DT learn how to join fabric using backstitch design and create their own rainbow fish using different materials to embellish (buttons/sequins/beads etc) understand the function of a cam in a working model. be able to create a working cam mechanism design and create a lightweight wooden fish and attach the cam to their model. ICT use different software to create a simple stop motion animations to retell the story. use on screen control software to plan, create and run a simple set of instructions to make lights flash. create a simple robot, link it to the programme and run it. evaluate their design for effectiveness. Music listen to Saint-Saen saquarium from Carnival of the Animals and Science group materials based on their properties. learn about different solids, liquids and gases. learn that some materials can change state when they are heated or cooled. investigate temperature by using thermometers. investigate the temperature at which different solids melt. Year Four Spring Term Rainbow Fish During this topic, children will: identify which instruments have been used to create the sounds. create a graphic score to represent an aquarium. Drama explore the dramatic elements that create mood and atmosphere to create a short scene based on the rainbow fish.
Geography identify of some of the tourist resorts in Southern England using digimapping software. know the key physical and human features of Southern Spain which may encourage tourism. identify the differences between tourist resorts in Southern England compared with Southern Spain. understand that that tourism can bring both positive and negative effects to an area. Year Four-Spring Term - Hola Hola During this topic, children will: ICT collect class data on holiday destinations and enter into excel. use basic formula to show how many people were surveyed. create a graph to show the data they have collected Science learn the terms of evaporation and condensation and know that matter can change state. Art recognise the style of Miroand identify the colours used predominantly in his work. understand the idea of automatic painting used by Miro. create their own piece of art in the style of Miro. Drama devise a scene from a given stimuli, choosing appropriate vocabulary and movements to match the situation they have been given. Music recognise the features of traditional Spanish music and identify the rhythms and instruments which are used. recognise and play along with the traditional Spanish song La Cucaracha learn how to play a pitched instrument accurately by following note cards to create the tune.
Year Four-Autumn Term - Ancient World -Egypt During this topic, children will: History research Howard Carter and learn about the artefacts found in Tutankhamen's tomb. learn about when and where the ancient Egyptians lived, what survived and what it tells us about the past. learn that the pyramids are burial sites for important Egyptians. identify the location of the Nile and compare it to the Thames. learn that the Rosetta stone unlocked the ancient Egyptian language of hieroglyphics learn about mummification and their beliefs about the journey to the afterlife. identify some of the Gods worshipped by the Egyptians Art create new colours by mixing two paints together. learn that different colours can create mood through experimenting with shade and create a colour wash. create a mosaic effect and add silhouettes to their colour wash. DT construct a bridge by joining and combining materials. create 3D shapes from paper and investigate their strength. create pyramids using construction kits or nets. ICT record sound and overlay images of what Howard Carter found in the tomb with a voice recording. Music learn that music is structured into sections in pop music or movements in classical music. create a piece of music in groups with a defined structure, record as a score and perform. Science know that sounds are made by something vibrating and that sounds travel through a medium to the ear. learn about pitch and volume and the strength and shape of the vibrations learn that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sounds source increases. investigate which material is best for muffling sound. Drama use a conscience alley to represent and explore different status in ancient Egypt develop a script based on their character work and perform to the class.
Spring Term for Year Four During this term children will: Literacy Write a dilemma story based on The Balaclava Story using: suspense a character description with how they look and behave astory opening, development and conclusion which are logically related new paragraphs in the correct place a comma before speech, e.g. He said, Look at this! pronouns such as it and them to avoid repetition Literacy Write a report about Spain using: fronted adverbials to begin sentences, e.g. Later that day the present perfect tense main clauses and subordinate clauses expanded noun phrases with modifying adjectives g.. Slightly heavy bag with green handles suffixes such as ish, -er, -est Literacy Write a letter from Spain using: similes and metaphors to describe a lead in sentence for each paragraph a determiner which specifies a noun as known or unknown commas with causal connectives, e.g. After a few days,
Spring Term for Year Four During this term children will: Maths Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers. Solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two digit numbers by one digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects. Count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten. Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator. Solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number Compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes. Recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths. Recognise and write decimal equivalents to 14, 12 and 34 Find the effect of dividing a one or two digit number by 10 or 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places. Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number. Solve simple measureproblems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places. Convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre]
Spring Term for Year Four During this term children will: RE: Community: COMMUNITY Learn about belonging to a community Know about the life of the local Christian community RE: Giving: SELF DISCIPLINE Understand that self-discipline is important Celebrate growth to new life through self-discipline RE: Communion: EUCHARIST Learn about giving and receiving every day Learn that the Eucharist challenges and enables living and growing in communion EPR Understand what democracy is. Learn to celebrate themselves and the difference in others Learn about the range of jobs carried out by people they know and how these jobs contribute to the community/society in which we live. Know that it is important to contribute to society. Explore aspects of friendship - caring about other people s feelings/seeing things from others point of view Know about individual freedom.we are free in Britain to say what we want to say and do what we want to do by choice, so long as we do not break the law or show a lack of respect. Appreciate that there are many feelings and emotions associated with grieving and loss [death, separation divorce) Know that God loves us.. forgod so loved us that he sent his only son. Know what love looks like and explore St Paul s teachings on love.