Spring Term Year 4 2015

Reading records – in on MondaySwimming (Tuesday) PE – warm kit (Wednesday) Homework and spellings – out on Friday, in on Wednesday followingFruit at morning play Water bottles

Topic Before half term:

‘Sounds of the past’ History – Baghdad - Ancient Islamic Civilisation Geography - Asia - then and now.Science – Sound

After half term:

‘Power-up’ Geography – Power - Resources and DistributionScience - Electricity

Literacy

Reading – choosing books to take home and reviewing. Encouraging a wide variety of texts for pleasure, trying different genre. Discussing and explaining texts.Daily guided reading in groups.

WritingPersuasive letter, description, advert, account from different perspectives, chronological report, recount.Oral debate, non- chronological reports for information. Focus on planning editing checking and improving writing. Handwriting focus

SPAGSpelling, punctuation and grammar.

NumeracyProperties of shape Number and place value Formal addition and subtractionFormal Multiplication and division Fractions

After half term

Measurement and converting length Addition and subtraction checking with the inverse Addition and subtraction problems Problem solving Time converting units, 12 hr analogue and digital clocks

Mental methodsAll times table facts / quick addition and subtraction up to 20. 2 Digit 2 digit mental addition and subtraction.

Science – Focus on investigation Sound Electricity

RE – Islam, Easter

PSHE – Friendships & relationships, SRE

Music – Keyboards on Monday

ICT- Publisher - news reports, adverts. Programming-Espresso. Wiki page.

2015 Spring term trips

Victoria and Albert Museum -Islamic art/perfect patterns workshop 12th January 2015- £3.50

Lewisham Mosque visit TBC

Year 4 overnight residential trip

Margaret McMillan House – Wide Horizons center -Wrotham Thursday 12th – Friday 13th March 2015 £95.00 per child