The Rosary Catholic Primary School

Class Teachers

4A - Miss Rope

4B - Ms Plauskaite

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Dhillon

Welcome to the Year 4 page for Classes 4A and 4B at The Rosary Catholic Primary School!

Here you will find updates about what we have been learning, links to support home learning, and access to the online platforms we use to practise and strengthen our skills. In Year 4, we continue to strengthen our independence and resilience as learners. We develop our understanding across the curriculum, from deepening our mathematical reasoning to exploring creativity in art, music, and writing.

A key focus in Year 4 is mastering times tables up to 12 × 12 in preparation for the Multiplication Tables Check at the end of the year. Daily practice, both in school and at home, helps children to develop rapid recall and confidence in their multiplication knowledge, which supports all areas of maths.

Guided by our Catholic faith and values, we also learn the importance of teamwork, respect, and responsibility within our school and wider community.

Year 4 Autumn

Religious Education

In Year 4, our Religious Education curriculum continues to follow the six branches outlined in the Religious Education Directory (RED). Each branch is designed to help children explore and understand key aspects of the Catholic faith through engaging stories, activities, and reflections.

Autumn Term

Branch 1: Creation and Covenant 🌎
Children revisit the story of creation and explore God’s covenant with His people in greater depth. They consider how God’s love and care are present in the natural world and in our daily lives, learning that everything comes from God.

Branch 2: Prophecy and Promise ✨
Pupils examine the prophets and their messages, focusing on hope, trust, and God’s plan for His people. They reflect on how God’s promises were fulfilled through Jesus and consider their own role in God’s plan.

Spring Term

Branch 3: Galilee to Jerusalem 🚶‍♂️
Children explore the life and ministry of Jesus more deeply, including His teachings, miracles, and journey to Jerusalem. They reflect on His messages of love, forgiveness, and salvation, and how these apply in their own lives.

Branch 4: Desert to Garden 🌺
This branch focuses on Lent and Easter, helping pupils understand the significance of Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection. Children reflect on themes of renewal, hope, and God’s enduring love, considering how they can live out these values today.

Summer Term

Branch 5: To the Ends of the Earth ✈️
Pupils learn about the spread of Jesus’ teachings and the mission of the Church. They discover how the message of Jesus reaches people across the world and explore ways they can share faith through actions and words.

Branch 6: Dialogue and Encounter 💬
Children explore different faiths and cultures, encountering God’s love in a variety of contexts. This branch encourages respect, dialogue, and understanding, helping pupils appreciate diversity and the shared values of humanity.

Year 4 Religious Education Knowledge Organisers 📖

To support your child’s RE learning, each half term we provide a Knowledge Organiser. These guides summarise key facts, vocabulary, Bible stories, and important concepts for each branch.

You can use the Knowledge Organiser at home to:

Talk about stories and topics with your child.
Practice key vocabulary and understand its meaning.
Ask reflective questions to encourage discussion.
Reinforce learning from class in a fun, engaging way.

By revisiting the Knowledge Organiser regularly, children become more confident in their RE learning and develop a deeper understanding of their faith.

Supporting Religious Education Learning at Home ⛪

To help your child explore RE learning at home, we provide links to videos and resources that support the six branches of the RED curriculum. These include Bible stories, animations, and child-friendly videos that reflect the key themes of each branch.

You can use these resources to:

Revisit stories and concepts discussed in class.
Discuss key ideas and vocabulary with your child.
Encourage reflection and prayer at home.
Make learning fun and engaging with age-appropriate videos and activities.

Regularly exploring these resources at home will help your child deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith and connect classroom learning to everyday life.

📚 Branch 1: Creation and Covenant 🌎

Focus: God’s creation of the world and His covenant with His people.

The call of Abram Abram to Abraham Sarah Laughs Abraham and Isaac Joseph & His Brothers Psalms 40:1-‬2 Miraculous Invocation Prayer St. Therese’s Prayer What is Hope? What is Faith?

