Year 4

Year 4 My New Class.pdf

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Welcome to Year 4

We have a very exciting year of learning ahead of us! We hope that the following information about our curriculum and routines will help you and your child throughout their year in Oak Class.

Year 4 Teaching Team

Mrs Hayes – Class Teacher

Mrs Parker – Teaching Assistant

Mrs Anderson - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Pearson - Music Teacher

Physical Education Reminders

P.E kits are required on a Monday (Dance) & Thursday (P.E.)

Homework Reminders

On a Tuesday the children will be given homework, the Homework book should be returned to school by Friday. Children should aim to read and learn spellings on a daily basis. Spellings will be given and retested on Mondays.

Curriculum Information

Our bespoke, carefully designed Kings Meadow ‘CRACKING’ curriculum is a:

Creative, Real-life, Ambitious, Careers-focussed curriculum building Knowledge & skills for every Individual Nurturing Global citizens of the future

During this academic year, the children in Year 4 will be taught the following themes.

Term	Theme
Autumn 1	The Viking Sea Lord (History)
Autumn 2	The French Connection ( Geography)
Spring 1	Stopping Slavery (History)
Spring 2	The Last Anglo Saxon King (History/Geography)
Summer 1	Roots (Geography)
Summer 2	Roots (Geography)

In Year 4 our mascot is Ruby the Red Squirrel. Through our teaching, and the experiences we offer, our children will learn to be:

- brave

- resilient

- bold

- prepared

Our current theme is 'The Viking Sea Lord'

Every historian asks questions about the past and investigates how evidence helps us understand what really happened.

In this unit, pupils explore who the Vikings were, why they travelled across Europe and why they invaded Britain. Through maps, timelines, artefacts, Viking sagas and archaeological evidence, children investigate how historians separate fact from fiction and discover how Viking raids developed into permanent settlements.

Children explore the struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, examine life in Viking Britain and evaluate the lasting influence Vikings have had on modern Britain.

Throughout the unit, children return to the enquiry question:

How did the Vikings change Britain?