Author: Jack Edwards

Year 4—Summer 1
Curriculum Overview

Building Britain

Writing
In our mini-mission, we will be writing a narrative story of a day travelling through a UK city we have researched.. We will also be writing facts files and persuasive adverts for our chosen cities.

Reading
We will be reading with fluency and becoming more confident with reading to partners or teachers. We will be focusing on The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo in guided reading and as a whole class read we are beginning the Harry Potter series.

Geography
In our mini-mission we will be focussing on how Britain was built, how the topography of the land altered land usage and the countries of the UK.

Art
During art lessons we will be exploring the work of Sir Charles Rennie Mackintosh to inspire us to sketch a building design before creating it.

Computing
In computing, are focusing on the impact of photograph editing. We will discuss the ethics around changing images and how different ways we can edit images..

Physical Education
In our athletics block we are getting ready for sports day by improving our pace in running, distance in jumping and accuracy in throwing to create new personal bests

Religious Education
Our RE topic for this half term is What is the best way for a Buddhist to lead a good life? To answer this question we will focus on the eight fold path Buddhists follow and in particular having a ‘right livelihood’

PSHE / RSE
In PSHE we are looking at Relationships. We will focus on how we can maintain healthy relationships with friends and family and also deal with loss.

Mathematics
In Mathematics, we are continuing to delve into decimals to answer more complex questions. This will be followed by understanding money. We will be using real life examples to answer problems including change and conversions between pounds and pence. Finally, we will gain a deeper understanding of time by using analogue and digital clocks to tell the time and convert between a 12 hour and 24 hour clock.