🔮 Branch 2: Prophecy and Promise ✨

Focus: The prophets’ messages of hope and the fulfilment of God’s promises through Jesus

The Miracle of Oil and Flour Elijah in the Wilderness John the Baptist Baptism of Jesus Preaching of John the Baptist Isaiah 40:3 Prophets What is Advent? Advent How to explain the Jesse Tree

🕊 Branch 3: Galilee to Jerusalem 🚶‍♂️

Focus: Jesus’ teachings, miracles, and journey to Jerusalem showing God’s love and forgiveness

St. Matthew 8:14-16 St. Matthew 9:18-26 St. Matthew 9:18-26 Video St. Matthew 9:27-34 St. Matthew 11 Jesus Walks on Water

St. Matthew 16:13-20 What is the Creed What Is the Nicene Creed? What is Reconciliation? What Is the Anointing of the Sick? Creative activities based on Matthew 8:14-17, Mark 1:29-34, and Luke 4:38-41

🌵 Branch 4: Desert to Garden 🌺

Focus: Jesus’ sacrifice, resurrection, and the new life and hope we receive through Easter

The Prodigal Son St Matthew 25:31-46 Story of Easter The Last Supper St. Matthew 26:17-30 St. Matthew 26:36-46 St. Matthew 26:47-56 St. Matthew 26:69-75 St. Mark 15:1-5 St. Matthew 27:32-44 Song

🌍 Branch 5: To the Ends of the Earth ✈️

Focus: The mission of the Church to spread the Good News and share God’s love with all people

St. John 20 Jesus Forgives Peter What Is the Creed? Who is the Pope? What is the Church?

🤝 Branch 6: Dialogue and Encounter 💬

Focus: Respecting and understanding people of different faiths and recognising God’s love in everyone

Online Learning Platforms

Accelerated Reader – Access Accelerated Reader here

Accelerated Reader is a programme that helps children develop their reading skills and understanding of the books they read. Once your child has completed the Read Write Inc Phonics programme, they will begin bringing home Accelerated Reader books, which are carefully levelled and colour-stickered to match their reading ability.

At home, your child can:
- Read their Accelerated Reader book (or a book on myON, our online library).
- Complete a short comprehension quiz online about the book they have read.
- Track their progress and celebrate their achievements as they move through the levels.
These quizzes check how well your child has understood their reading and help teachers to see the progress they are making. The more they read and quiz, the more confident and fluent they will become as readers.

myON – Access myON here

myON is our online library, giving children access to a wide range of age-appropriate eBooks that can be read at home and in school. Each book is linked to the Accelerated Reader programme, which means children can quiz on the books they read in myON just like they do with their colour-stickered Accelerated Reader books.

Children can:

Choose from thousands of digital books tailored to their reading level.
Enjoy fiction and non-fiction texts to broaden their knowledge and interests.
Take Accelerated Reader quizzes after reading to check their understanding.

myON helps children develop a love of reading by giving them choice and variety, while also supporting progress in comprehension.

Times Tables Rockstars (TT Rockstars) – Access TT Rockstars here

TT Rockstars is an online maths platform designed to help children practise and master their times tables in a fun and engaging way. Through quick-fire games, challenges, and competitions, children become faster and more confident with multiplication and division facts.

Children can:

Log in at home to practise times tables at their own pace.
Play in different game modes, either individually or against friends.
Earn coins and rewards as they improve their speed and accuracy.

Fluency in times tables is an essential skill in maths, and TT Rockstars helps children gain the confidence they need to use them in their learning every day.

SPAG.com - Access SPAG.com here

SPAG.com is an online platform designed to help children develop their Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar (SPAG) skills in a fun and interactive way. It provides clear explanations, practice exercises, and quizzes tailored to your child’s age and ability, helping them consolidate what they learn in class.

Our pupils use SPAG.com at home to:

Reinforce classroom learning in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Encourage independent practice with interactive exercises.
Track progress to see areas of strength and those that need extra support.

Regular use of SPAG.com helps Year 6 pupils build confidence, improve accuracy in writing, and prepare for the challenges of secondary school.

We encourage children to use these platforms regularly at home to build fluency and confidence in their literacy and maths skills.

