How can you enrich
your child’s learning?
There is much you can
do as a parent to assist
your children with their
learning:
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What did
you do
today?
Hear your child read regularly – discuss
what they have read, and the meaning
of new words. Enjoy this time
together!
Practice times tables regularly
Encourage your child to complete
their power projects – Help them
research at home.
Tell us about achievements at home –
every step of your child’s development
is important!
Welcome back!
After all the enjoyment of the recent holidays, the
excitement continues with a new and interesting
topic for this half term.
The afternoons will see the class working hard to
understand the topic called ‘HUNTED,’ developing
their research skills promoting their own independent
learning.
This topic has a science focus and key learning will
include:
Recognise that living things can be grouped in
a variety of ways.
Explore and use classification keys to help
group, identify and name a variety of living things in
their local and wider environment.
Construct and interpret a variety of food
chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
Recognise that environments can change and
that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Use and make identification keys for plants
and animals.
We will be focusing on living things and their
habitats.
Curriculum Overview Y4:
Hunted!
Useful websites for fun activities include:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
http://primarygamesarena.com
Contact us by phone at
01254 381875
or by fax at
or on the web at : www.st-nicholas.lancs.sch.uk
St Nicholas Church of England
Primary School
Summer Term 2017
St Nicholas’ Church of England Primary
School
English Literacy>>>
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This half term will see us looking at units such as:
poems with a structure (continuing) and stories with
a theme.
Maths>>>
This half term we are looking at areas such as:
counting and sequencing, decimals and fractions,
fractions and division, measures, shape and area and
multiplication facts and time.
Year 4
In DT, we will be focusing on creating a soup made from
products that could be grown in a local allotment. The process
includes:
Don’t forget your
child must read
every night. Talk to
them about what
they’ve read!
Religious Education>>>
In RE we shall be learning about ‘What is Prayer?’. The aim of
this unit is to: ensure that the children know that prayer is a
way of communicating with God and that we/Christians believe
that God listens and responds.
Physical Education>>>
We will focus on athletics. Key skills will include: To perform
the pull throwing action
]To explore different running techniques
To perform the sling throw
To develop jumping actions
Select an appropriate running technique for distance
To perform a push throw
To perform a start in a sprint type race
To throw for distance using three different throws
To
perform a hop, step and jump
Science>>>
To pass a baton successfully in a race
To perform 5 different jumps
Recognise
that living
can be grouped
a variety of
To perform
in athletic
type things
competitive
events in
(run,
ways.
jump
and throw)
Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify
and name a variety of living things in their local and wider
environment.
Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying
producers, predators and prey.
Recognise that environments can change and that this can
sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Use and make identification keys for plants and animals.
Make life easier for
your child- check
they know their times
tables. Practise your
tables each day!
DT>>>
Ask your
children how to
keep safe on the
internet; they
should be clear
about this!
Information Technology>>>
Evaluation of Existing Products
Investigate similar products to the one to be made
to give starting points for a design.
Draw/sketch products to help analyse and
understand how products are made.
Research needs of user.
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of their
design ideas in relation to purpose/user.
Decide which design idea to develop.
Focused Tasks - Food
Develop sensory vocabulary/knowledge using, smell,
taste, texture and feel.
Analyse the taste, texture, smell and appearance of a
range of foods (predominantly savoury).
Follow instructions/recipes.
Make healthy eating choices – use the Eatwell plate.
Join and combine a range of ingredients.
Explore seasonality of vegetables and fruit.
Develop understanding of how meat/fish are
reared/caught.
Design
Develop more than one design or adaptation of an
initial design.
Plan a sequence of actions to make a product.
Record the plan by drawing using annotated
sketches.
Use prototypes to develop and share ideas.
Think ahead about the order of their work and
decide upon tools and materials.
Propose realistic suggestions as to how they can
achieve their design ideas.
Music>>>
Make
a range
of tools forwith
cutting,
In Select
music from
we will
be continuing
our shaping,
ukulele
joining lessons
and finishing.
with Mr Davies.
Use tools with accuracy.
Select from techniques for different parts of the
process.
Select from materials (ingredients) according to
their functional properties.
Use appropriate finishing techniques