As readers we will…
 Infer and discuss our ideas when
listening to wide range of fiction, nonfiction and reference books or
textbooks
 Apply growing knowledge of root words,
prefixes and suffixes to understand
the meaning of new words.
 Select, scan and take notes on nonfiction texts
 Draw inferences such as inferring
characters’ feelings, thoughts and
motives from their actions
As authors we will…
Compose and rehearse sentences orally
Discuss different types of poetry
Develop and use persuasive language
In non-narrative writing, use simple
organisational devices (for examplee and sub-headings)
headings
 Use cause and effect conjunctions
 Build a varied and rich vocabulary
 Develop sentence structure using
fronted adverbials and subordination
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As performers we will…
 Maintain attention and participate
actively in collaborative conversations
 Compose and perform poems
 Use spoken language to develop
understanding through hypothesising,
imagining and exploring ideas
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Sketch rainforest animals
Use line, tone, shape and colour to
represent figures and form in
movement
Adapt and improve our original design
Use shading to create mood and
feeling
Miss Begum and Mrs Rixon
Key questions:
 What is a rainforest?
 How can we describe the
rainforest?
 What’s so special about the
Amazon?
 What geographical threats do
rainforests face?
 How can we save endangered
species?
fractions, mixed numbers and negative
numbers
subtraction
 Group addition and subtraction Math
 Creating rainforest imagery
through poems
 Understand the features of
rainforests
 Develop a fact file on the
Amazon
 Write a persuasive letter to
stop deforestation
 Produce rainforest species’ art
Stories
 Use the grid method to multiply two
digit numbers
 Use compasses to draw circles
 Use vocabulary such as arc, chord,
circumference, radius and diameter
 Calculate the circumference of a circle
 Mentally calculate the product of 3
numbers and decimal fractions
 Use the index notation for the powers
of ten
As artists we will…
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As geographers we will…
 Develop and improve our swimming technique
 Respond imaginatively to a range of stimuli
 Use simple patterns to structure dance phrases on
their own and in groups
 Improve communication and teamwork skills
 Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity
challenges both individually and within a team
 Mentally calculate Math Stories using
 Calculate vertical addition and
What goes on in
the rainforest?
Part 1
As athletes we will…
As mathematicians we will…
Trip: Zoolab (in school)
Tuesday 26th January
Key outcomes:
As good citizens we will…
 Explore and understand British values
 Understand the freedom of faith and
acceptance
 Understand our place in a culturally
diverse society
 Explore and understand the importance
of laws and decision making
Year 4 Spring 1
As artists we will…
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Sketch rainforest animals
Use line, tone, shape and colour to
represent figures and form in
movement
Adapt and improve our original design
Use shading to create mood and
feeling
Locate the word’s continents and countries, using maps to focus on South
America
Identify the main rainforests of the world using maps and atlases
Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
Understand geographical similarities and differences through comparing life
in Loughborough and life in the Amazon
Explore different views on an environmental issue (impact of deforestation)
Suggest ways a locality can be changes and improved