Year 4 Curriculum Meeting

Summer term 2015

Numeracy

• Times Table Challenge • 2 minute Rapid Recall• Maths map

• Place Value• Calculation • Using and Applying Number• Geometry• Problem solving/topic maths

• Areas are revisited 3 times throughout the year.

Literacy

• Information Texts

• Persuasive Texts

• Poetry – Exploring form

• Stories with Dilemmas

• Grammar, Spellings, Handwriting

ScienceAll living things

•Sort living things into plants & animals•Justify criteria for grouping

•Observation and recording skills used when becoming a Scientist.

•Look at local habitats and see how they change throughout the year.

that changes occur when some solids are added to liquids; that some solids dissolve in water to form solutions, and that although they cannot be seen, they are still there; to predict whether or not dissolved solids can be separated from the liquid by filtering, and to test their prediction, choosing suitable

apparatus.

Design Technology

Design and make a Chinese dragon with a hinged jaw and body

Design a Chinese meal

PE

• Swimming– All long hair tied back – boys and girls– Swimming shorts to be ABOVE the knee– Need to be more independent

• Outdoor PE– Striking and Fielding– Athletics

• Skills based lesson

French

• Numbers 11-20

• Animals

• Birthday (days/months)

• All about Me – Parts of the Body

R.E Teaching and Authority

(Key religious figures-Christianity)

• Explore who Jesus was and why is he a role model to Christians.

• Identify key events in the life of Jesus.• What does temptation mean?• The calling of the Disciples-issues of trust.• Using The Bible to investigate who the Disciples were.• Explore parables e.g. The Good Samaritan, learning

from stories, can it be relevant today?• Retell a story from The Bible.• To reflect on sources of inspiration in their lives and the

lives of others.

Atlas Skills

• Developing knowledge of China.

• Developing knowledge of Seas and Oceans.

• What are the main features.

• Using mapping skills.

Art

Examine and design a Chinese pattern from textiles.

Create an animal vessel from clay (sculpture).

PSHCE

• 4G Safety Contexts

• 4H Personal Safety

• 4I Dealing with Bullying

• 4J Helping and Getting Help

Music

• Music Express – Around the World, focus on pitch, subject link Geography.

• Pentatonic melodies and rhythms.

ICT

We are co-authors•Use search technologies effectively

•Evaluate digital content•Identify general types of organisations by their web

site address

An in depth study of the achievements of the Shang Dynasty including Ancient China

• Where was the Shang province?• Who were the people of the Shang Dynasty?• How long ago did they live?• Were their lives similar to ours?• How do we know?• What survives today, do we use it ?