Year 4
In English, we will be reading a range of fictional texts that have water at its core including Swimming Against the Storm, an adventure set in the swamplands of Louisiana about two sisters who set out to save their island against rising sea levels. We look forward to exploring this text in both Reading and Writing and learning more about how settings become almost like another character of the story. We will also be using similes, metaphors and ambitious adjectives to bring our own setting descriptions to life.
In Maths, we will be revisiting place value and understand that this is the basis of all understanding of number. We will challenge this understanding with varied reasoning activities. We will also look at what a negative number is as well as begin to understand Roman Numerals. Later in the term we will be adding and subtracting up to 4-digit numbers and building our confidence when making an exchange. There will also be a focus on multiplications because in June Year 4 pupils nationally will sit a multiplication check assessment.
In our Science we will be learning about states of matter and recognising when a material is a solid, liquid or a gas. We will also learn how a material can change state through heating or freezing and conducting experiments to help us understand his more.
In Geography we will begin the unit by learning about how a river is formed and some of the vocabulary used to describe this accurately. We will use maps and atlases to locate the major rivers of the UK including the River Thames. We will also learn more the water cycle and the processes that water goes through.
In RE, We will be learning about what it means to belong with a Sikh community, with a particular focus on the daily life of a Khalsa Sikh. You might like to walk past the Gudwara in Woolwich to prompt a discussion with your child about what they have been learning.
In PE the children will develop their hand eye coordination when bowling and striking the ball andwill learn about the benefits of aerobic exercise on the body through swimming.
If you have any further questions about the content of the Year 4 curriculum please contact the Year 4 Team Leader, Mrs Stone, who will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Year 4 Autumn Term1 2024 Homework
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