Autumn Term 2020 Topic
Welcome back to the start of a new academic year at St. George & St. Martin Catholic Academy. What a strange year 2020 has been so far! I hope everyone has come out of lockdown and the summer holidays healthy, safe and happy. It’s time to find a new normal, which we have started extremely well as we’ve started to settle into Year 4 life, and I’m excited for the year ahead. This newsletter will give you more information about what is going on in the classroom and what the children will be learning.
This term is the start of new things at SGSM, as we move away from our traditional topics, and towards subjects taught more specifically, with their own individual mini-topics. This will begin as soon as we have all of the children settled back into our routines, and once we have plugged any gaps that have appeared due to the last 6 months.
Here is a taster of just some of the things that we will be aiming for in Year 4 this term...
In English-
Grammar
Reading skills and questions
Newspaper report
Poetry with a theme
Character descriptions
Stories in imaginative worlds
Classic poetry
Diary writing
In Maths-
Place Value
Number: Addition and Subtraction
Number: Multiplication and Division
Measurement: Area and Perimeter
Measurement: Time
In Science-
Teeth
The digestive system
Food chains
Sound
In RE –
A Creation and the story of Abraham
B Jesus teaches us how to pray
C Advent
D Christmas
In History-
The Iron Age
Romans
In Geography-
UK rivers
UK mountain regions
Planning a journey
In Computing-
Create a quiz
Give a robot instructions
In D&T-
Plan and create a textile product using stitching techniques.
In Art-
Pencil skills
Sketching techniques
Facial expressions
Body language
Digital art
In RHE-
Celebrating differences
Emotions
Expressing yourself safely
Character traits
Negative characteristics
In PE-
Circuit training
Developing fitness
Gymnastics
Dance