Class 4

Welcome to Class 4! 

Mrs Jackson

Welcome to Class 4!

Please see below for details about what the children will be studying throughout the Autumn term.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to message me on Class Dojo!

Year 4's class saint is St. Vincent De Paul. We will be celebrating his feast day on 27th September.

English

In the Autumn term, we will begin with our Punctuation and Grammar unit. This helps the children to solidify their understanding of sentence structure and builds on their knowledge of nouns and verbs from previous years. We will then move into a writing unit on non-chronological reports where the children will be able to use their learning from the PVPG unit.

Guided Reading

In addition to our English lessons, the children will also have two Guided Reading sessions a week. The text focus will change each week (meaning we get to read a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.) In these sessions, we will focus on using our VIPERS skills.

These consist of vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising.

Maths

Our first Power Maths unit is all about place value. Within this unit, we will partition four-digit numbers and represent them in different ways (including manipulatives.) We will start to consider how to count in multiples of 1000 and use number lines to represent 4-digit numbers.

RE

We start our new RE scheme this year called Discerning Disciples. In the first unit, we will be focusing on Abraham and the covenant which he made with God. We will talk about the promises that were made and the sacrifices that Abraham made and how we can link this to our lives today.

Geography

In Geography, our unit is all about Mountains. We will use key vocabulary to describe a mountain and its features. We will also compare a range of mountains across the world, considering how they are similar and how they are different. Some key terms which we will consider are: weather, climate, mountain range, summit and tourism.

History

In History, Class 4 will be focusing on the Anglo-Saxons. We will consider where this is placed on our historical timeline and how it links to our previous learning (particularly to our Roman learning from Year 3!)  Through the unit, we will be focusing on chronology and significance. We will consider why the Anglo-Saxons invaded and the importance of this in England. It will also be incredibly exciting to explore the close links which our local area had on the discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard.

Art

In Art, the children will be focusing on an impressionist artist called Claude Monet. Through this unit, the children will experiment with different materials, such as pencil, water colour and pastels. This will help the children to develop their skillset and to evaluate which material is the most effective in achieving a desired outcome.

Science

 Year 4’s first unit is called Animals including Humans. In this unit, the children will learn about the digestive system (with some very fun experiments!) and explore the function of teeth. Over the course of the unit, the children will take part in scientific enquiries and will set up their experiments using scientific knowledge and vocabulary.

Spanish

Hola! Our first unit in Spanish will be called ‘Presenting Myself.’ In this unit, the children will learn how to pronounce, read and write key words to talk about themselves. This will include being able to say how old they are and where they live.

P.E

Year 4 will begin the year swimming! Our swimming lessons will take place each Wednesday up until the October half-term. 

Computing

In Computing, the children will begin the year looking at safety online and the importance of following rules when using technology. 

DT 

In the Autumn term, we will begin with our food unit. This will help the children to learn preparation skills, health and safety rules and following a recipe. We then move on to Mechanical systems where the children will make slingshot cars.