Welcome to Year 4

Summer Term 2017

Key Dates

During the course of the term, there are also some important key dates which link to our

new topic:-

Year 4 PGL Residential to Liddington Wednesday 3rd- Friday 5th May 2017

4J Class Assembly Friday 19th May (8.50am-9.20am) in Hall

Year 4 French Café Tuesday 6th June (2.30pm-3pm) in Hall

Anglo-Saxon Dress Up Day Tuesday 20th June

4R Class Assembly Friday 23rd June (8.50am-9.20am) in Hall

Anglo-Saxons, Vikings & Scots

We will be focusing all of our learning this term around this topic.

We would welcome any expertise or ideas from parents.

Curriculum

As well as using a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts to develop their

knowledge about the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings & Scots, children will be focusing

on, ‘Beowulf’ by Michael Morpurgo and ‘How to Train your Dragon’ by Pippa

Goodhart to inspire their writing.

Throughout the term we will be looking at a range of genre types. Within

each unit that we cover, we will be looking at key grammatical functions

appropriate to their ability. Each week or fortnight, the children work towards

an extended piece of writing that is then marked in detail so that they can

edit and improve it. We have a key focus on reviewing work and ensuring

that the children can go back and edit their mistakes so that they can

develop their understanding.

A list of recommended reading books (both fiction and non-fiction) are

included for your reference on the Welcome to Year 4 Summer Term letter.

Literacy

Curriculum

This term we will be focusing on Geometry and Measurement as well as revising

key skills that the children have struggled with this year.

Maths

Curriculum

Summer Term 1: Children will be continuing to work on Living Things and their Habitats. They will be able to:

Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. Explore and use classification keys to help group a variety of living things in their local and

wider environment. Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to

living things.

Summer Term 2: Children will spend half a term studying sound. Children will be able to:- Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating. Recognise that vibrations from a sound travel through a medium to the ear. Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.

Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.

Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the source increases.

Science

Curriculum

Children will have the opportunity to:-

Explore Anglo-Saxon settlements and village life.

Learn about different social classes in Anglo-Saxon and Viking

societies.

Explore Anglo-Saxon building tools and techniques.

Investigate the importance of Sutton Hoo burial ground.

Produce a timeline which reveals important events in the Saxon,

Viking and Scottish eras.

History

Curriculum

Children will have the opportunity to:-

Explore the different tribes which invaded Britannia after the Romans left.

Identify the resources that Anglo-Saxons would have found

useful in the lands which they invaded.

Learn where the main Anglo-Saxon and Viking kingdoms

developed.

Understand how Anglo-Saxons have influenced Britain by

explaining some of the place names they have established

and their meanings.

Geography

Curriculum

Art and DT

Children will have the opportunity to:-

Research Anglo-Saxon jewellery.

Make links between Anglo-Saxon jewellery and the social status of the

Saxon who wore it.

Design and make an Anglo-Saxon brooch.

Explore Anglo-Saxon weaving and embroidery.

Use the technique of braiding to create a bracelet.

Make traditional Anglo-Saxon biscuits.

Create a cookery storyboard.

Curriculum

RE

Children will have the opportunity to:-

Explore Christian marriage and the promises made during a wedding ceremony.

Explore how different religions celebrate milestones in life.

Music

Children will have the opportunity to:-

Explore the history and culture of Anglo-Saxon and Viking music.

After half term, children will be learning how to play the recorder.

Curriculum

French

Children will be exploring the adventures of the French heroes, Astérix

and Obelix.

Children will continue to follow the Rigolo scheme of work.

Computing

During this term, children will be introduced to the concept of data

being represented digitally on computers. They will begin to understand

that data is represented using numbers and also learn how data is stored

and manipulated using databases.

After half term, children will explore Microsoft PowerPoint and use this

program to create their own, informative slideshow.

Curriculum

PE and Games

Children will be exploring Anglo-Saxon dance based on the story of ‘Beowulf.’ They will be developing their teamwork skills as well as using movement to recreate dances both independently and in groups.

Children will also be improving their athletics skills on the school field.

PSHE (Personal, Social, Citizenship, Health Education)

This half term, the PSHE topic will be ‘Dear Diary,’ in which children will explore how to explain how they are feeling to others.

After half term, children will be looking at ‘Growing Up’ and the important changes which occur throughout their lives.

Curriculum

Year 4 children have homework 3 times a week:

Monday : Literacy due Wednesday

Monday: Spellings to learn for spelling test on following Monday

Wednesday : Maths due Friday.

On-going: Topic Homework project. Checked every 3 weeks approx.

Homework

Across the school the children are continuing to submit topic homework

projects.

All year groups have the same submission dates.

Every 2-3 weeks every year group will be collecting the projects on the same

days:-

Friday 12th May 2017

Friday 9th June 2017

Friday 23rd June 2017

Friday 7th July 2017

Project based learning

Communication Should you wish to meet with your child’s class teacher in

person, please arrange an appointment via. the school office.

If you wish an important message to be relayed, please do this

via. note to your class teacher.

Please note that reading diaries are inspected by the class

teacher once a week during your child’s allocated guided

reading session.

If the homework diary contains a message which must be read

that day, please ask your child to inform us of this during

registration.

All Year 4 teachers will be on the school gate at 3.10pm each

Friday. Mrs Constantinou will be on the school gate before

school each Friday.

Any Questions?

Accommodation

The rooms are for 4 or 6 children but rooms may have less in them. The children will find out who they are sharing a room with when they arrive on site.

Food and Drink

Meals are all freshly prepared and contain plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and salad. Water and squash are available at all meals. There is always a vegetarian option at each meal and the children get to choose from the food provided in the canteen. PGL are excellent at catering for the dietary needs of the children and will be made aware of all the information that has been provided on the medical forms.

PGL Liddington 2017

3rd May- 5th May

PGL Liddington The PGL Liddington trip promotes a range of skills:

o Self-esteem

o Peer support

o Confidence

o Motivation

o Perseverance

o Determination

PGL Liddington is located in Swindon and all activities

take place within the grounds of the centre.

Activities

Abseiling

Aeroball

Archery

Fencing

Giant Swing

Orienteering

Trapeze

Vertical Challenge

PGL Liddington

Example of a sample day

07.00: Wake up, shower, dress ready for the day.

08.15: Breakfast in dining hall.

9:00 – 10:30: Session 1

10.45- 12.15 Session 2

12.15-13.45: Lunch and free time

13:45-15:15: Session 3

15:15- 17:00 Session 4

17.30-19.00: Dinner and the chance to visit on-site shop.

19.00-21.00: Evening entertainment including team games.

Any Questions?