Subject

Topics

Literacy

Writing

By the end of Class 4, children will be able to write confidently across a range of genres whilst applying their creativity and grammatical knowledge. We will be introducing the new age appropriate grammar features and be learning to apply those to our writing. This half term will be learning to write fantasy fiction.  In class, we will read and study How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.  Later, we will be using and writing instruction texts linked to our topic work.

 

Guided Reading

The children will work in small groups to read and discuss a given book, this will support their vocabulary and comprehension skills.  Children will complete a carousel of activities throughout the week, that will include post and pre reading tasks, a teacher led session, spelling, and independent reading.

 

Spelling

In class, children will be tested weekly on either Year 4 or Year 5 words.  Most weeks, the spellings will follow a spelling rule that has been taught but sometimes they will be taken from the statutory lists which do not.  Spellings will be included as part of the weekly homework.

Maths

We will be following the White Rose Maths Hub scheme of work.  This half term we will cover decimals & percentages, statistics, and measures.

 

Children will continue to practise times tables during lessons and specific times tables will be given for homework.  A secure knowledge of times tables (up to 12 x 12) is required by the end of Year 4.  Year 4 children will take part in a statutory online times table test in the summer term.  Times tables, division facts and other numerical facts that need to be recalled will be given as homework.  Please ensure that your child is accessing Times Tables Rock Stars.

Science

This half term our science topic is all about sound.

Children will be taught to:

  • identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating.
  • recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.
  • find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.
  • find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.
  • recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

Topic (History, Geography, Art and DT) 

  

History

Some of the facts the children will learn about the Vikings are:

  • Not all Vikings were warriors. Many came in peace and became farmers.
  • The lands that the Vikings occupied were known as Danelaw.
  • No Vikings wore horns in their helmets.
  • Vikings spoke Norse, which had an alphabet made up of runes.
  • Longships were designed to sail in both deep and shallow water so that they could get close to the shore and sail in rivers to get inland.
  • Vikings were pagans and often raided monasteries, looting gold.
  • The most important Viking British city was York, or Jorvik as it was known by the Vikings.
 

Art

The children will learn to use a variety of techniques and materials to sculpt a model Viking ship.  They will use their imagination to design an image for the sail and become familiar with appropriate modelling vocabulary.

 

D&T

The class will learn about food and what constitutes a healthy diet.  They will be able to compare and contrast foods from the Viking period and make links to activities in our own community garden.

P.E.

PE lessons will be athletics - including running and jumping.

R.E.

The learners will cover a unit of work exploring what Jesus would do in certain scenarios.

P.S.H.E.

During PSHE lessons there will be discussions and advice given about healthy lifestyles, including:

  • Diet
  • Exercise
  • Personal safety online

Computing

Children will learn how to program using online tools, e.g. Turtle, Scratch BBC Micro bit.