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Year 4 Curriculum Share Meeting

Year 4 Curriculum Share Meeting. Expectations and Routines. * Homework is set each week on a Thursday and consists of one literacy task and a piece of mathematics work. Homework is then due in by the following Tuesday. * Spellings are set weekly and tested on a Friday.

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Year 4 Curriculum Share Meeting

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  1. Year 4 Curriculum Share Meeting

  2. Expectations and Routines * Homework is set each week on a Thursday and consists of one literacy task and a piece of mathematics work. Homework is then due in by the following Tuesday. * Spellings are set weekly and tested on a Friday. * We encourage the children to read to an adult at least 3-4 times a week and record this in their reading record; reading records will be checked on a Monday morning.

  3. Being prepared Children should come to all lessons prepared, which means having the correct equipment. A small pencil case is allowed including a pencil, ruler and rubber. All children are given a school handwriting pen to use in class. Children should have their reading records in school every day as they are a useful method of communication between home and school.

  4. Literacy Literacy is taught in classes; at Buttsbury our curriculum covers a range of narrative, non-fiction and poetry genres. Each text type lasts between 2 – 3 weeks including reading of the text type, spoken language opportunities, grammar, punctuation and written tasks.

  5. Literacy Comprehension is taught during literacy lessons – there is also a separate lesson during the afternoon each day. Spelling and handwriting skills are also taught separately to the main literacy lesson, although opportunities for the skills to be transferred are included.

  6. Maths There are 4 Maths sets taught in Year 4; • Set 1 will be taught by Miss Cutmore • Set 2 will be taught by Mr Frazer • Set 3a will be taught by Mrs Mason • Set 3b will be taught by Miss Unite Pupils may change sets throughout the year depending on their individual progress.

  7. Science There are five core units of Science studied in Year 4: • Electricity • Sound • Animals (including humans) • Living things and habitats • States of matter

  8. History/Geography History is taught in the Autumn and Summer terms. Year 4 will be learning about: • The Romans • The Ancient Greeks Geography is taught in the Spring and Summer terms. Year 4 will be learning about: • Rivers and the Water Cycle • Place knowledge: The South East of England

  9. Design Technology/Art DT and Art are taught in rotation, with each unit lasting one half-term. DT: • Designing and making clocks • Cooking: bread making • Sewing: Money containers Art: • Surrealism • Observational drawing • Portraits and figures

  10. P.E. Children have 2 P.E. lessons a week. From next February pupils in Year 4 will also have swimming lessons. Indoor P.E. is taught by Winger Sports coaches, who teach curricular units including gymnastics, dance and dodgeball. Outdoor P.E. includes netball, football, hockey, tag rugby, rounders and Kwik cricket. In the summer, all P.E. takes place outdoors and also includes athletics.

  11. Languages Children will continue their French tuition focusing on three main areas: • My family - family members and describing people • The Very Hungry Caterpillar – food and days of the week • At the Zoo – animals and further descriptive language

  12. Computing Children will cover 6 core topics, each lasting a half-term. These are divided into opportunities for Programming, such as understanding inputs and outputs and Digital Literacy, such as computer networks and presenting data. Other opportunities are made for children to use computing in other curriculum subjects such as through the use of the iPads.

  13. R.E. The R.E. curriculum continues to follow the Essex-agreed Syllabus. In Year 4 pupil will learn about; • Islam • Christianity • Sacred Writings for different religions

  14. PSHE PSHE is taught fortnightly by Mrs Yaxley-Smith In Year 4 pupils will learn about the following areas; • Feelings, friends and friendships • Me and my relationships • Anti-bullying • Separation and relationships • Lifestyles and culture • Personal safety Each class will also have 2 sessions led by the Anti-Bullying Crew

  15. Music Music is taught fortnightly by Mrs Cripps. Children continue their recorder tuition, as well as developing opportunities to perform together. Children also have the opportunity to learn about famous composers throughout history.

  16. Important dates • Tuesday 9th October: Year 4 Colchester Castle visit • Friday 5thOctober: Harvest Festival • Monday 5thand Wednesday 7thNovember: Parents’ Evenings • Tuesday 13thNovember: Year 4 Open Door • Monday 19thNovember: Drop ins with Maths set teachers • Thursday 6thDecember: Whole school pantomime visit • Wednesday 19th December: Carol Service Further dates/information will be sent home via Parentmail

  17. Thank you for coming! Any questions?

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