctuation | Select appropriate grammar, including figurative language, to write confidently | Have conscious control of oral and written language |
| Writing | Use varied and rich vocabulary in a range of sentence structures Use varied and rich vocabulary in a range of sentence structures | Write for a range of audiences and purposes using a range of devices | Write for a range of audiences and purposes to demonstrate understanding of structures, vocabulary and grammar |
| Main Subjects | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots | The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England | A local history study |
| Geography | Land use | Key aspects of physical geography | UK and the Americas |
| Science | Living things and their habitats & Animals, including humans | States of matter | Sound & Electricity |
| Computing | Photography | Handling Data | Coding |
| Art | Charcoal | Colour and Line | Painting and colour |
| Design and Technology | Cooking and seasonality | Gears and pulleys | Materials to build structures |
| RE | Why is Jesus inspiring to some people? | Why do some people think that life is like a journey and what significant experiences mark this? | What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain? |
| PSHE/ RSHE | Being Me in My World & Celebrating difference | Dreams and Goals & Healthy Me | Relationships & Changing Me |
| Music | Sing with accuracy | Play and compose melodies | Create and develop melodic ideas |
| PE | Football, Netball, Dance, Gymnastics, Swimming | Badminton, Rounders, Dance, Gymnastics | Outdoor orienteering, Athletics, Tag Rugby and Team Games |