Year 4

Miss Hall, Mrs Scholey & Mrs Irving

Art – As artists we will:

• Work on different surfaces
• Select the correct brush types
• Mix our own colours
• Respond to the work of Georgia O’Keefe

Computing - We will:

• Understand what a variable is in programming and set / change the variable values appropriately.
• Create an algorithm modelling the sequence of a simple event.
• Manipulate graphics in the design view to achieve the desired look for the programme.

D.T.  – As designers we will:

• Explore the importance of healthy eating and having an early diet.
• Use annotated sketches and information to develop and communicate ideas.
• Plan the main stages of a recipe listing ingredients, utensils and equipment.
• Carry out sensory evaluations.

English – As writers and communicators we will:

• Be writing diary entries based around the novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’
• Emphasise with the characters from the book.
• Write character descriptions of the
  different characters we are introduced to throughout the story
• Write a setting description of China.

French – As linguists we will:

• Learn the correct vocabulary for a range of animals.
• Use a range of adjectives to describe the animals.

Geography - As geographers we will:

• Locate some European countries and major cities.
• Look at some similarities and differences between European and UK cities and settlements.
• Learn about trade links between Spain and the UK.
• Compare the weather and climate zones for the UK and a region of Europe.
• Identify, describe and compare some key physical features of Europe.

History - As historians we will:

• Learn about the Viking raids on Lindisfarne, how the Vikings murdered monks and stole valuable religious objects.
• Find out that the Norse were seafarers and how they settled across Europe and as far as North America.
• Learn about Viking raids across the British Isles and the key battles with the Anglo Saxons.
• Learn about how King Alfred fought against the Viking and finally made peace with them.
• Learn about Danelaw and how it came about.

Maths - As mathematicians we will:

• Work on securing our multiplication facts.
• Look at equivalent fractions, convert between mixed and improper fractions and learn to add and subtract fractions.
• Tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks.
• Convert units of time (seconds, minutes and hours).
• Recognise, compare and order decimals.
• Add, subtract, multiply, divide and round decimals.
• Measure and calculate the perimeter of regular and composite shapes in mm, cm and m.
• Calculate the perimeter of squares, rectangles and triangles.

Music - As musicians we will:

• Improvise in music, keeping the pulse.
• Practice copying back melodic patterns
• Begin to create musical ideas using given notes on the glockenspiels.
• Listen to appreciate different styles/genres.

P.E. – As athletes we will

• Develop passing, attacking and defending skills in basketball.
• Orientational skills, including navigation, observation co-operation and teamwork.
• Learn the correct technique for passing and receiving a ball during football.
• Improve dibbling, sending and receiving a ball in hockey.

R.E. – As theologians we will:

• Learn about the Christian Family.
• Think about what it means to be part of a Christian family.
• Start our Holy Communion journey.
• Learn about The Mass.
• Make links between actions of beliefs.

RPSHE - we will:

• Explain how everyday things can affect feelings.
• Discuss how feelings change overtime and can be experienced at different levels of intensity.
• Explain the important of expressing feelings and how we can express them.
• Look at support and advice we can access to help manage our feelings.

Science - As scientists we will:

• Identify the three states of matter and their properties.
• Understand how and why particles are arranged in different ways.
• Explain the four main ways that materials can change state (melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing).
• Explain the part that evaporation and condensation play in the water cycle.
• Investigate how temperature affects evaporation rates.
• Explain how sounds are made and how sound travels to your ear.
• Explain how the pitch of a sound depends on the object that produced it.
• Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations.