St Francis Primary School - Half-Termly Overviews
Curriculum Overview for Autumn Term2 : Year 4
Second Half of Autumn Term 2011 - Year 4
Y4 Team: Mr Fountain, Miss Holness, Mr Light, Mrs Bond,
Mrs Light, Mrs Weavind
This is an overview of the work we will be covering this half term.
English (as well as the Primary Framework)
Explanations- summarise and shape material and ideas from different sources to write convincing and informative non-narrative texts
Comparative reports on Tudor rich and poor lifestyle
Stories with historical settings
Using adverbs and conjunctions
Develop strategies for learning and using new words.
Mathematics
Whole school maths targets for this term are based on - Ordering numbers
The Year 4 targets are displayed in the classrooms.
Counting Partitioning calculating
Derive and recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10, the corresponding division facts and multiples of numbers to 10 up to the tenth multiple
Multiply and divide numbers to 1000 by 10 and then 100 (whole-number answers), understanding the effect; relate to scaling up or down
Identify the doubles of two-digit numbers; use these to calculate doubles of multiples of 10 and 100 and derive the corresponding halves
Securing number facts and Understanding Shape.
Report solutions to puzzles and problems, giving explanations and reasoning orally and in writing, using diagrams and symbols
Draw polygons and classify them by identifying their properties, including their line symmetry
Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
Choose and use standard metric units and their abbreviations when estimating, measuring and recording length, weight and capacity; know the meaning of 'kilo', 'centi' and 'milli' and, where appropriate, use decimal notation to record measurements (e.g. 1.3 m or 0.6 kg)
Read time to the nearest minute; use am, pm and 12-hour clock notation; choose units of time to measure time intervals; calculate time intervals from clocks and timetables
Science
Relating to the National Curriculum, children will learn about keeping healthy including
Nutrition; about the need for food for activity and growth, and about the importance of an adequate and varied diet for health
Circulation; that the heart acts as a pump to circulate blood to the vessels around the body including through the lungs and the effect of exercise on pulse
Health; about the effects on the human body of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, and how exercise is important for good health
Other areas of the Curriculum
History - The Tudors: the Spanish Armada, daily life of rich and poor
D.T. – Tudor vehicles
PE – Gymnastics – Focus on balance
Outdoor Games – tag rugby
ICT – control (making patterns using repeat command with “Logo”)
RE – Christmas (with focus on prophecy)
Music – Painting with sound – telling a story through moods in music
Spanish – Where I live, Countries, My house
PSHE – Healthy living
Other things we would like to let you know about
Tuesday 15th November: Dressing up for Tudor Day
Friday 18th November – SFSA Coffee morning (9am, staff room)
Friday 25th November – Y4VH class assembly
Friday 25th November: Non-uniform Day
Saturday 3rd December: Christmas Fayre 12.30-3.00pm
Wednesday 7th – Friday 9th December: Presents for Parents
Friday 9th December: KS2 Christmas Lunch
Wednesday 14th December: Year3/4 Christmas Party
Friday 16th December – Term ends 1.30pm.
Y4 Team: Mr Fountain, Miss Holness, Mr Light, Mrs Bond,
Mrs Light, Mrs Weavind
This is an overview of the work we will be covering this half term.
English (as well as the Primary Framework)
Explanations- summarise and shape material and ideas from different sources to write convincing and informative non-narrative texts
Comparative reports on Tudor rich and poor lifestyle
Stories with historical settings
Using adverbs and conjunctions
Develop strategies for learning and using new words.
Mathematics
Whole school maths targets for this term are based on - Ordering numbers
The Year 4 targets are displayed in the classrooms.
Counting Partitioning calculating
Derive and recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10, the corresponding division facts and multiples of numbers to 10 up to the tenth multiple
Multiply and divide numbers to 1000 by 10 and then 100 (whole-number answers), understanding the effect; relate to scaling up or down
Identify the doubles of two-digit numbers; use these to calculate doubles of multiples of 10 and 100 and derive the corresponding halves
Securing number facts and Understanding Shape.
Report solutions to puzzles and problems, giving explanations and reasoning orally and in writing, using diagrams and symbols
Draw polygons and classify them by identifying their properties, including their line symmetry
Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
Choose and use standard metric units and their abbreviations when estimating, measuring and recording length, weight and capacity; know the meaning of 'kilo', 'centi' and 'milli' and, where appropriate, use decimal notation to record measurements (e.g. 1.3 m or 0.6 kg)
Read time to the nearest minute; use am, pm and 12-hour clock notation; choose units of time to measure time intervals; calculate time intervals from clocks and timetables
Science
Relating to the National Curriculum, children will learn about keeping healthy including
Nutrition; about the need for food for activity and growth, and about the importance of an adequate and varied diet for health
Circulation; that the heart acts as a pump to circulate blood to the vessels around the body including through the lungs and the effect of exercise on pulse
Health; about the effects on the human body of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, and how exercise is important for good health
Other areas of the Curriculum
History - The Tudors: the Spanish Armada, daily life of rich and poor
D.T. – Tudor vehicles
PE – Gymnastics – Focus on balance
Outdoor Games – tag rugby
ICT – control (making patterns using repeat command with “Logo”)
RE – Christmas (with focus on prophecy)
Music – Painting with sound – telling a story through moods in music
Spanish – Where I live, Countries, My house
PSHE – Healthy living
Other things we would like to let you know about
Tuesday 15th November: Dressing up for Tudor Day
Friday 18th November – SFSA Coffee morning (9am, staff room)
Friday 25th November – Y4VH class assembly
Friday 25th November: Non-uniform Day
Saturday 3rd December: Christmas Fayre 12.30-3.00pm
Wednesday 7th – Friday 9th December: Presents for Parents
Friday 9th December: KS2 Christmas Lunch
Wednesday 14th December: Year3/4 Christmas Party
Friday 16th December – Term ends 1.30pm.
