Year 4 Term 3

April to July

Last updated

11 March 2025 at 09:38:07

The Great Kapok Tree ♻️

Maths 🧮

Decimals

Tenths as fractions
Tenths as decimals
Tenths on a place value chart
Tenths on a number line
Divide a 1-digit number by 10
Divide a 2-digit number by 10
Hundredths as fractions
Hundredths as decimals
Hundredths on a place value chart
Divide a 1- or 2-digit number by 100
Make a whole with tenths
Make a whole with hundredths
Partition decimals
Flexibly partition decimals
Compare decimals
Order decimals
Round to the nearest whole number
Halves and quarters as decimals

Money

Write money using decimals
Convert between dollars and cents
Compare amounts of money
Estimate with money
Calculate with money
Solve problems with money

Time

Year, months, weeks and days
Hours, minutes and seconds
Convert between analogue and digital times
Convert to the 24 hour clock
Convert from the 24 hour clock

Shape

Understand angles as turns
Identify angles
Compare and order angles
Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Polygons
Lines of symmetry
Complete a symmetric figure

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 🧬

Habitats (Biology) ♻️

Living things and their habitats
Classification keys (animals)
Classification keys (plants)
Human impact on habitats

Deforestation (Sustainability) ♻️

What is deforestation?
What are the impacts in the world?

The Digestive System (Biology)

Teeth - carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Human teeth
Layers of the teeth
Tooth decay experiment
The digestive system

Food Chains (Biology) ♻️

What is a food chain?
Interpret food chains
Draw food chains
What would happen if?

Reading 📖

Pugs of the Frozen North

Author: Philip Reeve Illustrator: Sarah McIntyre

Reeve and McIntyre collaborate on their third wacky adventure story, this time set in the frozen north. Orphan Shen is shipwrecked, together with 66 pugs, on the edge of the Arctic. He discovers the Po of Ice (not what it seems), and pledges to help Sika take her grandfather's sledge in a race to meet the Snowfather, who can grant wishes. Harnessing the pugs, they set off, and overcome many legendary dangers, and some dastardly fellow contestants.

Infused with excitement and humour, both splendidly represented in words and the icy two-tone illustrations, serious messages about helping others and facing the death of family members pervade the narrative. The endpapers are especially fun, as the final spread names all 66 pugs!

Reading age: 7+

Charlotte's Web

Author: E B White Illustrator: Garth Williams

This is the tale of how a little girl named Fern - with the help of a friendly talking spider called Charlotte - saved her pig, Wilbur, from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.

An unusual and witty story which provides a gentle introduction to questions of mortality, Charlotte's Web is a modern classic.

Reading age: 7+

Writing ✍️

Newspaper Reports

A headline that uses a pun, rhyme or alliteration for impact
A subheading which gives a bit more information about what the report is about
An introductory paragraph containing the 5Ws
The story written in chronological order
Pictures with captions
Written in third person and in the past tense
Direct and reported speech
Formal language
Finger Spaces
Capital letters for sentence starters
Commas where appropriate
Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Exclamation mark for commands and exclamations
Punctuate speech with speech marks
Fully punctuate speech
Use a wide range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Use past tense
Use correct form of a or an
Form comparatives and superlatives
Use fronted adverbial phrases to say how, where or when
Use expanded noun phrases to say how, when and where ( including advervbial phrases)
Use adjectives to describe the noun
Use ly verbs for description and information
Use ly sentence starters
Use a dictionary
Use a thesaurus
Use alliteration
Use smilies with like and as
Use synonyms and antonyms

Information Writing: Non Chronological Report

Non Chronological report using paragraphs
Planned into sections
Headings
Sub headings
Conjunctions to join information and give reasons
Present perfect tense
Word choice to match information texts
Begin to explore levels of formality and show this through word and sentence choices
Correct use of nouns and pronouns
Use finger spaces
Use capital letters for the sentence starters
Use capital letters for names
Use capital for I
Use full stops for statements
Use question marks for questions
Use exclamation marks for commands
Use bullet points to list information
Use a colon to introduce lists
Use a wide range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Use present tense
Use correct form of a or an
Form comparatives and superlatives
Use fronted adverbial phrases to say how, where or when
Use adjectives to describe a noun
Use expanded noun phrases to say how, when, where (including adverbial phrases)
Use –ly adverbs for description and information
Use a dictionary
Use a thesaurus
To write a non chronological report about different habitats

Across the curriculum 🌏

Overview: The Great Kapok Tree

Rainforest Biome
Water Cycle
Coasts

Curriculum Objectives & Expectations ♻️

Name and locate the equator, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, Arctic and Antarctic Circle
Describe key aspects of physical geography including rivers, forests, water cycle, coastal landmarks, and human geography including settlements and land use
Use a range of sources to identify the key physical and human features of a location
Begin to use maps, atlases and globes to locate countries
Use fieldwork to observe and record the human and physical features in the local area including sketch maps, plans, graphs, and digital technologies
Mapping
Collecting data
Use a database to illustrate fieldwork findings
Ask geographical questions
Use annotated sketches from observation including descriptive/explanatory labels
Select views to photograph
Locate positions of photographs on a map
Identify features on an aerial photograph

Key Vocabulary ♻️

Equator, tropical, biome, climate, zones, populations, settlements, land use, deforestation, plantation, canopy, erosion, tides, archways, cliffs, bay.

Art, Design & Technology 🎨 👷

Austin's butterfly (but for leaf/plants) observational drawings
Photography and artwork for website gallery
Create a website

PSHE 😀 🫶

Personal, Social, Health and Economic education

Physical health and mental wellbeing

To identify a wide range of factors that maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally
What good physical health means and how to recognise early signs of physical illness and that common illnesses can be quickly and easily treated with the right care e.g. visiting the doctor when necessary
How to maintain oral hygiene and dental health, including how to brush and floss correctly
The importance of regular visits to the dentist and the effects of different foods, drinks and substances on dental health

Growing and Changing

Hygiene routines including washing regularly and using deodorant
Changes in emotions pupils learn as they grown older their emotions and behaviour change
Circles of change: to know how the circle of change works and can apply it to changes I want to make in my life
Accepting change: to identify changes that have been and may continue to be outside of my control that I learnt to accept

Keeping Safe

The importance of taking medicines correctly and using household products safely
To recognise what is meant by a ‘drug’ and that drugs common to everyday life (e.g. cigarettes, e-cigarettes/vaping, alcohol and medicines) can affect health and wellbeing
To identify some of the effects related to different drugs and that all drugs, including medicines, may have side effects and to identify some of the risks associated with drugs common to everyday life
That for some people using drugs can become a habit which is difficult to break and how to ask for help or advice

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