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Year 4 Term 2

January to April

Last updated
3 January 2025 at 12:27:48
Year 4 Term 2

Inventors & Inventions 🦾

Maths 🧮

Multiplication & Division

  • Factor pairs

  • Use factor pairs

  • Multiply by 10

  • Multiply by 100

  • Divide by 10

  • Divide by 100

  • Related facts – multiplication and division

  • Informal written methods for multiplication

  • Multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number

  • Multiply a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number

  • Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number

  • Divide a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number

  • Correspondence problems

  • Efficient multiplication


Length & Perimeter

  • Measure in kilometres and metres

  • Equivalent lengths (kilometres and metres)

  • Perimeter on a grid

  • Perimeter of a rectangle

  • Perimeter of rectilinear shapes

  • Find missing lengths in rectilinear shapes

  • Calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes

  • Perimeter of regular polygons

  • Perimeter of polygons


Fractions

  • Understand the whole

  • Count beyond 1

  • Partition a mixed number

  • Number lines with mixed numbers

  • Compare and order mixed numbers

  • Understand improper fractions

  • Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions

  • Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers

  • Equivalent fractions on a number line

  • Equivalent fraction families

  • Add two or more fractions

  • Add fractions and mixed numbers

  • Subtract two fractions

  • Subtract from whole amounts

  • Subtract from mixed numbers


Position & Direction

  • Describe position using coordinates

  • Plot coordinates

  • Draw 2-D shapes on a grid

  • Translate on a grid

  • Describe translation on a grid


Science 🧬

Sound (Physics)

  • Vibrations

  • The ear

  • Investigate sounds

  • Explore volume

  • Explore pitch

  • Plan, investigate & evaluate volume experiment


Electricity (Physics)

  • Common appliances that use electricity

  • Build and draw series circuits

  • What has gone wrong?

  • Conductors and insulators

  • Conductivity within a circuit

  • What is energy?

  • How can we reduce our energy usage?


Reading 📖

Operation Gadgetman!

Author: Malorie Blackman


Beans's Dad is a bit of an eccentric. When he's not embarrassing her in front of her friends with his strange behaviour, he's in his workshop inventing ridiculous things like exploding shortbread (and irritating the neighbours while he's about it). But one day, Beans comes home from school to find that he has been kidnapped! She and her friends set out to find him using only their wits and the extraordinary 'Gadgetman Spy Kits' he has given them, and in the process uncover a sinister criminal conspiracy…


Beans is a likeable lead, and despite the unlikely series of events that the story relates, her relationships with her friends and family are warmly and believably portrayed. A lively (if not madcap) adventure that will find fans amongst younger readers.


Reading age: 8+


Until I met Dudley

Author: Roger McGough


Have you ever wondered how a toaster works? Or a fridge-freezer, or a washing-up machine? In this fun-filled book of how things work, Dudley, the techno-wizard dog, provides the answers. Roger McGough’s delightfully ingenious text and Chris Riddell’s striking illustrations take children from the furthest realms of fantasy into the fascinating world of technology to discover the workings of familiar machines, making it an exciting book which will delight again and again.


At first, it describes how a child thinks things work… (gnomes in the toaster) and then Dudley tells you how the various household appliances really work. Includes all the appliances a curious child would be interested in: the dishwasher, the fridge-freezer and more.


Reading age: 4-7


A very brief introduction to Shakespeare:

The Tempest

The Tempest is about a powerful magician named Prospero, who was once the Duke of Milan but was betrayed by his brother Antonio and sent away on a boat with his young daughter, Miranda. They ended up on a magical island where Prospero learned to control spirits, including his helper, Ariel.


One day, Prospero creates a great storm—a “tempest”—to bring a ship carrying his brother Antonio and other nobles to the island. With Ariel’s help, Prospero uses magic to teach them lessons about kindness and forgiveness. By the end, Prospero forgives everyone, gives up his magic, and prepares to go home with Miranda, who falls in love with one of the noblemen, Prince Ferdinand.


