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Year 4

Welcome to the Year 4 class page

The staff working in Year 4 are:
4MT 4GW
Mrs Thomas
Mrs Gilmartin
Mrs Pollard
Miss Wrightson
Mrs Halima

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Spring 1 Review

Year 4 - Spring 1 Review - 01

English 

We loved reading our book called ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker because it taught us many interesting things about adventures and journeys. Our favourite part was when we wrote our own adventure story based on the book that we studied. Before writing the story, we looked for good vocabulary, learned about fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases.

Year 4 - Spring 1 Review - 02

Outdoor Learning 

This half term we were intrepid explorers! We went to Low Wood and we worked as a team to build dens which kept us warm and safe from the wind and rain. We also created our own toys by whittling wood and designing wood toppers. It was fantastic to explore the forest, observe the nature and its creatures.

It was the best day of this half term!

Year 4 - Spring 1 Review - 03

Science: Electricity - Building an electrical circuit 

Science this half term was extremely exciting and fun!
Did you know that the tip of the pencil is a conductor for electricity?
We found out this by creating a simple electrical circuit and connecting the tip of the pencil to the circuit using crocodile clips. We built our own switches which we attached to the circuit to turn on and off the light bulbs.

 

Autumn 1

This half term in English we will write a narrative story based on the picture book called Journey by Aaron Becker. Children will have to use direct speech, expanded noun phrases and fronted adverbials. In the second part of the half term, we will write a diary entry from the perspective of the main character from the book Paradise Sands. We will continue to develop our grammar and vocabulary skills across half term.

As mathematicians, we will be focusing on multiplication and division. We will continue to develop our fluency and knowledge about multiplication and division facts up to 12. We will learn to recognise and use factor pairs, multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit number and solve word problems involving the four operations.

This half term in geography, we will be looking at the countries that make up the European Union. We will learn the difference between the British Isles and Great Britain and we will locate some of the main islands that surround the United Kingdom.

Our unit this term in Science is electricity. We will identify common appliances that run on electricity and construct a simple series electrical circuit. We will identify and name the basic parts from an electrical circuit. We will learn to recognise some common conductors and insulators and associate metals with being good conductors.

Year 4 Thematic Planning

Autumn 2 Review

As mathematicians, we focused on addition and subtraction. We used our addition and subtraction knowledge to add and subtract using four-digit numbers and exchanging. After that, we estimated and used inverse operation to check answers in a calculation. During this time, we applied our knowledge to a range of worded problems, reasoning questions and nonroutine questions. 

In English, we focused on Street Child by Berlie Doherty. It followed a boy named Jim Jarvis, who ends up in a workhouse. We wrote and performed our own playscripts inspired by the narrative. We continued to develop, our use of pronouns and to consistently write in the same tense. For our big write, we wrote letters to welcome new students to our school. We wrote about what we love about our school and what we think new people will enjoy.

As scientists, we learnt about sound. We identified how sounds are made and associating some of them with something vibrating. In addition to this, we found patterns between the pitch and volume of a sound and features of the object that produced it. Along with this, we recognised that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

As artists, we used mixed media. We found out about David Hockney and looked at his style of pop art. After that, we will be created our own art inspired by David Hockney. We used the I-pads to create landscapes of our local area and created portraits of important people in school. 

As historians, the children learnt all about Saltaire and Sir Titus Salt. They researched and found out about a local village Saltaire. We found out about life for the rich and the poor in Victorian times and how Sir Titus Salt changed the outlook of the poor. We explored local historical artefacts and placed them in chronological order.

Autumn 2

As mathematicians, we will be focusing on addition and subtraction. We will be using our addition and subtraction knowledge to add and subtract using four-digit numbers using exchanging. After that, we will estimate and use inverse operation to check answers in a calculation. During this time, we will also apply this knowledge to a range of worded problems, reasoning questions and nonroutine questions.  

In English, we will be focusing on a text called Street Child by Berlie Doherty. It follows a boy named Jim Jarvis, who ends up in a workhouse. It follows how his life changes when he meets Dr Barnardo. Our writing outcome will be a playscript that we will write and perform. We will continue to develop our use of pronouns and to consistently write in the same tense. In our non-fiction writing, we will be ensuring that we use topic specific vocabulary and writing a nonfiction report about Saltaire.

As scientists, we will be learning about sound. We will identify how sounds are made and associating some of them with something vibrating. In addition to this, we will find patterns between the pitch and volume of a sound and features of the object that produced it. Along with this, we will recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

As artists, we will be using mixed media. We will find out about David Hockney and look at his style of pop art. From this we will be creating our own art inspired by David Hockney. We will be using I-pads to create landscapes of our local area and creating portraits of important people in school. We will then create an art exhibit for others to see.

As historians, the children will learn all about Saltaire and Sir Titus Salt. They will research and investigate into how and why Saltaire was created. Whilst they are learning about Sir Titus Salt’s life, they will also compare and contrast the lives of poor and rich people during that period of time. The children will also reflect back on their visit to the mill to think about what life would have been like, using their knowledge of artefacts and objects they had seen.

Thematic Planning - Autumn 2

Autumn 1 Review

In English our text was ‘My Story the Mill Girl a Victorian Girl’s Diary 1842 - 1843’. Where a bright, young girl called Eliza dreams of becoming a teacher. However, she ends up working in the mill and helps them to make ends meet. The work is dangerous and difficult and there was a workers’ strike. Our writing outcome, was a historical narrative based around the story. We used fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases with prepositional phrases.

In Mathematics, we have completed our place value unit. In this unit, we gained an understanding of four-digit numbers. Where we partitioned, rounded and explored the numbers. We developed our knowledge of roman numerals, by representing numbers to 100. In addition to this, we learnt about negative numbers.

Our theme for this half term was Run of the Mill. The focus was local, where we learnt about Dalton Mill and Low Mill in Keighley. We then found out the differences between villages, towns and cities. Where we then, created leaflets about local towns and cities.

As scientists, we learnt about states of matter. We found out the difference between solids, liquids and gases and can explain what their particles are like. We were able to identify solids, liquids and gases. In addition to this, we investigated how matter can change state by heating and cooling. We even made crispy buns, where the melted chocolate reverted back into a solid.

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