Geography: We will be starting with a study of the peak district. It’s such a beautiful rural area on our doorsteps. We will be planning a visit over the next term to the on of the national trust areas of the peaks to explore further.

French: We will be delivering some fun and practical French sessions this year, through which children will be given the opportunity to further develop their language skills, whilst also revising some key vocabulary from previous years. Y3/4 will learn new vocabulary for numbers / colours and classroom objects through which they will begin to be introduced to some more complex language structures, e.g. asking questions and the future tense.

Maths: We have started this year by focusing on place value, ensuring that children are secure in their knowledge of numbers up to 1000, including negative numbers and rounding skills. Following this, we will be moving on to securing the children’s knowledge of calculation, beginning with methods for the four operations and the application of these to problem solving contexts. There will also be a big focus on times tables throughout the year to ensure the children learn them up to 12X12.

English Novel Study: Our English lessons are always delivered through high-quality, engaging texts, and this term, we are studying Stig of the dump. We will be getting into character and writing diary entries from the perspective of Barney, a young boy who meets Stig, producing persuasive pieces, and getting creative with our own narratives. Exciting books open the door to wonderful worlds and also to the past in this case, and we can’t wait to explore this novel further with your children, giving them a real insight into what it was like to be a child experiencing wonderful and crazy adventures.

Science: In science, we will be learning about Living Things, including both animals and humans.
Through this unit, Y4 will study life cycles and classifying animals, and will learn about the animal babies and parts of the human body.

Religion and ethics We will be learning about the importance of belonging, exploring different religion and ethics from around the world. We will investigate the key features of Hinduism and Christianity.

History: This term we are stepping back in time to study the Anglo Saxons with a particular focus on the impact on the settlements in the UK. We will look at the structure of the armies and clothing. With looking into how the Anglo Saxons influenced the world today. There are fantastic links between with Art and design technology along with the history lessons, we hope that children will have a thorough insight and understanding of the impact the Saxons had on people of the UK.

Music: Our LKS2 music lessons are taught every Tuesday by our specialist WPT music teacher, Mrs Gibbons. The children have already enjoyed sessions involving performing through singing, and they will continue to develop their knowledge of music through both voice and musical instruments.

Jigsaw PSHE: We will begin with our ‘Being Me in My World’ unit, where will consider our own and others’ feelings and making the community to which we belong a better place. Then we will move to our second unit ‘Celebrating Difference’ where we will learn to embrace and accept people’s uniqueness. We will also learn about healthy friendships and problem solving for bullying behaviours