Welcome to Year 4
Summer Term
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Mathematics
The term will start with learning about decimals and how to round them. The children will then move on to calculations involving money and converting between different units of measure.
Creating a greater depth of understanding is a key aspect of the curriculum. With this in mind, we aim to involve children in problem-solving and investigative activities, where they will be expected to explain fully how they have tackled a mathematical problem.
English
This term, we will continue to use ‘The Write Stuff’ as the model for writing. Children will learn the features of different text types and then apply these to their very own version. We will be focusing on newspaper articles, classic stories, and explanation texts. You can support this by helping your child select books of the same genre from readingeggspress.com.
Also, during English, there will be an emphasis on S.P.A.G (Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation).
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Reading​
The children will take part in daily whole class reading lessons. Different skills will be covered each day, such as making predictions, inferences and links to other texts and the wider world. A wide variety of text extracts and whole texts will be read, including poetry.
We cannot emphasise enough the importance of reading. Research shows that children who read well, write well. Please ensure that your children read every evening.
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Topic
This term, we will study our final history topic — The Second World War. Children will learn about various aspects of WW2, primarily focussing on the Home Front, evacuation and life for children during this time.
If you have any artefacts, family stories or photos, we would love to see or hear them! The children will also experience an exciting WWII-themed visit to The Black Country Living Museum!
For the art element of our topic, we will be looking at drawing landscapes and cityscapes.
Our science study this term will be the conservation of habitats. We will learn about ecosystems and human impact on them.
In the second half term, we will be looking at electricity and circuits and using these to create working alarms!
In geography, Year 4 will be learning about the continent of Europe, its human and physical features, plus tourism.
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PE, Music and Computing
In computing, children will make full use of the laptops and iPads to create their own podcasts and art.
There will be a singing assembly each Thursday, where the children will learn to perform a wide variety of songs.
PE lessons will follow the same pattern as in the spring term. 4 Vale will swim first, after half term, Chad will continue.
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Year 4 Chad Teacher
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Year 4 Vale Teachers
J.Choudhury@chadvale.bham.sch.uk
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