Welcome to the Year Four Curriculum Meeting

LITERACY

• Poetry

• Persuasive Writing

• Narrative

• Newspaper Report

• Adventure and Mystery

• Play scripts

• Non-chronological report

• Focus on spelling and grammar

Year overview of Writing focuses

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LITERACY

• Guided reading

• Whole class reading

• PACT books (10 mins per night, 1 written comment per week – due Tuesday)

• Library

Year overview of Reading focuses

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• Main focus on Number and place value

• 4 number operations (X + ÷ - )

• Written and mental methods

• fractions

• time, measures and shape

• Regular timetables tests

• Number fluency

• Regular problem solving sessions

MathsYear overview of Maths focuses

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History

• Focus on learning skills, not just knowledge (e.g. To use a timeline, To research, To create a Fact file, To consider a source.)

• The Roman Empire and It’s Impact on Britain (Autumn A)

• Anglo-Saxons (Autumn B)• Communication (link with

Geography) (Summer)

Year overview of History focuses

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GeographyYear overview of Geography focuses

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Geography

• Focus on learning skills, not just knowledge (e.g. To read a map)

• (Spring) - Climate change, deforestation, global warming, recycling, sustainability- BBC Planet Earth: Cities

• (Summer) – Communication (link with History)

Science

• Electricity (Autumn)

• Animals, (Including humans) (Autumn)

• States of matter (spring)

• Living things and their habitats (Spring & Summer)

• Sound (Summer)

Year overview of Science focuses

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Computing

Autumn

• Key Skills

• Coding

Spring

• Blogging

• PowerPoints

Summer

• CLC – algorithms

• E-safety

Year overview of Computing focuses

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RE

• Christianity – Ritual (Autumn) • Sikhism – Wisdom (spring)• Islam – belonging (summer)

Year overview of Religious Education focuses

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This year each focus will be taught on special ‘RE days’

PSHE

• Making everyone feel valued, friendship, effects of racism, teasing and bullying.

• Dealing with anger, staying calm

• Feelings and Relationships

• Bullying, Stereotypes, Diversity

• Relationship and Sex education (RSE)

• Healthy lifestyles

• Drugs

Year overview of Physical, Social, Health Education

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ArtYear overview of Art

• Roman Mosaics (Autumn)

• Painting - Turner and Monet (Spring)

• Photography – David Hockney (Summer)

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DT

• Construction (Anglo-Saxon shelters–Dragon’s Den!) (Autumn)

• Cooking (Spring)

• Electrical systems (Summer)

Year overview of Design and Technology

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French

• French for 1 session every week

• Following Camden Scheme of Work, mainly focusing on learning vocabulary, e.g. places in town, telling the time, numbers 1-100

Year overview of French

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Homework

• Focus on spelling and Timetables

• PACT books

• There will be weekly tests to monitor homework practise of spellings and timetables on Tuesdays

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FAB – collage based illustration

As a part of this year's FAB project, every year group will be working alongside Mark Oliver from Pencil & Help to develop

their skills in collage.The children will be creating collages that will inspire their own writing pieces. They will then illustrate their stories in the same

collage style, ready for them to be published into a book.e.price@Brookfield.camden.sch.uk

Autumn B: Y5 & 6

Spring A: Y2 & 4

Spring B: Y1 & 3

Summer A: EYFS

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ESPECIALLY FOR US!

MUSIC - Drumming and Wider Opportunities

P.E. Swimming (Mondays)

Buddy class work with Year 1

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