Transcript YEAR 4 Curriculum evening - St Matthew`s RC Primary School

Year 4
Curriculum Evening
Mrs Aitchison
The Daily Routine
9.00am
9.00am – 9.30am
Registration
Reading/ Whole school collective
worship/ Hymn Practice/ Test
9.30am - 10.30am
10.30am – 10.45am
10.50am - 12.15pm
12.15pm – 1.15pm
1.15pm – 2.00pm
2.00pm - 3.20pm
3.20pm
1st lesson
1ST BREAK
2nd lesson
LUNCH
3rd lesson
4th lesson
HOMETIME
Water Bottles
• Children keep their water bottles on their desks. They can fill their
water bottles with fresh water and have a drink after playtime/
dinnertime. Children can also access their bottles for a drink during
lessons.
• They are encouraged to take them home each week to wash them.
Playtime Snack
• Unfortunately KS2 children are not provided with fruit, so we
encourage them to bring in their own for playtime.
Sickness
• If your child is sick during school time then
we will use the contact details you
provided to get in touch with someone to
pick your child up. We will also do this if
they look particularly ill.
• We would not ring if children complain of
e.g. bad stomach (unless otherwise
instructed) but would keep an eye on them
and try various things to help.
Homework in Year 4
• Homework is always an extension of the activities your child has been
working on in class.
• Homework may not always be recorded.
Day
Monday
Friday
Every other Friday
Subject
Spellings
To be handed in
Tested on Friday
Reading Book
Reading diary
Spellings
Maths Games
The following Friday
Changing
As directed
The following Thursday
Class Assemblies
Achievement assemblies take place every Friday at the end of the day. Two children are
chosen each week to receive ‘pupil of the week’. Every effort is made to ensure each child
will receive this award throughout the year. End of term achievement assemblies are on the
following dates;
Autumn
Term
Friday 18th December
Spring
Term
Thursday 24th March
Summer
Term
Friday 8th July
Other dates
Autumn Term
Thursday 26th November
Christmas Craft Fayre
Autumn Term
Wednesday 16th December
Christmas Party
Spring
Term
Wednesday 23rd March
Key Stage 2 Production
Parents evenings
• 9th- 11th November
• 29th- 2nd March
Year 4 Rewards
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House points
Stickers
Privileges (reflection)
Star of the week / Star of the term
Leaves
Year 4 Curriculum
* Core Subjects
English
Maths
Science
ICT/ Computing
RE
* Foundation Subjects
History
Geography
Art
Design & Technology
Music
French
Physical Education
Lessons in Year 4
Children are taught in structured lessons, which consists of 4 main parts:
- Sharing of WALT (we are learning to…)
- Whole class teaching (smartboards / powerpoints / practical and interactive)
- Independent work (individual / paired / small group)
- Plenary (summary of lesson)
Assessment is continuous and tracked to ensure that each child’s unique needs are catered
for.
There will also be an assessment week in the Autumn, Spring and Summer term.
English
Stories with a historical setting
Explanations
Cultural stories
Stories with a dilemma
Persuasive Texts
Phase 1 – get to know genre
Phase 2 – sentence / word work linked to genre
Phase 3 – write own text linked to genre
Writing Focus
• Vocabulary – adjectives, similes, descriptive phrases, interesting and
ambitious words, verbs and adverbs
• Connectives – and, but, so, then, because, if when, although, however, as well
as,
•Openings – First, Just then, Next, Finally, After a while, Also, Immediately,
•Varying sentence openings – start with an adverb, a questions, in the middle
of action
•Punctuation - . , !, ? “ ”
•Spelling
Writing Focus
The man walked down the lane.
The old man strolled down the cobbled
lane.
Just then the old man strolled slowly
down the cobbled lane with a wooden
walking stick in his hand.
Guided Reading
Guided reading sessions last half an hour and are set up as a carousel.
I read with a guided group, while other children work independently in groups developing,
consolidating and applying comprehension skills.
The book the children bring home each week has not been read before in class.
Handwriting – Letter Formation
Children will have regular 10/15 minute handwriting lessons
Spellings
• It has became clear that the children are
memorising spellings that they take home and
so doing well in tests, but on the whole are
struggling to apply rules to new words.
• We will therefore do a ‘blind spelling test’ on a
Monday and some activities/ research based on
the rule. They will also do this at home.
• On the Friday the children will do another test
where they need to apply the rule to new words.
Maths
Number and place value
• Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 100
•Find 1000 more or less than a given number
•Count backwards through negative numbers
•Recognise place value
•Order and compare numbers
•Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
•Estimate numbers
•Solve practical problems using increasingly larger numbers
•Read Roman numerals to 100.
