Class 4
| Our Class 4 Curriculum 2020-21 | |||
| In September 2020, we moved to mixed-age classes across school so our curriculum this year reflects this change. Some topics appear in more than one class this year. | |||
| Our Topics | Autumn Term: Spring Term: Summer Term: | Dazzling in Durham The Ancient Egyptians Food Glorious Food! | |
| Art | Autumn Term Summer Term | Painting and drawing – Normal Cornish Sculpture Collage | |
| DT | Autumn Term Summer Term | Textiles Food Mechanisms and mechanics | |
| Science | Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term | Living things and their habitats, animals (including humans) Light (scientist – Thomas Edison) Forces and Magnets (scientist – Sir Isaac Newton) | |
| Computing | Autumn Term Summer Term | Digital Literacy and Lightbot Junior Digital Literacy, Scratch and PowerPoint Digital Literacy, coding (code.org) animation (puppet pals) | |
| Geography | Autumn Term Summer Term | The geography of our local area The geography of Egypt The geography of food and farming | |
| History | Autumn Term Summer Term | Significant people – local saints, famous people from Durham Ancient Egypt, Howard Carter The history of food and diet | |
| Music | Autumn Term
Summer Term | Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (3rd Movement) Symphony No.5 Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo (2nd mvt) Anna Clyne - Night Ferry (extract) Stop! Lean on me Blackbird Reflect, Rewind, Replay | |
| PSHCE | Autumn Term
Summer Term | Health and Wellbeing – bacteria, germs and viruses, the dangers of drugs and alcohol Relationships – keeping secrets, taking risks and staying safe (stranger danger, water safety, railway safety) Living in the Wider World – our identity, values and customs, rules and laws, fair trade | |
| PE | Autumn Term
Summer Term | Invasion Games Gymnastics (Partner Work) Dance (Indian Delight) Invasion Games Athletics (Faster, Higher, Further) Net and Wall games | We also have opportunities to work with sports coaches as part of our involvement in the Durham School Sports Partnership. We take part in events and competitions throughout the year. |
| MFL (French) | Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term | Moi! Jeux et Chansons Portraits | |
| RE | Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term | Multi-faith Unit What are the deeper meanings of festivals? including Christmas Christianity: What is it like to follow God? Christianity: Why do Christians remember the events of Holy Week every year? Christianity: When Jesus left, what next? Multi-faith Unit: How and why do believers show their commitments during the journey of life? | |
Maths:
This term we will be continuing to develop our understanding of multiplication and division and we will be exploring fractions and decimals. Throughout the school year children will have more of a focus on their times tables knowledge, as by June 2021, children in Year 4 are expected to know all of their times tables up to 12 x 12 and there will be a compulsory formal times table check. For more information, please visit https://www.theschoolrun.com/new-primary-school-times-tables-tests-explained which explains more.
English:
This term we will be writing persuasive adverts, newspaper reports, setting descriptions, character descriptions and many more. This will link with our class text, ‘The Great Chocoplot’ By Chris Callaghan. We will continue to work on our spelling, grammar and punctuation and improve our handwriting by practising correct letter formation from our cursive scheme. In reading, we will be working on our developing a range of strategies to read with fluency and expression and developing our comprehension skills to answer a range of questions about different types of texts.