Foundation Subjects
FOUNDATION SUBJECTS in Year 4
AUTUMN 2
Topic (History)
During this half term, children will be learning all about Ancient Greece. Throughout this unit, we will be locating and ordering key events from this civilisation and make comparisons to modern-day Greece. We will also identify differences between Athens and Sparta, including the life of a child, and compare how Ancient Greeks were governed.
On Thursday 21st November, 'Portals to the Past' will be coming into school to deliver an Ancient Greece workshop. Children will have the opportunity to explore this ancient world through period costume, artefacts and roleplay.
Computing
We will start each half termly unit with an online safety lesson, in which children will learn about the risks of the internet, and how to keep themselves safe online. Stop Cyberbullying Day will take place on June 20th 2025.
We will then move on to learning about coding through our unit titled, 'Coding with Scratch: Quizzes and Questions.' Children will learn what a quiz is and the features that make them exciting. They will then create their own multiplication quizzes on Scratch, using a variety of Scratch blocks. The children will have the opportunity to experiment with adding various effects to make their quizzes more visually appealing and interactive. The unit is completed by the children creating a competitive multiplication quiz, creating variables and using Sensing and Operators blocks.
Spanish
At Brook Lodge we are fortunate enough to have our own Modern Foreign Languages teacher, Miss Zarain. This half term's unit is called En Famille and throughout this unit, children will learn nouns in Spanish for family members using a fictitious family, learn to ask and respond to the question ¿cómo se llama? and will be introduced to the new target question ¿tienes un hermano / tienes una hermana? Children will build their confidence in introducing their own family in Spanish before learning how to say the ages of their different family members.
Talking About My Family In Spanish
Music
Throughout this academic year, Y4 will be playing the Flute as part of the Wider Opportunities Programme delivered by a music specialist from the St Helen's music Hub.
Art & Design
In our Art topic this half term, will be creating Power Prints. Children will be drawing using tone to create 3D effects, use shading techniques to create pattern and contrast and will work collaboratively to develop drawings into prints.
PSHE
During the Autumn term, children will be learning all about; Family and Friends, Safe Relationships and Respecting Ourselves and Others. Children will learn how to form positive friendships, respond to hurtful behaviour, how to manage confidence, and recognise prejudice and discrimination.
Relationships Education and Health Education
RE
Children will be learning all about Christianity (God) this half term. The focus includes the use of light to indicate the presence and qualities of God incarnate in Jesus. Children will be encouraged to make links between the imagery and symbolism of light in the Christian context and significant events in their lives.
Religious Education - BBC Bitesize
PE
This half term, children will be developing their athletics and dodgeball skills. During our indoor athletics lessons, children will learn how to perform various throwing, jumping and skipping techniques, increase speed and strength, use their bodies to increase power and compete against each other.
In our dodgeball lessons, children will learn how to throw the ball with accuracy and good technique, dodge and block the ball successfully and play and embrace the rules, being gracious in victory and defeat.