Foundation Subjects
History
Ancient Greece
This term we will be focusing on Ancient Greece. Here are our objectives:
- Explore how modern life is still influenced by Ancient Greece
- Understand the life of a child
- Compare ancient and modern day olympic games
Ancient Greece Knowledge Organiser
RE
Christianity
Focus question: Why is the Bible so important for Christians?
Children will:
- explore teachings from the Bible
- describe what moral guidance Christians take from the Bible
- Learn how Christians use the Bible
- Reflect on how Christians see God as their authority figure
PE
This half term, the children will be developing their Dance skills, inspired by Romans. These are their objectives:
- Keep in time with my group in a performance
- Perform movements with high or low energy with control
- Dance in unison and canon with a partner/group performing a range of movement patterns
- Perform dance movements using variety of space elements e.g. levels, formations and pathways
- Perform with expression and energy
- Can use their own movements based on a range of themes to create a dance performance
Roman Dance Knowledge Organiser
They will also be taking part in Indoor Athletics, their objectives are as follows:
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Co-ordinate the steps on the 5 strides
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Complete each test successfully, measure and record one another’s scores accurately
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Chest push, using their legs for power, following through with hands, pointing fingers
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Continue speed bounce for the 30 seconds without stopping, keeping their body upright to help with balance
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Improve their speed by pumping arms fast when sprinting
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Push through their legs when jumping to increase power
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Drive forwards or upwards using their arms and legs to generate power
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Compete with confidence and record their results
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Compare and improve performance to get two or more Personal Bests
Indoor Athletics Knowledge Organiser
Computing
In computing the children are learning to understand computing systems and the internet. These are their objectives:
Can I explore connecting networks?
Can I explain what the internet is made of?
Can I explain what a website is?
Can I explore ownership of the web?
Can I explore real and fake information?
They also have a lesson each half term on online safety on how to stay safe online.
Art
In art, we are focusing on drawing and exploring tone, texture and proportion. These are the things we will be covering:
- Create a three-dimensional effect by using contrasting tones to show light and dark.
- Combine lines and marks to represent different textures.
- Use lines and marks in different ways to represent dark and light areas (tone).
- Comparing the sizes of different objects to draw them in proportion.
- Represent the size of one object relative to another.
- Consider where to place each element thinking carefully about the space.
- Show texture in the collage.
- Use the impasto technique to create textured effects.
PSHE
In PSHE, we are focusing on Health and Wellbeing. These are our objectives:
- Identify and share key facts about dental health.
- Describe a calm place that helps them to feel relaxed.
- Describe how they feel when they make a mistake and explain what can be learned from making mistakes.
- Write or describe their strengths and how they could use these in school.
- Describe what makes them happy, suggesting how they could work towards this as a goal.
- Explain that there are some things they can control and others they cannot.
- Understand the range of emotions we can experience.
- Understand what mental health is and that sometimes people might need help.
Music
This year, our Year 4 children will be learning to play the clarinet with specialist teachers from St Helens Music Service. Each week, pupils will take part in a fun and engaging whole-class music session where they will learn how to hold the instrument correctly, produce notes, read simple music, and play together as an ensemble. The lessons aim to build confidence, teamwork, and a love of music, while giving every child the chance to develop new musical skills.
Spanish
This half term, Y4 will be focusing on the topic of 'Food and Drink'. These are the things they will cover:
- Learn 15 different foods. Cognates and unfamiliar vocabulary for food.
(1. las golosinas, 2. los plátanos 3.los helados 4. el pescado 5. el queso 6.el pan 7. el jamón 8. el pollo 9. los tomates 10. la lechuga 11. las manzanas 12. las patatas 13. los huevos 14.la carne 15. las verduras)
- How to express opinions using “me gusta, me encanta, no me gusta, prefiero”
- Learning about singular and plural
- Start recognising some connectives such as “y”, “pero” and “sin embargo”.
- Role play: ordering food at the market
- Being able to have a conversation at the market, greeting and asking questions in Spanish.
- Cultural lesson on Christmas in Spain