Year 4
Welcome to our Year 4 Classes!
The Year 4 teachers are all really proud to be working with our Year 4 children this year. Keep checking these pages for pictures of the exciting things we are doing in class.
Curriculum Intent
We want our Year 4 children to be open minded, independent, respectful, resilient, active, creative and forward thinking.
Curriculum Overview
Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | |
English | |||
Maths |
| Measurement, fractions and decimals Multiplication and Division Geometry
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Science | |||
Art | Jewellery Design linked to North American Artefacts | Art of Sonia Delaunay | Design and make a model of the Iron Man |
DT | We are Healthy Food Designers | We are Shell Structure Designers | We are Electric Lighting Designers |
History | Child in the Past | What was important to our local Victorians? | |
Geography | “Is Climate Cool?” | ||
PE | Develop ball skills and teamwork through a variety of team games Dance | Cardio – Coordination: Floor Movement Patterns | Cardio – Dynamic Balance to Agility |
Spanish | Descriptions of hair and eyes (I) Big green monster story Brothers and sisters 1 – 39 (add/subtract, odds/evens, double/halve) | Weather linked with months + seasons X10 – 60 (RRP) | The children will learn about: food and drink for a picnic - sandwich fillings/ice cream flavours Euros 1 – 69 (all operations) |
Computing | We are Programming Problem Solvers | We are Software Developers | We are Co-authors |
Music | Pitch and volume linked to sound in Science | Clarinets | Reflect, Rewind, Replay |
RE | L2.3 Why is Jesus inspiring to some people? Christians | L2.5 Why are festivals important to religious communities Hindus - Diwali Christians - Harvest, Pentecost, Christmas, Easter Muslims - Pillars of Islam, Eid
| L2.9 What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong? Christians and nonreligious people L2.8 What does it mean to be in Hindu in Britain today? Hindus |
Well done to our fantastic Year 4 Pony riders on getting their Grooming, Points of Tack and Pony Club Test badges and for passing the Standards of Efficiency Test "E"
Year 4 Clarinets led by our new music teacher!
Thanks to Miss Dignham for all her hard work this year!
Some Year 4 dancing...we think...
Music in Year 4
Music in Year 4
Music in Year 4
Music in Year 4
Year 4 have been bringing their old books in to share with them with each other. What kind children!
We designed and made a healthy snack. We used knives to cut the food up and skewers to put it back together again.
We wanted to see what would happen to these egg shells when we put them in various liquids.
We wanted to make our investigation a fair test but someone decided to play football with the egg that was in the fizzy orange!
After a few days, we looked at the egg shells to see if there was any change.
Our teeth!
In Year 4, we are learning how sound travels!
In Christophe's Story, we acted out what it might be like if we were Christophe.
Black Role Models at Lawrence
Donna Palmer from School Improvement Liverpool came into school to talk about inspirational role models from the past, present and future. We all thought she was inspirational as well!
We are using equipment to help us with place value in maths.
In PSHE, for Being Me in My World, we had a visitor come in to talk about anxiety and how we can deal with it at home and in school.
In Real PE, we are learning how to take control and work well with others.
In music, we are learning how to use the clarinet and link it to pitch and volume and sound in science.
The Crazy Computer Girls
We were shortlisted for a Childnet Film Award and our girls received some really amazing prizes!
The Crazy Computer Girls!
Year 4 English
We have been writing about "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
Year 4 English
We have been writing about "The Shang Dynasty"
Year 4 RE
We have been writing about Islam and comparing it to other religions.
Year 4 PSHE
We have been using vocabulary from our curriculum intent as word photos.
