Summer Term

English

Please continue to support your child with their reading. Books and reading diaries should  come into school daily.  They can access Bug Club for Brown and Grey level books.

We will be sharing the fabulous book: How to Train Your Dragon. The children will be using this book to be able to write a set of detailed

 instructions 

on how to train their own dragon- these will be much better than Professor Yoddish’s- Yell at it!  We will be writing a narrative, which includes a piece of  characterizing speech.

Handwriting : The Curly Caterpillar Family (f, q and o)

The Zigzag Monster Family (z, v, w and x) Handwriting Practice

Our class poet in Joshua Seigal who is an award winning children’s poet.

Maths

This term we will be working on our times table recall- Get ready to become a Times Table Rock Star.  Children should be accessing this at home regularly to improve their recall and speed in preparation for the Multiplication check in the Summer Term 2027

The topic we will cover are:

Decimals, Measurement including money Money  and Statistics. Geometry which includes properties of shape , position and direction

Science

In science we will discover more about

How food is digested. We will Identify the different types of teeth in humans and animals. Children will know about the functions of different teeth. We will learn about dental health and the benefits of good oral hygiene and dental flossing, including regular check-ups at the dentist.

Computing

We will be working on  ‘Sounds Stories’ thinking about why and how sound is added to stories. The will be ‘Unpacking Hardware and Software’ so we understand how computer systems are developed and implemented. We will have an ‘Introduction to AI’ so we are thinking about how AI is used. We will compose our own music using ‘Composing Beats.’

History

 Our Topic is Ancient Greece. We will be Ancient Greece investigating the four main periods of the Greek Empire. By exploring different kinds of historical sources and evaluate their usefulness. We will find out about Alexander the Great  as well as researching lifestyle and clothing.

Geography

Weather and Climate. In this unit we will learn about the difference between weather and climate. 

Art

 We will be looking at the work of Paul Klee. 

D&T

Our focus is textiles we will be designing and making a pencil case. We will refine and develop our sew skills to create our own pencil cases. 

PSHE/RSE

We have two topics that we are looking at: Living in the Wider World. Our second topic is Money Matters where we will find out different aspects of looking after our money

RE

We will complete two units of learning

Comparing Christian and Hindu answers to questions

And Finding Reasons to Care in stories from the bible.

French

We have two topics to cover-  What time is it? They will learn how to tell the time: o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. They will learn how to read timetables and TV schedules and answer simple questions about these.

In Holidays and Hobbies they will learn key vocabulary related to holidays, weather and seasons, sports and hobbies. They will learn specific vocabulary of how to say what the weather is like, temperatures, names of different sports and hobbies. They will learn key phrases connected to the themes.

Music

We will be continuing to play our instruments- the trumpet, the trombone, the flute or the clarinet. The children will put on a concert for their families. 

Spelling

Please support your child with learning their spellings. We have weekly words to learn which are on Spellings Shed. They have an assessment on Friday. Every child in Year four has their own log in.

Step 25:

Words that are homophones

Step 26:

Words spelled

with ‘c’ before ‘i’ and ‘e’

Step 27:

Words containing ‘sol’ and ‘real’

Step 28:

Words containing

‘phon’ and ‘sign’

Step 29:

Words with the prefixes

’super-’, ‘anti-’ and ‘auto

Step 30:

Words with the prefix ’bi-’

meaning ‘two

Step 31:

Challenge Words

Step 32:

Words that are plurals with

possessive apostrophes

Step 33:

Revision Words

Step 34

Revision words

Step 35

Revision words

Step 36

Revision words

Athletics

Striking and Fielding – Rounders and

Cricket

Online Safety

We will be working on our Digital literacy  skills-  Researching effectively, the key is using  keywords . As well as finding out more about Creative credit and copyright, information Literacy through the topic-Whose is it anyway?