Home Learning

Power of Reading

At the Rosary Catholic Primary School, we recognise language as a gift from God and a powerful tool for communication, reflection, and understanding. Through the study of high-quality texts, pupils are encouraged to develop empathy, critical thinking, and a deeper appreciation of diverse perspectives and values that reflect the Gospel message at the heart of our school. English provides opportunities for children to express their beliefs, explore moral themes, and use their voices with confidence and compassion, promoting truth, justice, and the common good. In doing so, we help pupils grow into kind, thoughtful individuals who use their God-given gifts to transform the world around them.

Mathematics

The fundamental purpose of Maths is the pursuit of truth, reflecting the order and wisdom of God’s creation. The skills developed through Maths - creative, critical, and analytical thinking - enable learners to use their God-given talents to serve others. Exploring the beauty and harmony of mathematics helps learners engage with something greater than themselves, inspiring them to be forerunners, trailblazers, and inventors who contribute to the common good. Grounding learning in real-world contexts encourages responsible application of knowledge, reflecting Catholic values of stewardship and service.

Science

Through science, we recognise the world as God’s creation - a gift entrusted to us to explore and care for. Through scientific enquiry, children deepen their appreciation of the complexity and beauty of creation, learning that we are stewards of the Earth with a responsibility to use our knowledge wisely. The Plymouth Science scheme supports this by encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, and respect for life, all rooted in the dignity of the human person and the call to care for our common home.

Humanities

Through Geography and History, children explore people, places, and our shared world through the lens of Catholic teaching. In Geography, pupils learn about the environment and how humans interact with it, understanding that we are stewards of God’s creation and called to care for the common good. In History, pupils reflect on past events and human decisions, considering their moral and ethical impact on society. Together, these subjects help children appreciate the gift of creation, understand their responsibility to others, and inspire them to make thoughtful, positive contributions guided by Catholic values.

Half-Termly Curriculum Maps

Have a look at what our Year 4 will be learning about each term.

Autumn Half Term 1

This half term’s Gospel value is:

Year 4

Mathematics

Our topics this term are reasoning with large numbers, addition and subtraction and multiplication and division.

During this half term children will be learning to…

4-digit place value. Read, write, represent, order and compare
Find 10, 100 or 1000 more or less
Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
Select appropriate strategies to add and subtract
illustrate and explain appropriate addition and subtraction strategies including column method with regrouping
Identify and explore patterns in multiplication tables including 7 and 9

Vocabulary: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, digits, place value, value, multiple, nearest, round, approximate, addition, subtraction, commutative, inverse, subtract, add, estimate, partitioning, regroup, sum, different, inverse, column method, multiplication, division

English

During this half term our Power of Reading focus text will be:

The lion and the Unicorn

Writing opportunities include:

Writing in Role
Note Writing
Letter writing
Persuasive writing
Creative Writing
Story Writing

Grammar:

The grammatical difference between plural and possessive –s
Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms (we were instead of we was; I did instead of I done)
Apostrophes to mark possession
Apostrophes to show missing letters
Past tense and present tense
Progressive tense
Adverbs
Adverbs at the beginning of a sentence (then, next, soon, therefore

Vocabulary: foolishly, Royal, Highness, Rippled, astonishment, adoration, Scorn, Plain, Bleak, Coarse, Hooves, Spite, Thrust, Mocking

Science

During this half term children will be learning about:

Electricity

During this half term children will be learning to:

identify common appliances that run on electricity
construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers
identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery
recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.

Vocabulary: Electrical, appliance, mains, plug, circuit, component, cell, battery, positive, negative, connect/connectors, loose connection, short circuit, crocodile clip, bulb, switch, buzzer, motor, conductor, insulator, metal, non-metal, symbol, voltage, current.

Religious Education

During this half term children will be learning to:

show an understanding and reflect on our Mission Statement
show an understanding and reflect on our Class Saint
show an understanding and reflect on Our Lady of the Rosary

Care and Creation lessons:

Links to scripture:

Vocabulary:

Humanities: Geography

During this half term children will be learning about:

Spatial Sense and Water, Water, Everywhere

The children will be learning about:

the seas and oceans that surround each continent
the meaning of current and the impact of the North Atlantic Drift
climate change and plastic pollution are affecting our seas and oceans and ways in they can help to reduce this
the features of a river and
how to use the correct vocabulary to describe these features
that erosion causes changes in the landscape such as valleys
the ways in which rivers are important to humans
the name and location of 8 of the world’s rivers
the stages of the water cycle
geographical and scientific language to describe these stages

At the end of the Topic the children will answer the Big Question: Water on planet Earth – what are the facts?

