Year 4 – Curriculum T1&2

Shakespeare Class Term 1 and 2 Resources

We are delighted to continue our French lessons with Mrs Cackett, our resident native French speaker. Term 1: On the way to school Throughout this topic, we will learn: simple greetings; how to make simple statements (about name and age); asking simple questions (about name and age) and numbers 1-10 Term 2: Where in the

Musically, students are constantly touching upon all key musical elements and skills, building upon these as they progress through each lesson, unit and year. As well as this, there is also a Musical Spotlight to each unit. This by no means indicates that there is only one musical aspect or concept being considered and developed

Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for terms 1 and 2 will focus on invasion games, athletics and health related fitness. Our PE lessons will be on Tuesday and Thursday; children can wear their PE into school on both of these days. Invasion Games (Rugby) In their tag rugby lessons,

Over the course of term 1 and 2, we will continue to follow our Jigsaw PSHE scheme of learning. Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE is a progressive and spiral scheme of learning. In planning the lessons, Jigsaw PSHE ensures that learning from previous years is revisited and extended, adding new concepts, knowledge and skills,

Our Religious Education lessons will continue to be based upon our “Love to Celebrate” projects. Basing the “Love to Celebrate” projects around festivals, gives a real-life context to the children’s learning and a structure to the projects. However, the celebration itself is only a small part of each “Love to Celebrate” project. Each set of

Online Safety In our work about online safety, we will learn about: Phishing Malware Plagiarism Healthy screen time To find out more, view our Online Safety Knowledge Organiser. Coding In term 1, we will be focussing upon coding. We will learn about: Design, code, test and debug IF statements Co-ordinates Repeat Until and IF/ELSE Statements

Art: Contrast and complement This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork . To find out more, view our Contrast and Complement Knowledge Organiser.

  In term 1 our topic is “Sound”. This project teaches children about sound, how sound is made and how sound travels as vibrations through a medium to the ear. They will learn about pitch and volume and find out how both can be changed. To find out more, view our Sound Knowledge Organiser. Term

Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 5 will cover six main blocks of learning over the course of the summer term: shape; position and direction; decimals; negative numbers; converting units and volume. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these