Class Teacher: Mr Mackenzie

Term Four

Our value this term: Forgiveness

This term our enquiry will be "How is the natural world unpredictable?'

Throughout this enquiry, we will build upon the children's prior knowledge and understanding of how the natural world is unique as well as its sources of power and how we as humans use it. In year 4, we will explore how nature and its power and can be both beneficial and a threat to human life. We will further explore how the natural world changes and continues to change over time.

Enquiry questions:

What is the land like around us?
What was it like for the Romans in Italy? 

Why does the Earth sometimes shake?
What is the difference between a volcano and a mountain? (Pompeii)
What makes Somerset flood?  

How can humans be more powerful than nature?
Where would I choose to live?  

English

In English this term, we will reading  the text 'A storm called Katrina'. This narrative follows the true events of Hurricane Katrina with a fictional twist and a focus on the effect natural disasters can have on the world. We will continue to develop our reading skills by retrieving information, inferring the text to understand character feelings and emotions and exploring new vocabulary. The children will use these skills to visualise, predict and sequence events to showcase their understanding. In writing, the children will be writing their own story from the perspective of one of the book's characters, as well as an explanation text on how to survive a storm.

Maths

In Maths this term, we will be looking at understanding  and manipulating multiplicative relationships and further deepening our knowledge of number by exploring the relationships between factors and products as well as dividends and quotients. Following this, we will be looking at coordinates. Throughout the term, we will continue to do regular timetable practice to prepare best we can for this summer's multiplication check.

Art/DT

In DT we will be studying textiles as the children design and create a book cover.

PSHE

Our topic for Term three in PSHE is 'Healthy Me'. This has a focus on healthier friendships, group dynamics, smoking, alcohol, assertiveness, peer pressure and celebrating inner strength

RE

This term in RE will be studying Salvation where we will focus particularly on the events of Holy Week.We will:

• Make clear links between Gospel texts and how Christians remember, celebrate and serve on Maundy Thursday, including Holy Communion. 

• Describe how Christians show their beliefs about Jesus in their everyday lives: for example, prayer, serving, sharing the message and the example of Jesus. 

• Raise questions and suggest answers about how serving and celebrating, remembering and betrayal, trust and standing up for your beliefs might make a difference to how pupils think and live.

PE

This term in PE, we will be focusing on our coordiantion and ball skills as well as being taught a unit of cricket by the sport coaches.