Year 4

Meet the team:

Mr A Bang, Mrs C Dalziel, Mrs A Evans, Miss S Duncan

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Our Curriculum

The Anglo-Saxons

This year we will journey back in time and study how the end of the Roman occupation opened the way for invaders from northern Europe and Ireland. We will use the book Beowulf and others to inspire our writing as well! We will answer such questions such as: Who were the Anglo-Saxons? Where did they come from? What were their greatest achievements? Who were they succeeded by? We will also see how they influenced our local area and what legacies they left behind.

The Vikings

We will look at these famous invaders and dig down to find out the truth behind the myths and legends. What did they bring? How did they shape our country? What is their lasting legacy? As geographers we will look at where they came from and what attracted them to our shores. As historians we will look at contemporary accounts and archaeological artifacts to take a glimpse into how these Scandinavian invaders really lived.

Around the World

Our final topic will allow to us travel both locally and worldwide. We will cross the Atlantic Ocean to North America where we will learn about key physical and human features along with learning how mountain ranges and rivers have been formed. We will study how land use has changed in Yorkshire, paying special attention to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Bretton Hall. What was this land and the surrounding area originally used for? Who built the hall? What was it used for originally? How has it's uses changed through the years? Lots of questions which we will answer using our excellent research and amazing presentation skills which we will have developed throughout the year. This topic will allow us to enhance our map reading skills and identify features on a map and in an atlas too. 

Maths

We will be using a collaboration of resources to teach maths this year. Our aim is to improve our fluency in the recall of facts and also our methods that we use to calculate. We will also use elements of the Maths No Problem program that gives us lots of opportunity to discuss and explain our learning. We will do lots of learning in pairs and groups. Throughout the year we will also have a huge push on learning all of our times tables.

English

In writing we will focus on sentence structure and securing the use of basic punctuation to improve cohesion within our writing. We will look at Finnish folk tales, historical reports and a wide range of literature in order to expose the children to as diverse a selection of texts as possible. We are aiming to give the children their own voice in using the Writing for Pleasure materials so that our pupils are given the tools they need to then put their own ideas into published texts.

Science

As scientists we will explore how we hear sound and what changes the sounds we hear. We will learn all about how energy is made and what we can do to help the world in the future. Our topic on States of Matter will help us to find out how materials change from solids to liquids to gases. Finally, we will find out about how animals and humans change as they mature and the habitats that animals live in.

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