The Year 4 Curriculum at Glen Hills!

Welcome to our Year 4 curriculum! This introduction will outline the main topics for the year and our home/school expectations. Our main Year Plan is on this website

We teach a variety of topics to ensure the pupils acquire both knowledge and skills.

Geography

It’s a Sporting world.

World Climate and Map skills

History

Britain since the 1930s.

ICT

Manipulating and creating images

Introduction to Excel

iPad programming     

Email

Scratch

Create animations

I can animate(ipad)

PE

Swimming

Invasion Games

WW2 Dance

Gymnastics

Striking and fielding – Rounders

Net/wall games – Tennis

RE

Hinduism

Mandir Visit

Christmas

Parables of Jesus

Easter

Rules

Science

Life processes/living and non living things

Humans as organisms.

Rocks and soil

Sound

Magnetism and Electricity

DT

Raising agents

Musical Instruments

Making structures

Music

Music of WW2

Identifying instruments in a pieces of music

Understand how musical elements can create mood

Compose rhythmic ensembles

Record and perform their work

Our expectations of parental / school links…

We fully appreciate the vitality of building home/school links at Glen Hills. Homework and tasks will be given out at regular opportunities for your child in year 4. Please go to our Learning Environment and onto the year 4 page for many super links to sites which will assist both you and your child.

Reading with your child! Probably the most vital aspect of ensuring children get a love of books! Ideally, a little bit of reading together should be done every day with specific questioning of the text they have read to assist with comprehension and secured understanding.

Spellings – these will be given out by your child’s teacher to learn and will follow specific spelling rules for year 4.

Maths – times tables (as detailed by your child’s teacher) and number facts will be given out for homework, as well as reinforcement of techniques learnt in school.