Welcome to the Year Four Curriculum Meeting Year overview of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to the Year Four Curriculum Meeting

Year overview of Writing LITERACY focuses • Poetry • Persuasive Writing • Narrative • Newspaper Report • Adventure and Mystery • Play scripts • Non-chronological report • Focus on spelling and grammar L

Year overview of Reading LITERACY focuses • Guided reading • Whole class reading • PACT books (10 mins per night, 1 written comment per week – due Tuesday) • Library L

Year overview of Maths Maths focuses • Main focus on Number and place value • 4 number operations (X + ÷ - ) • Written and mental methods • fractions • time, measures and shape • Regular timetables tests • Number fluency • Regular problem solving sessions E

Year overview of History History focuses • The Roman Empire and It’s Impact on Britain (Autumn A) • Anglo-Saxons (Autumn B) • Communication (link with Geography) (Summer) • Focus on learning skills, not just knowledge (e.g. To use a timeline, To research, To create a Fact file, To consider a source.) E

Year overview of Geography Geography Geography focuses • Focus on learning skills, not just knowledge (e.g. To read a map) • (Spring) - Climate change, deforestation, global warming, recycling, sustainability- BBC Planet Earth: Cities • (Summer) – Communication (link with History) E

Year overview of Science Science focuses • Electricity (Autumn) • Animals, (Including humans) (Autumn) • States of matter (spring) • Living things and their habitats (Spring & Summer) • Sound (Summer) L

Computing Year overview of Computing focuses Autumn • Key Skills • Coding Spring • Blogging • PowerPoints Summer • CLC – algorithms • E-safety L

RE Year overview of Religious Education focuses • Christianity – Ritual (Autumn) • Sikhism – Wisdom (spring) • Islam – belonging (summer) This year each focus will be taught on special ‘RE days’ E

Year overview of Physical, PSHE Social, Health Education focuses • Making everyone feel valued, friendship, effects of racism, teasing and bullying. • Dealing with anger, staying calm • Feelings and Relationships • Bullying, Stereotypes, Diversity • Relationship and Sex education (RSE) • Healthy lifestyles • Drugs L

Year overview of Art Art • Roman Mosaics (Autumn) • Painting - Turner and Monet (Spring) • Photography – David Hockney (Summer) E

Year overview of Design and DT Technology • Construction (Anglo-Saxon shelters – Dragon’s Den!) (Autumn) • Cooking (Spring) • Electrical systems (Summer) E

Year overview of French French • French for 1 session every week • Following Camden Scheme of Work, mainly focusing on learning vocabulary, e.g. places in town, telling the time, numbers 1-100 L

Homework • Focus on spelling and Timetables • PACT books • There will be weekly tests to monitor homework practise of spellings and timetables on Tuesdays L

FAB – collage based illustration As a part of this year's FAB project, every year group will be working alongside Mark Oliver from Pencil & Help to develop Autumn B: Y5 & 6 their skills in collage. The children will be creating collages that will inspire their own Spring A: Y2 & 4 writing pieces. They will then illustrate their stories in the same collage style, ready for them to be published into a book. Spring B: Y1 & 3 e.price@Brookfield.camden.sch.uk Summer A: EYFS E

ESPECIALLY FOR US! MUSIC - Drumming and Wider Opportunities P.E. Swimming (Mondays) Buddy class work with Year 1 Fruit buddies! L

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