Spring 1
English | Reading | Writing |
This half term, our two texts are 'The Arrival' and 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream'. As we study these texts, the children will be practising their ability to retrieve key information from texts, use evidence to draw inferences about characters and use evidence to support their responses to questions. | The children will be continuing with the Talk for Writing scheme focussing on a ‘warning’ text. We will also write a recount in our non-fiction journey. |
Maths | This term the children will build on their times tables knowledge from the Autumn term. We will continue to learn times tables until we have knowledge of all facts up to 12 x 12. The children can use the programme “TTRockstars” to practise. In the summer term, the children will take part in the government times tables check. MyMaths will be set each week so the children can practise the maths skills learned in school. | ||
Fractions | Multiplication and Division | Decimals | |
The children will understand common equivalent fractions.
| In maths, we will be extending our knowledge of multiplication and division. We will continue learning all of our times tables facts up to 12x12 until we have instant recall. We will use these times tables facts to multiply larger numbers and divide using the “bus stop” method. We will be able to work out factors of numbers. | The children will be able to write the decimal equivalent of any tenths or hundredths fraction. They will understand the place value of each digit to 2 decimal places. |
Science | Our topic for this half term will be electricity. By the end of the topic, children will be able to:
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RE | Gospel. Our key question for the half term is: ‘What kind of world did Jesus want?’ During this topic, pupils are expected to be able to:
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PE | Indoor – Gymnastics
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History | This half term, we will be studying the Ancient Greeks: their
Explain the life of a Greek family and how the other areas of ancient Greek culture affected it. |
Art | Study of Andy Warhol and ‘Pop Art’ By the end of this unit children should be able to:
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MFL | French – Le Maison Tudor. By the end of this unit we will be able to:
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PSHE | We will focus on: Our rights, our responsibilities.
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Music | The musical focus of this half term is performance.
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Computing | In Online Safety lessons this term, Y4 will learn about copyright and ownership of content found online. They will use ‘Garageband’ to create their own podcast. |