•Add and subtract numbers with 4 digits using columnar addition and subtraction
•Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers
•Solve two step problems in context
•Recall multiplication and division facts up to 12x12
•Multiply and divide mentally
•Multiply 2 and 3 digit numbers using formal written method
•Recognise and show common equivalent fractions
•Count up and down in hundredths
•Add and subtract fractions
•Recognise and write decimal equivalents
•Round decimals to the nearest whole number
•Compare numbers with decimals
•Solve money and measure problems involving fractions and decimals
Understanding Shape
• Compare and classifiy geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles
•Identify acute and obtuse angles and compare angles
•Identify lines of symmetry
•Complete a symmetric figure
Measuring
• Convert between different units of measure
•Measure and calculate the perimeter of a shape
•Find the area of shapes
•Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and
pence.
•Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital clocks
•Solve time problems
Statistics
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Interpret and present data using appropriate graphical methods including bar charts
and time graphs.
•Solve difference problems using information presented in graphs.
Position and direction
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Describe positions on a 2D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant
Describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the
left/right and up/down
Plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon
Calculating Strategies
Strategies for adding
• Putting the larger number first and counting on
6 + 27 =
27 + 6 =
• Using knowledge of number bonds
6+8+4
=6+4+8
= 10 + 8
= 18
Addition
14 + 25 =
Partitioning into tens and ones
14 + 25 =
10 + 20 = 30
4+5=9
30 + 9 = 39
Empty Number Line
+10
14
+10
24
+5
34
39
Addition Column method
94
+25
119
86
+2 5
11 1
1
Subtraction
Counting on on an empty number line
65 – 34 =
10
6
34
40
10
50
5
60
65
Subtraction Column method
65 – 34 =
74 – 46 =
65
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34
31
6
1
74
46
Partition the second number e.g.
45 – 23 =
45 – 20 = 25
25 – 3 = 22
Multiplication
Partitioning into tens and ones
23 x 5 =
20 x 5 = 100 (2 x 5 = 10)
3 x 5 = 15
100 + 15 = 115
34
x 3
10 2
1
Sharing
If I share 12 sweets between
4 children, how many will they
have each?
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12 ÷ 4 = 3
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Grouping
How many 4s in 12?
12 ÷ 4 = 3
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On a number line
48 ÷ 4 =
1
10
0
40
1
44
48
Short division
An extra 5 minutes?!
It will really aid the children if they can confidently and rapidly recall
number facts such as:
Number bonds to 10, 20, 100
Counting forward/back from any number
Adding/Subtracting 1/10
Multiplication facts for X2, x5, x10 x3 x4 tables
Doubles and corresponding halves
Science
• Living things
• Changes of state
• Sound
• Electricity
• The water cycle
• Digestive system
ICT/ Computing
The children have one ICT lesson a week in the ICT room.
• E Safety
• Computer Science
• Emailing
• Digital Literacy
• Databases
Religious Education
Religious Education is based on the new “Come and See”
programme.
Autumn Term
People, Called, Judaism, Reconciliation, Advent
Spring Term
Community, Giving and Receiving (Eucharist), Self Discipline
Summer Term
New Life, Building Bridges, God’s People
History/ Geography
TERM
TITLE
AUTUMN
1
Ancient Egypt
AUTUMN
2
Angry Earth
SPRING 1
Italy/ America
SPRING 2
What were the Romans doing in Durham?
SUMMER 1
Region in the UK
SUMMER 2
Field Work
PE lessons take place on a Wednesday afternoon
PE
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P.E kit is needed for all PE lessons. Please ensure that all items, including plimsolls, are labelled.
The children are following the ‘real PE’ programme where they will look at:
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Personal skills
Social skills
Cognitive skills
Creative skills
Applying physical skills
Health and Fitness
MUSIC
• Music lessons take place on a Friday 9:45- 10:30 with Mrs Bell. The children will study the
following:
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Ostinato
Christingle, keyboard skills
Vivaldi- the Four Seasons
Easter Production
Program Music
French
• The children have an hour of French every Thursday morning.
• This is taught by Mrs Thomas.
Grammar: Regular verbs, adjective endings, adverbs and
connectives
Key questions and answers: time, daily routine, birthday, where
you live, simple opinions
Vocabulary: time, daily routine, months, seasons, geography of
France, numbers to 60, transport and school subjects
Talking Partners
The children are paired up into talking partners. The
children sit next to their talking partners during teaching
time, if this is necessary.
• It encourages children to listen to other children, promoting speaking and
listening skills.
• It provides less confident children the opportunity to share ideas first.
• Social benefits – children talk to and work with children in their peers
group who they may not have previously worked with.
Marking
• All children’s work is marked with 2 positive comments if
relevant.
• A challenge / next step is also identified.
Assessment
The children are no longer assessed according to levels. They are
assessed against Year group expectations and so when tested they may
appear as emerging, expected or exceeding.
Year 4 – “An open door”
• I am in school most mornings by 8am and
usually leave at 4pm.
• Please come and see me about anything that is
concerning or worrying you.
• Contact the office to make an appointment.