The story teaches about forgiveness, family, and letting go of anger.


  • Who was William Shakespeare? 

  • The Globe Theatre 

  • Play script


Writing ✍️

Explanation Text

  • Explanation text organised with paragraphs

  • Introduction and use of paragraphs to group related material

  • Consistent use of present tense

  • Express time, place, and cause using conjunctions, adverbs, and prepositions

  • Cohesion through nouns and pronouns

  • Headings and subheadings used to aid presentation

  • Create and label a cracking contraption

  • Write an explanation text

  • Prepare a presentation

  • Use of commas and bullet points in a list

  • Use of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

  • Use of exclamation marks for commands and exclamations

  • Use of apostrophes for contractions

  • Use of colon to introduce a list

  • Use of comparatives and and superlatives

  • Use of fronted adverbial phrases to say how, where or when

  • Use expanded noun phrases

 

Poetry: Limericks

  • 5-line poem following rhyme pattern AABBA

  • Line structure:

  • Line 1: 7 - 10 syllables

  • Line 2: 7 - 10 syllables

  • Line 3: 5 - 7 syllables

  • Line 4: 5 - 7 syllables

  • Line 5: 7 - 10 syllables

  • Begins with "There was a/an..." and ends with a person’s name or place

  • The last line should be unusual or far-fetched

  • Each line starts with a capital letter and often ends with a comma

  • The mood is comic and often nonsensical

  • Use nouns and pronouns to avoid repetition

 

Poetry: Narrative Poems

  • Stories told in poetry form

  • Use of alliteration

  • Use similes with "like" and "as"

  • Generate synonyms and antonyms

  • Use a dictionary and thesaurus

  • Adjectives used to describe nouns

  • Use –ly adverbs for description and information, creating a descriptive list

 

Non-Chronological Reports

  • Planned into sections

  • Non-chronological report using paragraphs

  • Headings and subheadings

  • Conjunctions to join information and give reasons

  • Use present perfect tense

  • Word choice matches information texts

  • Explore levels of formality, showing this through word and sentence choices

  • Correct use of nouns and pronouns

  • Use a wide range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

  • Use present tense

  • Correct form of "a" or "an"

  • Form comparatives and superlatives

  • Use fronted adverbial phrases to show how, where, or when


Across the curriculum 🌏

Overview: Inventors and Inventions (History). South East Asia (Geography).

  • Key inventions: what, when and why

  • Timeline of inventions and inventors

  • Reception (primary sources)

  • Development (primary and secondary sources)

  • Contrast (earlier inventions vs modern day)

  • Case study: invention of the telephone

  • Map work

  • Continents, countries and capital cities


Curriculum Objectives & Expectations ♻️

  • Use maps to locate the continent of Asia with regard to the countries of South East Asia

  • Explain own views about locations giving reasons

  • Begin to use maps, atlases and globes to locate countries

  • Name and locate the countries of SE Asia and identify their main physical and human characteristics

  • Know the names of countries and their capital cities

  • Describe some of the characteristics of these geographical areas

  • Describe similarities and differences between countries

  • Population, settlements and migration

  • Collecting data: population statistics

  • Interpreting bar charts and graphs

  • Look at two versions of the same event or story in history and identify differences

  • Investigate different accounts of historical events and be able to explain some of the reasons why the accounts may be different

  • Begin to understand some of the ways in which historians and others investigate the past

  • Construct informed responses about one aspect of life or a key event in the past through careful selection and organisation of relevant historical information

  • Begin to undertake their own research

  • Sequence several events, artefacts or historical figures on a timeline using dates, including those that are sometimes further apart, and terms related to the unit being studied and passing of time

  • Explain how people and events in the past have influenced life today

  • Describe connections and contrasts between aspects of history, people, events and artefacts studied

  • Explain why certain inventions were required, using primary sources

  • Describe similarities and differences between inventions of the past to find commonalities

  • Interpret information to form historically accurate observations

  • Analyse data to form historically accruate observations


Key Vocabulary ♻️

  • Country, continent, capital city, population, pollution, national, international, landlocked, inhabitants, boundary.


