St Maria Goretti

Mrs Cooper introducing the class Author

Year 4

Welcome to Year 4 at St Maria Goretti

Year 4 Staff: Miss Moore and Mrs Kaczor

Dear Parents - Welcome to Year 4

Settling in Presentation - Autumn 2020

Our Class Author: Jacqueline Wilson

Autumn Term

Religious Education:

• Creation and the story of Abraham to Joseph
• Jesus teaches us how to pray
• Old Testament Moses – King David
• Advent

   

English:

English: Driver text- Gaslight by Eloise Williams

Non-fiction- How to be a Victorian – Ruth Goodman

 Genres:

• Write stories of adventure
• Diary Entries
• Write arguments.
• Write letters. (Informal)
• Biographies  
• Instructions
• Write formally
• Write poems that convey an image (simile, word play, rhyme and metaphor).
• First Person Narratives​

Reading Diaries should be signed by an adult at least 3 times per week.

Maths:

Place Value

• Recognise the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number
• Compare and order numbers beyond 1000
• Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations.
• Read and write numbers beyond a 1000 (Y5 obj – 1,000,000)
• Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000.
• Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25, 1000.
• Recognise the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number (THTU, HTU, TU and U)
• Find a 1000 more or less than a given number.
• Revision of time with Roman Numerals
• Read Roman numerals to 100 (1 to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of zero and place value.
• Solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above and with increasingly large positive numbers.

Addition and Subtraction

• Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a 4-digit number with units; a 4-digit number with tens; a 4-digit number with hundreds; a 4-digit number with thousands.
• Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate.
• Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation.
• Application of addition and subtraction skills within problems/ investigations.

Multiplication and Division

•  Recall multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12 =
• Multiply numbers by 10, 100 and 1000
• Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations
• Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one digit number, using formal written layout (revision and comparison with grid method as appropriate).
• Application of multiplication and division skills within problems / investigations.

Science:

• States of Matter
• Sound

Enquiry types- Research, pattern seeking, fair and comparison testing, identify and classify, observe over time

History: (4 Weeks)

The Victorians

Driver question: What was life like for a Victorian child?

Launch Day: Blist Hill Victorian Museum

Concepts: Monarchy and Industry

Research – History of workhouses and the daily life of poor children.

Compare the life of a Victorian child to modern day children.

Changes over time.

Final Assessment

Geography: (1 Week)

The Victorians

The British Empire

Population

Changes over time

Comparisons of Countries

Art:

Art Strand: Textiles

Artist: William Morris

A focus on the Paisley style during Victorian times.

Careers Link – Fashion Designer

DT:

Textiles

Seasonal stockings - Cross stitch and patterns

MFL:

• Alphabet
• Numbers 1-30
• My Family
• Seasons and weather
• Christmas songs and stories 

Computing

• Coding
• Online Safety
• Spreadsheets

Music

• Songbirds – City Music Service
• Choir Practice – Victoria Hall performance Autumn 2

PSHE - Jigsaw

 Being me in my world (Autumn 1)

• Celebrating Difference (Autumn 2)

P.E

 P.E is on Thursdays and Fridays

Autumn 1:

• Swimming
• Gymnastics

 Autumn 2:

• Swimming
• Tag Rugby

Year 4 Times Tables Check Parent Information

Home Learning 

Weekly Liturgy