Year 4 – Curriculum T3&4

Shakespeare Class Term 3 and 4 Resources

We are delighted to continue our French lessons with Mrs Cackett, our resident native French speaker. Over the course of the spring term, we will be thinking about two main topics: birthdays and food. Term 3: Birthdays Throughout this topic, we will revise and learn numbers 1-100. We will also revisit and consolidate: the days

Play Percussion – Ripples Water ripples, ocean swells, rainstorms, rivers flow… water gives us great inspiration for music making. The piece Ripples uses ascending arpeggios to create the idea of rippling water. Drops and bubbles form by playing scales running up and down the keys. Colours shift as the chord shapes move between major and minor. A

Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 3 will focus on gymnastics and hockey. Our PE lessons for term 4 will develop our gymnastic skills and begin tennis. Our PE lessons will be on Monday and Thursday; children can wear their PE into school on both of these days.

Over the course of term 3 and 4, 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

Writing for different audiences In term 3, we will be focussing upon writing for different audiences. We will learn about: How to use different font styles. How to use a simulated scenario to produce a news report. How to write for a campaign. To find out more, view our  Writing for different audiences Knowledge Organiser.

Art: Vista Linked to our main topic, “Misty Mountain, Winding River”, our art topic for this term is “Vista”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about the techniques that artists use when composing landscape images, such as colour and atmosphere. To find out more, view our Vista Knowledge Organiser. Design and Technology: Functional and Fancy

This term our topic is “States of Matter”. This project teaches children about solids, liquids and gases and their characteristic properties. Throughout this topic the children will observe how materials change state as they are heated and cooled, and learn key terminology associated with these processes. To find out more, view our States of Matter

Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 4 will cover four main blocks of learning over the course of the spring term: multiplication and division; length and perimeter: fractions and decimals. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small learning