Full Year curriculum overview 2018-19

PE This half term we will continue to swim on Tuesday mornings. All children are expected to participate in these sessions, since this is a national requirement. After half-term, 4RP will have PE on Thursday morn- ings. Please make sure your child has their kit in school all the time. We also ask that long hair is tied back and that earrings are removed or covered. 4P will also be carrying on with their imaginary worlds dance that they started during the Spring Term. Computing The children will be using a digital media program to create their own melodies. This will develop their ed- iting and composing skills. We will also continue to remind the children about the importance of staying safe online and to use the internet responsibly and respectfully. RE We will continue to explore what we can learn from different religions. Much of the learning will be done through speaking & listening activities and creative thinking. We will also be exploring right and wrong. Keeping your child safe online . The NSPCC and O2 have lots of useful information on their website to help your family enjoy the digital world safely; visit o2.co.uk/nspcc or if you prefer you can call the online safety helpline on 0808 800 5002 free of charge. A good resource is NSPCC Net Aware at net-aware.org.uk, giving parents information about the most commonly used apps by young people.

Our topic for the Summer Term will be Italy

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In Year 4, we will be using Talk4Writing to increase the children's knowledge of text and sentence types. The genres that we will be focusing on are newspaper report, formal letter writing and Ken- nings.. In addition, we will continue to develop a cur- sive, handwriting style and explore different spelling strategies. This term we will continue to develop our units of work through a mastery approach. Our units for the term include consolidating our work on fractions and decimals, money, statistics, geometry (2D and 3D shapes) and time. The children will be developing their explanations and reasoning throughout these lessons. The children will continue to use Times Ta- ble Rockstars to develop their fluency, as well as doing a weekly multiplication test (99 club) on Friday afternoons. There are daily opportunities for fluen- cy and catch up sessions for children to consolidate their learning and address any misconceptions that may arise within lessons. We will be looking at healthy eating and how to look after our teeth, before going on to look at the di- gestive system. We will also study the different types of teeth we have and their functions. The children will have the opportunity to test their ideas through experiments before going on to record and represent their results in various ways. We will then move on to look at sound. This will involve looking at how sounds are made and how sounds travel. We will then consolidate this knowledge through visitors who will com- i n g Maths Science

History We will be exploring how and why the Romans invaded Britain., their civilization and the legacy they left be- hind. We will also be looking at Boudicca’s revolt and the tactics used by the Romans during The Battle of Watling Street. Design Technology We will build on woodwork skills to design and create a Roman catapult. The children will be cooking a main course based on their topic and will also be developing their sewing skills. Art We will create Roman shields during Inspire Work- shops. Using our developing painting and drawing skills. Geography We will be mapping countries that the Romans invaded, as well as looking at how volcanoes are formed. This will involve looking at the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. There will also be a creative homework task set around this. Drama / Music The children will be learning parts for a play and songs to perform for their Roman assembly. In addition to this, we will also be composing our own digital music in Computing sessions. PSHE Summer 1— Managing relationships and emotions. Summer 2— Changes.

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