Vocabulary: lines of latitude, lines of longitude, equator, tropic of cancer, prime meridian, tropic of Capricorn, scale, ocean, sea, climate change, pollution, human impact, north Atlantic drift, current, source, tributary, confluence, estuary, sediment, erosion, valley, mender, ox bow lake, habitat, fertile, agriculture, irrigate, trade and commerce, renewable energy, evaporation, condensation, precipitation

Music

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Art

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Storytelling through Drawing

Children will explore how artists create sequenced drawings to share and tell stories. Create accordion books or comic strips to retell poetry or prose through drawing.

Key Concepts:

That we can tell stories through drawing.
That we can use text within our drawings to add meaning.
That we can sequence drawings to help viewers respond to our story.
That we can use line, shape, colour and composition to develop evocative and characterful imagery.

Vocabulary: sketch, visual notes, drawing, richly, narratives, illustrate, charcoal, graphite, ink, pastel, rubbing, comic, poetry, appreciate

Computing

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Modern Foreign Languages: Italian

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Personal Social Health Education

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Physical Education

During this half term children will be learning to Swim

Children will develop water confidence. They will develop a range of strokes and the techniques involved them. To develop water safety skills and an understanding of personal survival. To learn techniques for personal survival. To identify fastest strokes and personal bests.

Vocabulary: rotation, tread water, glide, front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, surface dives, dolphin kick

Autumn Half Term 2

This half term’s Gospel value is:

Year 4

Mathematics

Our topics this term are multiplication and division and discrete and continuous data.

During this half term children will be learning to…

Identify and explore patterns in multiplication tables including 7 and 9
Distributive property including multiplying three 1-digit numbers
Mental multiplication and division strategies using place value and known and derived facts
Short multiplication
Read, interpret and construct pictograms, bar charts and time graphs
Compare tables, pictograms and bar charts

Vocabulary: multiplication, division, multiply, times, even, odd, same, different, patterns, table, digits, representations, factor, product, ones, tens, placeholder, ten times the size, ten times as many, ten times greater, one-tenth the size, one hundredth the size, one hundred times as many, one hundred times the size, groups of, array, product, multiplied by, pictogram, tally, frequency table, compare, scale, data, vertical horizontal, bar chart, axis,

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States of Matter

During this half term children will be learning to:

Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases
Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius
Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature.

Vocabulary: Solid, liquid, gas, state, change, melting, freezing, melting point, boiling point, evaporation, temperature, water cycle, matter, air, oxygen, ice, water, water vapor, steam, heated, heat, cooled, cool, temperature, degrees Celsius, melt, melting point, freeze, freezing point, solidify, boil, boiling point, evaporate, evaporation, condense, condensation, precipitation, infiltration.

Religious Education

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Humanities: Geography

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Music

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Design and Technology

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Shell Structures: Gift Box

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Computing

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Modern Foreign Languages: Italian

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Personal Social Health Education

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Physical Education

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Spring Half Term 1

This half term’s Gospel Value: Generosity

This years’s British Value: Individual Liberty

Year 4

Mathematics

Our topics this term are calculating with multiplication and division, fractions and time.

