English: We will share some lovely texts that support our topic theme including those about mountains and habitats. We will also be using the story of ‘A matter of loaf and death’ to write stories with a dilemma and we will also produce our own non-fiction information texts about our topic work.
Science: Living things and their Habitats
During this half term we will learn about food chains and animal survival, predators and prey. We will learn that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways and explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things. We will find out about how environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. Man made changes such as pollution and environmental changes.
Maths: This half term we will learn about…
Number - Decimals –
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tenths and hundredths
- Compare decimals
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Order decimals
- Round decimals
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Number – Money
Converting pounds and pence
Add, subtract and give change
We must also know all times table facts
Geography - We will learn about the human and physical changes in the environment and learn about the Mountain Ranges of the world, the different types of mountain and how they are created
Throughout this topic we will the men and women who have studied the world around us and those that campaign and raise awareness of the ways our world and habitats are changing, encouraging us all to conserve the planet for future generations.
Music: We will consider- How Does Music shape our life? -
We will learn about time signatures, create rhythmic patterns using: Minims, dotted crotchets, crotchets quavers and semi-quavers.
We will create melodic patterns using: G, A, B , D and on the Glockenspiel
Art & Design
For our Art unit we will consider how illustration can add power to our writing by studying the unique style of Quentin Blake. We will experiment with outdoor sketching and mark marking, before following up with some environmental illustrations in watercolour and ink to help empower our environmental writing in science.
R.E : Islam
Year 4 Summer 1/Half-term 5: ‘Our Changing World’
Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan?
We will think about the importance of showing commitment to a belief, value or community and we will learn about the importance of Ramadan , fasting and the Five Pillars of Islam .
PSHE: We think about and discuss ‘A world without judgement’. We will learn about equality, cohesion and diversity. We will think about our own strengths and discuss how to break down barriers for those less able.
Computing: This term we will learn about creating our own musical compositions music using ‘Busy Beats’ and 2Sequence.
PE: This half term we will be working in our school environment and developing our team work and orienteering skills.