Spring 2

Religious Education (R.E.)

LENT: LIVING AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS TODAY

In this unit the children will explore some of the customs and practices associated with the celebration of the

Season of Lent. Through the life and teaching of Christ they will learn about prayer, fasting and almsgiving and the forgiveness that God offers to those who believe in him.

HOLY WEEK

This unit provides the children with an opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of the story of Christ’s passion and death. They will be given opportunities to reflect upon the circumstances and reasons for his death.

Reading Into Writing

We will continue to read “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling during our whole class reading lessons and will be using the story to inspire our writing. We will create narrative stories with lots of tensions and learn how to write different kinds of instructions.

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar

In spellings we will be learning and practising a variety of letter combinations:

Week 1 spellings: homophones: two, too, to, there, their, they’re, write, right, peace, piece

Week 2 spellings: also, although, almost, always, almighty, already, alright, altogether

Week 3 spellings: grateful, faithful, hopeful, careful, helpful, useful, grateful, beautiful, boastful, painful

Week 4 spellings: beautiful, happiness, angrier, prettier, readily, dried, defied, applies, silliness, heavier

Week 5 spellings: tremendous, ridiculous, ravenous, numerous, nervous, miraculous, joyous, jealous, generous, fabulous

Maths

Understand what happens when a number is multiplied or divided by 10 and 100

In this unit pupils will explain the relationship between multiplying and a number by 10 and multiples of 10.

Coordinates

In this unit pupils will give directions from one position to another on a grid and move objects including polygons on a grid according to directions, and mark the new position. They will describe and draw polygons specified by translations.

Science – States of Matter (Chemistry)

In this unit, we will be learning about the properties of solids, liquids and gases. They will compare and group solids, liquids and gases. They will look closely at how states of matter change from solid to liquid and liquid to gas. They will explore the Water Cycle and learn all about the scientist Lord Kelvin

Geography – Where does our food come from?

This term, Year 4 will be learning about where our food comes from and the journey it takes from farm to fork. The children will explore farming in the UK and around the world, discovering how different climates affect what can be grown. They will learn about seasonal food, imports and exports, food miles and how transportation impacts the environment, while also considering how our food choices can support local farmers and communities.

Physical Education (P.E.)

Children will need their PE kit in school on Wednesdays and Fridays: red round-necked PE top, navy shorts, plain black pumps.

This half term in PE we are studying dance, and tennis.

We are working on skills including: balance, coordination, teamwork, following a routine and memorising rules and steps as well as learning to strike a ball to beat an opponent.

Computing – Programming B – Repetition in Games

This unit explores the concept of repetition in programming using the Scratch environment. It begins with a Scratch activity similar to that carried out in Logo in Programming unit A, where learners can discover similarities between two environments. Learners look at the difference between count-controlled and infinite loops, and use their knowledge to modify existing animations and games using repetition. Their final project is to design and create a game which uses repetition, applying stages of programming design throughout.

French – Food

French food, cafés, ordering and menus -‘Yum Yum’- or ‘Miam, Miam’ !

This half term the children will be introduced to food vocabulary and they will revise numbers to 100, this time in the context of money and prices. This topic will encourage the children to develop their language detective skills and confidence with practical conversational French.

Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE)

This term the children will explore and learn:

That emotions change as they grow up
About the range and intensity of their feelings and that ‘feelings’ are not good guides for action
That feelings are neither good or bad, but information about what we are experiencing that help us consider how to act
What ‘emotional well-being’ means and that positive actions and talking to trusted people enhance emotional well-being
To recognise that images in the media do not always reflect reality and can affect how people feel about themselves.
That God made us and loves us as we are.
Some behaviour is wrong, unacceptable, unhealthy and/or risky.
Thankfulness builds resilience against feelings of envy, inadequacy, and insecurity, and against pressure from peers and the media

Design and Technology – Simple circuits and switches

In our DT learning the children will:

Discuss and look at battery powered products
Investigate different types of switches
Recap circuits, looking at input and output components
Design a torch or lighthouse using a simple circuit
Make product
Evaluate product

Music

Composition and improvisation will be explored by working in small groups. Class compositions will be recorded onto CD.