During this half term children will be learning …

Division using partitioning
Short division
Explore different interpretations and representations of fractions
Equivalent fractions
Represent fractions greater than one as mixed number and improper fractions
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator including fractions greater than one
Analogue to digital, 12- hour and 24-hour
Convert between units of time

Vocabulary: division, divide, partition, same, different, equal, parts of, groups of, share, known fact, known, unknown, multiple, multiply, derived facts, distributive law, vinculum, whole, explain, representation, part, equal parts, numerator, denominator, fraction wall, equivalent, time, digital, analogue, minute, to, hour, past, second, months, years, weeks

English

During this half term our Power of Reading focus text will be:

The Iron Man

Writing opportunities include:

* Analysing the characters and story, exploring key themes of the book

* Making predictions about the book based on pictures and the story so far

* Discussing and reviewing the story and justifying our opinions with persuasive language

Grammar:

* The grammatical difference between plural and possessive

* Fronted adverbials

* The use of paragraphs to organise a text
* Proper use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech

* The continued use of correct sentence structure including clauses, alternative verbs and paired adjectives

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Science

The children will continue learning about States of Matter:

* Learning about Solids, Liquids and Gases and their definitions

* How different temperatures affects what state of matter a material is and how the states of matter may change e.g., ice becomes water when heated, and water becomes water vapour

* Understanding the water cycle and how water moves around the Earth

The children will begin learning about Living Things and Their Habitats:

* The different groups of animals; fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals – their definitions and classifications

* The difference between vertebrates (animals with backbones) and invertebrates (animals without backbones)

* The habitats of animals across Europe and human effects on them e.g., deforestation

Vocabulary for States of Matter: solid, liquid, gas, evaporation, condensation, solidify, molecules, temperature

Vocabulary for Living Things and Their Habitats: fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammal, habitat, invertebrate, vertebrate, classify, organisms, behaviour

Religious Education

The children will follow the Big Question, “Can we use Parables today to teach others?”

Students will be:

Learning about a number of parables and what we can learn from each of them
Asking and responding to questions about Jesus’ experiences and the lessons he shared. Why Jesus came to Earth.
Retelling the narratives of the New Testament and their relevance today
Learning about the Disciples, in particular the role of John the Baptist
Understanding Jewish worship of God

Scripture Links:

Luke 2: 22-32

Luke 4: 14-22

Matthew 5: 44

John 15: 12

Luke 8: 4-8

Matthew 18: 23-35

Vocabulary: Jewish, Jew, Synagogue, Sabbath, Temple, Ark, scrolls, Torah, Old Testament, Rabbi, teacher, presentation, Simeon, light of the world, mission, Good News, parable

Humanities: Geography

This half term, we are learning about ‘The European Traveller’:

Using atlases and globes to find the countries and capitals of Europe
Understanding key human features (cities, towns, roads) and physical features (rivers and mountains) of European countries
Studying trade links and tourism in Europe
Looking at different European weathers, climates and biomes

Vocabulary: atlas, continent, capital city, urban, rural, coastal, occupations, trade, import, export, climate, the Mediterranean, marine

Music

This half term, we are learning about:

* Writing lyrics

* Singing, playing and improvising
* Developing listening skills

Art

For Art, the children will be:

* Learning how to draw with pencil and charcoal, including shading and using light

* Using pencils and charcoal to create self-portraits and develop their understanding of facial features

* Learning different techniques for drawing and depicting the same image in different ways

Vocabulary: sketching, shading, crosshatching, contour, tone, texture, portrait, pressure, personality, distance, appearance

Computing

The children will be:

* Taking part in Safer Internet Day

* Learning about the Internet and researching Internet safety

* Video editing by combining a variety of software, including Internet services, on a range of digital devices

Vocabulary: E-safety, clips, timelines, split, transitions, titles, voiceovers, export

Modern Foreign Language - Italian

The children will be learning about:

* The tradition of La Befena (the Epiphany)

* The days of the week, months of the year and seasons

* The Birthdays – when their birthday is, singing the birthday song, talking about presents

Personal Social Health Education

The children will be learning about being “Created to Love Others.” This module will explore:

* Our relationship as individuals with others

* Our calling to our friends, neighbours and family

* Developing healthy relationships

* Keeping safe

Vocabulary: stereotypes, safety, friendship, community

Physical Education

The children will be doing football (outdoor) and gymnastics (indoor).

Football will help children learn about:

* The importance of teamwork and communication

* Overall fitness as well as coordination

* Passing, throwing and shooting

Gymnastics will help children learn about:

* Balance and core strength

* Engaging with music to create different shapes
* Being creative and engaging positively with others

Spring Half Term 2

This half term’s Gospel value is:

Year 4

Mathematics

Our topics this term are decimals and area and perimeter.

