Year 4 - Curriculum

Dear Parents,

Below you will find the curriculum your child will be covering this Autumn term (2024). Not all subjects are taught each term but are covered throughout the year. Please use this planner for discussion and research with your child.

Autumn Term

RE	Creation and the story of Abraham to Joseph - Children will explore the images of God portrayed in bible stories and consider what it means for humans to be made in the image and likeness of God. Jesus teaches us how to pray - Children will learn about the prayer life of Jesus as he grew up. Children will look at the importance Jesus attached to prayer and will study some of the traditional prayers of the Church. Advent - Children will learn about Jesus being a descendant of the House of David and place the first coming of Jesus in historical context. Class Saint - St. Teresa of Calcutta
Literacy	Stories in familiar settings. Instructions and explanations Image poems Poetic form (syllabic poems) Class book: Bill’s New Frock
Numeracy	Place Value. Children will order four-digit numbers. They also work out thousands more or less than any four-digit number, focusing on which digit changes and which digits stay the same. Addition and Subtraction Children practise mental addition and subtraction methods using known number facts. They work through one-step and two-step addition and subtraction word problems. Children estimate the answer to a calculation and add or subtract pairs of three-digit numbers using the formal written method of column addition and subtraction. Multiplication, including the 6 and 9 times tables Children use the “key facts” to work out multiplication and division facts for the 9 and 6 multiplication tables. They are taught the strategy of using the 10 multiplication table and adjusting, to work out the 9 multiplication table. Children also develop their understanding that multiplication can be done in any order. Perimeter of shapes Children are introduced to perimeter for the first time. They explore what perimeter is and find the perimeter of simple 2d shapes. They compare the area of perimeter with different 2d shapes.
Science	The human body - Children will learn that some aspects of life on earth are too small to see. Children will learn that some scientists study things under a microscope to see things in more detail than our eyes can see. This unit introduces cells as the building blocks that all living things are made of. The concept of nutrients within foods will be better understood when children know that there are very tiny things we cannot see around us. Classification - Children will look closely at the concept of classification in relation to vertebrates, invertebrates and plants. Children will ask and answer questions about fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects, arachnids and molluscs.
PE	Woodland Gymnastics
Thematic Curriculum (includes: History, Geography, ICT, Music, Art, D+T and PSHE)	History Ancient Rome Rome Pompeii Roman society The rise and fall of Ancient Rome Julius Caesar Punic wars Art Visual art – light Toning Shading Caravaggio and Vermeer’s painting Geography Spatial sense Hemispheres Equator Longitude and latitude lines Scales North and South England London South coast North England National parks Music Learning the clarinet RHE We are created individually God made us with the desire to be loved Every human life is precious from the beginning of life ICT Digital literacy Self- Image and Identity Online Relationships Online reputation Online bullying Managing online information Music Learning the Clarinet
Homework	Homework is given out on a Monday and should be handed in on a Friday.
Spellings	Spellings are given out on a Monday and tested on a Friday.

Year 4 Class Blog

2nd Feb

Hello and welcome to Year four’s Twitter takeover, we can’t wait to show you what we have been up to in our classroom! Enjoy! 👍👍

This half term in our P.E lessons, the children have been choreographing a dance to James Bond’s theme tune. The children have used lots of different skills such as dancing in canon and using different levels. 💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏽🕺🏽

Today, St Joseph’s celebrated Lumen Christi day. The year four children took part by decorating a candle and singing along with a special prayer service. The children were excited to take a candle and prayer card home. The theme for today was “Jesus is the light of our world💡”

Last week, we celebrated Chinese New Year. The children created special Chinese lanterns and we talked about the story behind Chinese New Year. Some children in year four told us about their celebrations outside of school 🧧 🇨🇳

This half term in art, the children have been creating special models of the Pantheon in their topic on Ancient Rome. The model has required the children to use lots of different materials such as lollipop sticks and papier-mâché. We cannot wait to see the final result🏛😄

Hope you enjoyed year four’s Twitter takeover, see you soon!! 👍👍

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24th Nov

Welcome to year four’s Twitter takeover! We can’t wait to show you what we have been up to!🙌🏼

Throughout the month of November, we have been remembering all those that have died in wars and anyone close to us that have passed. We have created poppies, watched videos and looked at some special poems for this month of remembrance! 🌺

❄️❄️During this half term, the year four children have enjoyed studying the book of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We recently read about Edmund meeting the White Witch. The children acted out this scene with great expression!❄️❄️

Our history topic for this half term has been focusing on Ancient Rome. The children have recently learnt about the assassination of Julius Caesar and the Pax Romana. The children thoroughly enjoy history Thursdays with Mr Charnley!😁 #yearfourloveshistory

This week for St Joseph’s, it has been Multi-cultural week. Year four’s focus has been Judaism. The children have been learning about the main beliefs and looking at the Ten Commandments. It has been great to learn new things about other religions and ask questions.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing what year four have been doing in the classroom, see you soon! 😀👏

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Welcome to year 4 'Class Blog'! The children have been so excited to share their lovely work.

In year four, we have been studying the book “The Dot.” This is a lovely book all about how everyone is unique and to never give up even if you think you can’t do something! All of the children designed their own dot for a display in our classroom.

Next, in geography, the children were using scales to measure the distance between two places. Some examples they measured were Rush trampoline park to New street station and Cadbury world to the Bullring.

To honour our class saint, St Teresa of Calcutta, the children created some artwork. They firstly had to use water colours to create their own design. Next, they traced an image of St Teresa and stuck them together. We pray that St Teresa watches over year four this year.

They children have thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to Dan and Emily on Open with Creation for the month of September. They have been joining in with the singing and actions to lots of lovely songs all about creation.