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Year 4 The Romans
English
In English this term we are
focusing on poetry and stories
from other cultures.
In Poetry, we will be:
Reading and exploring a
range of poems by Joseph
Coelho.
Performing poems.
Finding features of poems.
Writing our own poems
based on a poet.
For our second unit we will be
exploring ‘The village that
vanished’ by Ann Grifalconi. We
will be:
Exploring different cultures.
Describing a settings and
characters.
Focusing on our inference
skills to explore events.
Maths
This term Year 4 children will
learning the important skills in
place value and addition and
subtraction.
We will be learning to:
Recognise the place value of each digit in a four digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens and ones)
Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 10
Solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above and with increasingly large positive numbers
Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers
Read Roman numerals to 100
Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where
Science
In Science, we will be learning
about living things and their
habitat.
We will be learning to:
Research different habitats
and the different living
things that live there
Group animals based on
observable features
Classify animals into specific
groups
Use a classification grids to
identify a particular type of
animal
Identify different types of
trees in our local
environment
To understand the positive
and negative effect of
humans on living things and
the environment
Opportunities for SMSC
Year 4 the children will:
Engage in practical activities which
require them to engage in team
work and show mutual respect for
each other.
Be sharing their life experiences
and aspirations and show respect
for other’s opinions in PSHE.
Learn how to respectfully and
courteously challenge each other’s
opinions in class discussions.
Value of the Term
Confidence
Topic
During topic we will be looking at
Romans and their Empire. During
the first lesson the children will be
recording their prior knowledge and
discussing any misconceptions they
may have. This leads on to ordering
dates and events on a
timeline. Children will also be given
an opportunity to look at and
handle artefacts, collecting
evidence from these and explaining
how the lives of the rich and poor
differed. Children will be gathering
evidence about what life was like in
Britain before the Romans arrived,
explaining why the Romans were
successful in their invasion and
what life was like in Roman Britain.
DT
In DT, children be learn to make
bread, similar to the type that
Ancient Romans and soldiers would
have made. The children will take
part in researching bread and taking
part in bread tasting. They will then
move on to designing their bread
and making it. After that, they will
be tasting their bread and evaluate
it.
Computing
In ICT, children will be reviewing
online safety and why it is
important to keep passwords safe.
Children will use a program called
purple mash to interact with a
range of ICT units.
Children will learn to:
Create a presentation on how
to stay safe online
Understand how the internet
helps us to communicate
P.E.
In PE this term, we will be learning about Gymnastics and Football.
The children will be focusing on the following skills:
Agility and stamina
Footwork
Good team work
Spatial awareness
Co-ordination
Strength
Speed
PSHCE
The new school year will start off
with all children recapping rules,
rights and responsibilities. School
council will be elected and children
will revisit the importance of having
a good behaviour for learning. Last-
ly we will also learn about citizen-
ship and how to live in the wider
world.
How you can help your child at
home
Ensuring that your child
arrives at school at 8.45am for
morning registration.
Reading with your child daily
working on inferencing and
comprehension skills.
Ensuring that your child wears
suitable (labelled) clothing
dependent on weather.
Contacting the school if your
child is not well enough to