During this half term children will be learning …

Decimal equivalents to tenths, quarters and halves
Compare and order numbers with same number of decimal places
Multiply and divide by 10 and 100 including decimals
Perimeter of rectangles and rectilinear shapes
Area of rectangles and rectilinear shapes
Investigate area and perimeter

Vocabulary: fractions, decimals, equivalent, decimal points, tenths, whole number, round, nearest, multiple, length, perimeter, centimeters (cm), breadth, double, millimeters (mm), meters (m)

English

During this half term our Power of Reading focus text will be:

Varjak Paw

Writing opportunities include:

Recount (diary entries)
Poem
Newspaper Report
Narrative (written from another point of view)

Grammar:

Apostrophes to mark singular and plural possession
Adjectives
Verbs
Nouns
adverbs
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct
speech

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Science

During this half term children will be learning about: Electricity.

Children will be able to:

compare and give reasons for variations in how components function
use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.
compare and give reasons for variations in how components function
associate the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit
design and construct simple electric circuits for a purpose
use and understand recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

Vocabulary: circuit, symbol, cell, battery, current, amps, voltage, resistance, electrons

Religious Education

The children will follow the Big Question “Know that Jesus is truly God and, as man, truly human. Reflect on what this means for us".

Students will be learning to:

know, and appreciate, that Jesus is truly God and, as man, truly human; we can share in His life.
know that Jesus came to show us the way to live
know that when Jesus died on the cross he took away our sins
know what happened in Holy Week; Palm Sunday – Jesus entering Jerusalem, Holy Thursday – The Last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane and Peter’s Denial, Good Friday – The Crucifixion and suffering of Jesus Christ and Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord
Think about the importance of Holy Week for us
Reflect on the suffering of Jesus.
Begin to understand why Jesus died on the Cross.
Think about what this means for us
Reflect on the importance for us of the resurrection of Jesus

Scripture Links:

Luke 2: 41-52

Luke 19: 44-46

Luke 8: 40-56

Mark 11: 1-11

Mark 14: 17-31

Mark 14: 32-42

Mark 15

Vocabulary: Man, God, saviour, Son of God, miracle, resurrection, sacrament, Lamb of God, Palm Sunday, Messiah, king, Romans, Holy Thursday, Passover meal, Last Supper, Gethsemane, betray, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, tomb, risen

Humanities: History

The topic for this half term is ‘The Romans: Empire and Invasion'’

This half term, we are learning about:

Who were the Celts? Who were the Romans?
Empire, Invasion and Army
Is there archaeological evidence of the Romans in London?
Celtic and Roman Religion – Beliefs and Attitudes
Did the Romans Improve Life in Britain?

Vocabulary: Celt, tribe, Iron Age, invasion, aqueduct, sewer, paved road, village, excavation, archaeology, settlement, Londinium, archaeological, resistance, rebellion, site, pagan, paganism, gods, goddesses, Latin. forum, currency

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Computing

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Modern Foreign Languages: Italian

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Personal Social Health Education

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Physical Education

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Summer Half Term 1

This half term’s Gospel value is: Courage

This year’s British value is: Individual Liberty

Year 4

Mathematics

Our topics this term are solving measures and money problems and shape and symmetry.

During this half term children will be learning …

Convert units of measure
Select appropriate units to measure
Use strategies to investigate problems: trial and improvement, organising using lists and tables, working systematically
Classify, compare and order angles
Compare and classify 2-D shapes
Identify lines of symmetry

Vocabulary: mass, capacity, length, kilograms, grams, liters, millimetres, centimetres, kilometres, units, cheap, cheapest, expensive, most, least, solutions, organise, combinations, investigation, quarter, half, increasing, decreasing, combination, systematically, organise, record, angle, smaller, order, turn, greater, acute, obtuse, right angle

English

During this half term our Power of Reading focus text will be:

Noah Barleywater Runs Away

The children will be:

Writing opportunities include:

Identifying features of a non chronological report.
Planning and writing a non chronological report.
Interviewing characters from the story and writing eye witness accounts.
identifying features of an instruction text.
Planning and writing an instruction text.
Write a narrative including characters, setting and plot.

