Mon Sep 6 2010

Year 4

THE NATIONAL NUMERACY STRATEGY

KEY OBJECTIVES TAUGHT IN YEAR 4

  • Use symbols corectly, including less than (<), greater than (>), equals (=).
  • Round any positive integer less than 1000 to the nearest 10 or 100.
  • Recognise simple fractions that are several parts of a whole, and mixed numbers; recognise the equivalence of simple fractions.
  • Use known number facts and place value to add or subtract mentally, including any pair of two-digit whole numbers.
  • Carry out column addition and subtraction of two integers less than 1000, and column addition of more than two such integers.
  • Know by heart facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 multiplication tables.
  • Derive quickly division facts corresponding to the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 multiplication tables.
  • Find remainders after division
  • Know and use the relationships between familiar units of length, mass and capacity.
  • Classify polygons, using criteria such as number of right angles, whether or not they are regular, symmetry properties.
  • Choose and use appropriate number operations and ways of calculating (mental, mental with jottings, pencil and paper) to solve problems.

THE NATIONAL LITERACY STRATEGY

THIS A SUMMARY OF THE RANGE OF WORK FOR EACH TERM IN YEAR 4

TERM 1

  • Historical stories and short novels
  • Plat scripts
  • Poems based on common themes

TERM 2

  • Stories/novels about imagined worlds
  • Stories in series
  • Classic and modern poetry, including poems from different cultures and times

TERM 3

  • Stories/ short novels, etc that raise issues
  • Stories by the same author
  • Stories from other cultures
  • A range of poetry in different forms

THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CURRICULUM

The RE Curriculum followed by all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham is called LEARNING AND GROWING AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD. It has five strands. In Year 4 the following areas are covered.

THE LITURGICAL YEAR

  • Advent
  • Christmas
  • Lent
  • Holy Week
  • Easter
  • Pentecost

SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE

  • Creation and the Story of Abraham
  • Old Testament: Moses to King David
  • Jesus: Light of the World

THE SACRAMENTS

  • Jesus: Light of the World
  • Old Testament: Moses to King David
  • Lent: Living as Followers of Jesus Today
  • Sharing in the Life of Christ

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

  • Sharing in the Life of Christ
  • Special Roles and Responsibilities

PRAYER

  • Jesus Teaches Us How To Pray

THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM

  • Life Processes and Living Things
    • Nutrition
    • Teeth
    • Micro Organisms
    • Animals
    • Adaptation/Classification
  • Materials and Their Properties
    • Change in Materials
  • Physical Processes
    • Electricity
    • Forces

THE HISTORY CURRICULUM

  • Tudors
  • Ancient Egypt

THE GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM

  • Rivers
  • Ireland

THE ART CURRICULUM

The following elements are the basis of the art curriculum and are taught through various ways as follows:

  • Painting
    • portrait painting using a variety of paints, brushes and inks with greater detail
    • using rags, sticks, knives, rollers and sponges
    • painting models using equipment other than a brush
    • cromar
    • painting onto cloth, canvas or textured surface
    • wax resist and wax and scratch
  • Line and Tone
    • tonal values: light dark tints and shades
    • experiment with pencils, chalks and pens and consider the effects
    • study colours close in tone and differentiate with outline and lighter and darker background
  • Drawing
    • investigate line and movement
    • observational drawing with view finder
    • portraits and life drawing with greater accuracy and in miniature
    • shading to create volume
    • drawing to design and use of diagrams
    • camera
  • Colour Mixing
    • with a variety of materials
    • tertiary colours
    • tints and shades
    • use cromar and see that colours do not mix
    • encourage own initiative in colour mixing
  • Pattern and Texture
    • examine patterned material
    • pattern and texture in fruit and flowers
    • pattern in Egyptian hieroglyphics
  • Textiles
    • dyeing and resist
    • printing onto cloth
  • Information Technology
    • close detailed work with the aid of zoom facility
  • Printing
    • batik on Egyptian design
  • Shape Form and Space
    • proportion and composition

THE MUSIC CURRICULUM

  • Composition
    • Developing themes which may be cross curricular and composing short musical pieces in pairs, groups and as a whole class.
  • Vocal Skills
    • These are developed during singing practice with other classes.
  • Religious Music
    • Pupils study our Catholic musical heritage, learn various Mass settings such as the Sanctus and Kyrie, and are introduced to plain chant.
  • All pupils continue to learn to play the recorder. They may audition for the choir and may join classical guitar lessons after school as private tuition.
  • Sing songs and rounds developing control of diction, breathing and tempo, and an awareness of performing with others.
  • Explore, combine, organise and record sounds, using simple structures to create intended moods and atmospheres.
  • Rehearse, share and communicate their performances with others using a variety of symbols where appropriate.
  • Identify and distinguish between changes in character and mood in music.
  • Respond to and discuss music from different times and places.