Year 4

2020-2021

Welcome to our Year 4 Classes!

Mrs. Lyons, Mr. Keenan and Mrs. Murray and all of our support staff are 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.

You may wish to contact Mrs Murray

or Mr Keenan or Mrs Lyons about an educational issue.

Mrs Murray can be contacted at 4m@lawrence-primary.co.uk

Mr Keenan or Mrs Lyons can be contacted at 4k@lawrence-primary.co.uk

We will do our best to answer any questions you may have.

Curriculum Intent

We want our Year 4 children to be open minded, independent, respectful, resilient, active, creative and forward thinking.

If we should go into lockdown again, please follow our Remote Learning in Year 4

Year 4	9.00am	10.00am	10.30am	12.00pm	1.30pm

			English		Topic work
Monday	Maths	Online PE with Mr Goudie	Bug Club	Active Read:	Go to Classroom
	MyMaths	on Google Meet	Go to Classroom	Go to Classroom	Geography: Water Cycle
	TT Rockstars and Numbots		Look in English for today's work		Spanish - subjects and opinions
			English		Topic work
Tuesday	PE	Maths	Bug Club	Active Read:	Go to Classroom
		MyMaths	Go to Classroom	Go to Classroom	Geography: Water Cycle
		TT Rockstars and Numbots	Look in English for today's work		RE
			English		Topic work
Wednesday	PE	Maths	Bug Club	Active Read:	Go to Classroom
		MyMaths	Go to Classroom	Go to Classroom	PSHE
		TT Rockstars and Numbots	Look in English for today's work		Dreams and Goals
			English		Topic work
Thursday	PE	Maths	Bug Club	Active Read:	Go to Classroom
		MyMaths	Go to Classroom	Go to Classroom	Science-Living Things
		TT Rockstars and Numbots	Look in English for today's work		Spanish - subjects and opinions
			English		Topic work
Friday	PE	Maths	Bug Club	Active Read:	Go to Classroom
		MyMaths	Go to Classroom	Go to Classroom	Computing
		TT Rockstars and Numbots	Look in English for today's work		Art

Curriculum Overview

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
English	Space Explorer! Christophe’s Story Sounds Spooky Creating Images SPAG	The World’s Weirdest Sports The Grand Tour The Spiderwick Chronicles Exploring Poetic Form SPAG	The Shang Dynasty The Iron Man The Grand Tour Exploring Poetic Language Poems about Animals and the Outdoors SPAG
Maths	Place Value Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Geometry	Measurement, fractions and decimals	Data Problem Solving
Science	Find out how sound travels Digestion and different types of teeth	Living Things – Classification and Habitats	Electricity Looking at States of Matter
Art	Native North American Artefacts linked to Jewellery Design	Art of Sonia Delaunay	Design and make a model of the Iron Man
DT	Food Technology. Healthy Eating.	Food Technology Healthy Eating	Light Designers Evaluation
History	Child in the Past	What was important to our local Victorians?	What happened when the Romans came?
Geography	Can You Come on a Great American Road Trip?	Does water go round and round?	“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? Easter Focus Eid Focus Christians - compare with Hindus/Jewish people/Muslims	L2.9 What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong? Christians, Jewish people and nonreligious people L2.8 What does it mean to be in Hindu in Britain today? Hindus

The Crazy Computer Girls

We were shortlisted for the 2021 Childnet Film Award and our girls received some really amazing prizes!

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.

Year 4 Science

We have been writing about "Electricity"

Year 4 Geography

We have been writing about "A Great American Road Trip"

Year 4 English

We have been writing about "William Shakespeare"

What was it like for children in the past?

This is one of our History topics. We wrote a script based on what toys we thought children played with in the past.

Year 4 English

We have been writing about "Rain before Rainbows" as part of our recovery curriculum.

COVID SAFETY BREAK TIMES: YEARS 3 and 4

	DUTY	FIRST AID
MONDAY	Mrs Murray (Y4) LSO (Y3)	Mrs Topping
TUESDAY	Mrs Lyons (Y4) LSO (Y3)	Mrs Topping
WEDNESDAY	Mr Keenan (Y4) LSO (Y3)	Mrs Topping
THURSDAY	Miss Goldsmith (Y3) LSO (Y4)	Mrs Topping
FRIDAY	Miss Bullock (Y3) LSO (Y4)	Mrs Topping