Grammar:

Apostrophes (possession and plural possesion)
Fronted adverbials
Inverted commas
Paragraphs
Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun to aid cohesion and avoid repetition

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Science

During this half term the Science topic is Animals including Humans

The children will be:

*Describing the functions of the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.

* creating and label diagrams of a food chain and a food web.

* Identifying different types of teeth and the function of these teeth.

* Describing how to care for their teeth.

Vocabulary: crown, dentin, enamel, pulp, faeces, large intestine,small intestine, oesophagus, bloodstream, stomach

Religious Education

Humanities: Geography

During this half term the topic is 'Heston Detectives'

The children will be learning:

* Where in the world is Heston?

* Ordnance Survey Map Symbols; 4 figure grid references

* Fieldwork: How is land used in Heston?

* Pollution in Heston and Hounslow

Vocabulary: continent, hemisphere, primer meridian, compass, topographic maps, ordnance survey, grid reference, urban/rural settlements

Music

This half term, we are continuing to learn about:

* Writing lyrics

* Singing, playing and improvising

* Developing listening skills

Art and Design

Computing

Modern Foreign Languages: Italian

During this half term children will be learning about:

Personal Social Health Education

During this half term children will be learning :

* that God is Love as shown by the Trinity – a ‘communion of persons supporting each other in their self-giving relationship’;

* The human family is to reflect the Holy Trinity in mutual charity and generosity.

* That the human family is to reflect the Holy Trinity in mutual charity and generosity. The Church family comprises of home, school and parish (which is part of the diocese).

* To know that God wants His Church to love and care for others.To devise practical ways of loving and caring for others.

* Money - To understand what we spend money on and to understand ways to save and the benefits of saving

Physical Education

Tennis

In this unit pupils develop the key skills required for tennis such as the ready position, racket control and forehand and backhand ground strokes. Pupils learn how to score points and how to use skills, strategies and tactics to outwit the opposition. Pupils are given opportunities to play games independently and are taught the importance of being honest whilst playing to the rules.

Key Skills

* Physical: underarm throwing, catching, forehand, backhand, ready position

* Social: collaboration, respect, supporting other

* Emotional: honesty, perseveranc

* Thinking: decision making, understanding rules, selecting and applying skills and tactics

Dance

Pupils focus on creating characters and narrative through movement and gesture. They gain inspiration from a range of stimuli, working individually, in pairs and small groups. In dance as a whole, pupils think about how to use movement to explore and communicate ideas and issues, and their own feelings and thoughts. Pupils will develop confidence in performing and will be given the opportunity to provide feedback and utilise feedback to improve their own work.

Key Skills

* Physical: performing a variety of dance actions, using canon, unison, formation, dynamics, character, structure, space, balance, control, technique

* Social: collaboration, consideration, inclusion, respect

* Emotional: empathy, confidence

* Thinking: observing and providing feedback, selecting and applying skills

Summer Half Term 2

This half term’s Gospel value is:

Year 4

Mathematics

Our topics this term are position and direction, reasoning with pattern and sequences and 3-D shape.

During this half term children will be learning …

Describe and plot using coordinates
Describe translations
Roman numerals up to 100
Place value of other number systems
Number sequences and patterns
Use understanding of 3-D shapes
Identify 3-D shapes from 2-D representations

Vocabulary: axes, x-axis, y-axis, coordinates, squares, vertex, vertices, isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right angle, up, down, left, right, units, translation, symmetry, symmetrical, line, shape, 2-D, 3-D

English

During this half term our Power of Reading focus text will be:

Poetry

Writing opportunities include:

poetry

Grammar:

Similes, metaphors
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Question marks
Exclamation marks
Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases
Fronted adverbials (Later that day)
Use of commas after fronted adverbials

Comprehension:

Vocabulary:

Science

During this half term children will be learning …

Vocabulary:

Religious Education

During this half term children will be learning to…

Vocabulary:

Humanities: Geography

The children will be learning ….

Vocabulary:

Music