Year 4 Outline Plan of Work Sept / Oct 2007
Literacy: | Persuasive writing - manifestos for School Council. Describing the appearance and personality of characters. Report writing - how it is different from a story. Planning a story - beginning, climax and resolution. Historical stories. Developing spelling strategies, commas, verb endings and irregular past tense. |
Numeracy: | Counting, partitioning and calculating, securing number facts and understanding shape. |
Science: | Liquids and solids: Properties, dissolving, mixing, separating. |
History: | The Tudor Monarchs, in particular Henry VII and Henry VIII. The wives of Henry VIII (why did he marry 6 times?). Religion and dissolution of the monasteries. Tudor project - Elizabeth I. |
Geography: | What are the reasons for places being mentioned in the news? Where are these places? News reports on local/national/international items. Exploring the school environment. Rubbish and the environment. Noise issues. |
Technology: Class 4 | Money containers - looking at designing and making a money container. |
Music: | Depicting animals through music. Composing accompaniments using tuned percussion. Phrasing and expression in music. Singing in parts. |
P.E: | Gymnastics: Floor and apparatus work involving rocking and rolling movements. Games: Net and wall games. |
Art: Class 3 | Journey: Investigating maps and representing a journey pictorially. Observational drawing. |
R.E: | Winter festivals, in particular Harvest. |
I.C.T: | Word processing, keyboards skills, writing for different purposes. It across the curriculum. |
P.S.H.E: | Personal development: Different feelings and how they change. Sensitivity to others. Developing opinions about everyday issues. Self esteem. Dealing with 'New Beginnings'. |
French: | Introducing yourself, classroom commands, colours, numbers 1-6. |
Homework: | Numeracy - Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. Literacy - Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. On occasions a piece of work will be set from another subject. Daily reading - (Mon-Fri) minimum 10 mins. Recorded in Homework Diary. Please check your child's homework diary regularly and sign it at the end of each week. Weekly spelling and times tables tests. |
Notes: | P.E./ Games Kit: Both classes - Monday and Wednesday. Art overall: Thursday. |