Year 4 Curriculum Overview Spring Term 1

How to support your child’s learning at home: • Please make sure that you look at, and sign, your child’s journal every week.

• Listen to your child read for 10 minutes every day.

• Help them to learn their times tables.

• Ensure that your child completes their homework.

• Provide your child with a quiet place to

work/read.

Don’t forget that PE kits are required in school all term.

Homework goes home on a Friday and is due in by Tuesday.

Spellings go home on Friday to be tested the following Thursday.

Adults who work with us: Mrs Chapman 4 Willow Teacher Mrs Foote 4 Sycamore Teacher Miss Hough 4 Chestnut Teacher Mrs Aslam Support Assistant Mrs Shah Support Assistant Mr Pearce PE/Support Assistant Mr Roberts PE/Support Assistant Miss Harvey ICT Teacher Miss Ahssan Support Assistant

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If you have any concerns about your child and wish to discuss them please contact us on: 01282 612063 Or visit: www.lomeshaye.lancs.sch.uk

Lomeshaye Junior School Norfolk St Nelson Lancashire BB9 7SY

Curriculum Overview Year 4 Spring Term 1

English: English: We are spending this half term focusing

We are spending this term focusing upon recounts texts, in half particular upon recounts texts, in particular newspapers. The children will be working newspapers. will be working towards writing The theirchildren own newspaper in towards writing their own newspaper in conjunction with our theme of Space. We conjunction with our theme of Space. will continue to build on our grammar We will continue build onspeech. our grammar skills includingtoreported skills including reported speech.

Creative CreativeCurriculum: Curriculum: The children will be researching the

The children will flight be researching the science of space and designing science of space flight and designing and making their own space rockets. and making their own space rockets.

We will find out about the history of the We will find outwhich aboutwill theform history Moon Landings partofofthe Moon Landings will at form our Literacy workwhich and look life part on of our Literacy and look at life on board a spacework station. board a space station.

Maths: Maths: We will continue to work hard in Maths,

We willwith continue to work hard in from Maths, starting reinforcing our work last starting reinforcing our work Half Termwith on column addition and from last Half Term on column addition and subtraction.

We will also be measuring subtraction. also be measuring and handling We datawill related to our Space and handling data related to our theme, where we will compare theSpace planets where we willWe compare planets intheme, our Solar System. will alsothe build on in our Solar System.

We will also build our knowledge of place value, fractions on ourmental knowledge of placemethods value, fractions and and written of and mental and written methods of division. division.

ICT: ICT: The children will be using green screen

Visits: Visits: There are currently no plans for any visits

Art Artand andMusic: Music: In Music we will be listening to and

P.E. P.E. This Half Term we will be developing

The children will be using green technology to produce movies of screen technology to produce movies of themselves in space. themselves in space.

This same technology will also be used to This same technology will also betravel used to present news reports about space present news reports about space travel and moon landings. and moon landings.

In Music we be listening and responding towill music that has to been responding to music that as hascomposing been inspired

by Space as well inspired by Space as well as composing our own pieces. ourart own pieces.

Our work will also be inspired by our Our art work also inspired by our study of Spacewill and thebe planets.

The study ofwill Space and the planets. children continue to work withThe Mrs children will continue to work Marshall and will create a ‘Junkwith Mrs Marshall and will create a ‘Junk Orchestra’.

Orchestra’.

There currently no plans for any visits this halfare term, but watch this space! this half term, but watch this space!

This Half gymnastics Term we willskills. be developing children’s children’s gymnastics Please ensure that yourskills. child’s PE kit is in Please ensure that your child’s PE kit is in school for every lesson and has their school every and has theirhalf name in.for It can belesson taken home every name in.

It can be taken home every half term. term.

No jewelry is allowed during PE lessons.

No allowed during PE lessons.

Also jewelry this halfisterm, Burnley Football Club Also half term, Burnley will bethis in school to teach the Football children Club will be in school to teach the children Multi Skills.

Multi Skills.