Curriculum notes
Curriculum notes
Year 4 - Autumn Term 2008
ENGLISH
Reading and Writing
• Author study
• Study of a novel (discussion, comprehension, writing)
• Poetry (to develop knowledge and understanding)
• Christmas unit (writing)
Grammar and Punctuation
• Revision of basic punctuation
• Revision of parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
• Paragraphing
• Speech punctuation
MATHEMATICS
• Place value, ordering and rounding
• Addition and subtraction
• Time
• Multiplication and division
• Measures
• Properties of number
• Addition and subtraction
• Fractions and decimals
• Handling data
• 2-D shape
NB Daily mental starters ensure the continued development of mental strategies
SCIENCE
• Sound in solids, liquids and gases
• Sound – speed, volume and pitch
• Luminous, transparent, translucent and opaque objects
• The drawing of light rays, shadows and reflections
FRENCH
• Instructions, greetings and introductions
• Days of the week and months of the year – dates and birthdays
• Numbers to 31
• Pencil case and classroom objects
• Alphabet
• Colours – using adjective agreements
• Geography and information about France
GERMAN
• Greetings and introductions
• Alphabet
• Numbers
• Months and days of the week
• Weather
• Brothers and sisters
• Christmas activities
SPANISH
• Months of the year
• Days of the week
• Revision of numbers
• Animals / pets
• I have....
• Brothers, sisters
• Family
HISTORY
The Romans
• Life in Britain before the Roman invasions
• Chronology – Roman Empire
• Roman invasions of Britain
• The Roman Army
• Roman roads and Hadrian’s Wall
• Roman towns
• Roman villas and lifestyle
• Roman religion
• The Roman Legacy
• Classical Rome
GEOGRAPHY
• St Lucia – a contrasting locality
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Jesus’ ministry and aspects of Christianity
• The Bible – how to find references
• New Testament – the four Gospels
• John the Baptist
• Christian Baptism
• The temptations of Jesus
• Christian Prayer
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Advert and Christmas
ICT
• Word processing text manipulation skills
• Creating tables in MS Word
• Touch typing
• Using a digital camera
• Combining text and graphics
DRAMA
• Devising scenes from ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears’ carrying on from the original fairy tale
• Exercises for listening skills and awareness of space in relation to other actors
MUSIC
• Singing
• Introduction to note values of minim and semibreve using percussion
• Introduction to electronic keyboards
• Groovy Jungle music software
• Dukas: the Sorcerer’s Apprentice
ART
SLD
• Looking at the work of artist Henry Moore, taking the theme of ‘reclining figures’
• Exploring the proportions, shape and form of the human body through drawing
• Constructing a sculpture in mixed media
MCD
• Undertaking a project to create a money box using papier mache
• Experimenting with traditional papier mache techniques, colours and textures to produce an innovative and functional design
JDE
• Developing observational skills centred around ‘water’, using pencil, collage and painting techniques
• Looking at a variety of different artists including Monet, Hockney and Hokusai
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
• Designing and making a pneumatic mechanism
• To involve basic measuring, sawing and gluing techniques to complete the finished design
PSHE & CITIZENSHIP
• Welcome back and target setting
• World changing activities
• Eco studies
• Nutrition and fitness
• Neighbours
• Christmas around the world