Art, Design & Technology 🎨 👷

Students will design and create a wind-powered car by following the steps of the design process, from gathering ideas and planning to constructing and testing their models. They will evaluate their cars, make improvements, and reflect on their designs to enhance both its performance and appearance.


  • Collect ideas from different sources to inspire a wind-powered car design

  • Understand and follow the design process to create a functional product

  • Use a design brief to meet specific requirements for a wind-powered car

  • Plan the materials, tools, and steps needed to build a product

  • Measure and use tools accurately to create the parts

  • Construct a product by assembling the parts according to the plan

  • Evaluate and improve a wind-powered car based on testing and reflection


Key Vocabulary

Design Brief, Prototype, Adaptation, Innovation, Functionality, Evaluation, Iteration, Materials, Techniques, Construction


PSHE 😀 🫶

Personal, Social, Health and Economic education

Belonging to a community

  • The meaning and benefits of living in a community.  To recognise they belong to different communities as well as school 

  • What are the different groups that make up and contribute to a community 

  • Find out about individuals and groups that help the local community including volunteering and work 

  • How to show compassion towards others in need and the shared responsibilities of caring for them


Media Literacy and Digital Resilience 

  • That everything online has a digital footprint 

  • That organisations can use personal information to encourage people to buy things 

  • To identify online adverts and why people might choose to buy or not buy online 


Money and Work 

  • How people make different spending decisions based on their budget, values and needs 

  • How to keep track of money and why it is important to know how much is being spent 

  • How people spend money can have a positive or negative effect on others for example charities , single use plastics 


Languages 💬

All students have access to one of the following languages:

  • Malay (local) 🇧🇳

  • Malay (for non-native learners) 🇧🇳

  • Mandarin 🇨🇳

  • French 🇫🇷

  • English as and additional language (EAL) 🌏


Language Concepts refers to the application of language concepts.

  • Expressing the language in oral and/or written communication

  • Creating projects to showcase language learning

  • Showing sound grammar understanding through written work

  • Applying a range of language skills to perform role play

  • Interpreting authentic materials


Language Acquisition refers to assimilating and retention of language learning.

  • Understanding the grammatical structure

  • Knowing and using correct syntax

  • Being able to self-assess and peer check

  • Building vocabulary in the target language

  • Recognising and/or decoding a wide array of materials


PE & Sport 🏐 🏊 🥅 ⚾️ 👟

All students have a comprehensive PE and Sport programme. Lessons are scheduled on rotation to ensure all students progress in the following areas:

  • Physical literacy

  • Tee Ball

  • Swimming

  • Indoor Games

  • Outdoor Games

  • Athletics

  • Striking and Fielding

  • Football

  • Tag Rugby

  • Basketball

  • Netball

  • Invasion Games

  • Health and Wellbeing

  • Net Games

  • Fundamental movement skills


✋ Hands refers to physical ability and performance.

  • Having appropriate fitness levels to complete the lesson

  • Showing sound technique when learning skills/actions

  • Applying a range of skills

  • Performing under pressure i.e. applying skills to the game


👤 Head refers to knowledge and understanding of the topic.

  • Understanding the rules and regulations

  • Being able to feedback to peers

  • Solving problems

  • Understanding relevant tactics


♥️ Heart refers to the effort put into each and every PE lesson.

  • Taking and active part in the whole lesson

  • Always bringing PE/swimming kit

  • Showing sportsmanship and respect

  • Showing resilience and confidence


Music 🎶

Musical Theatre 

Pentatonic Melodies & Composition (Theme: Chinese New Year) 

  • Performing

  • Composing

  • Listening


♻️ Eco, Environment & Sustainability Curriculum

Our eco, environment and sustainability curriculum weaves seamlessly through all other areas of learning, enriching every subject.

 

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