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Year 4

Year 4 My New Class.pdf

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 Pearson - Music & Spanish 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	Liberating Leadership (History)
Summer 1	The Last Anglo Saxon King (History/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'

Our aim in teaching history in squirrels is to broaden pupils’ historical horizons so they are learning not only about the more recent past but also about ancient civilisations. Pupils should be exploring source materials and begin to look for bias and accuracy. In this phase, pupils should recognise that some aspects of the past can be interpreted in different ways, and it is up to them as present-day historians to be aware that people in the past can tell their stories differently. History in this phase also encourages pupils to, not only explore similarities and differences, but inclusivity across diverse societies.

In our topic 'The Viking sea Lord', pupils will explore some of the oral history of the Viking period through the tales told about Ragnar Lothbrok. Pupils will discover that stories of events of this time were often not written down until much later and therefore may not be accurate. As historians, pupils will have to explore further evidence to be sure that certain events took place; Ragnar may not have existed! Pupils will use chronology to plot Viking invasions and relating their time in Britain with that of the Romans and Anglo-Saxons. Pupils will also begin to use questioning and research to find out why the Vikings chose to invade Britain. Finally, pupils will assess evidence of what the Vikings left behind and how they still influence our lives today.