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Banks St. Stephen’s CE Primary School
“Belonging, Serving, Succeeding”
Welcome to Year 4!
Welcome to our Year 4 class page. Our teachers are Mr. Richardson, Mrs. Jordan, Miss. McQuirk and Mrs Yardley.
Mr. Richardson leads our school curriculum, PE and Sports competitions and Religious Education.
Mrs. Jordan supports teachers and pupils across years 3 and 4
Miss McQuirk teaches Computing and PSHE on Monday afternoons.
Mrs. Yardley teaches French and guides Library time on Friday afternoons.
Here is our Autumn, weekly timetable.
Our Yearly Overview of the Curriculum in Year 4
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Autumn Term 1
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Autumn Term 2
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Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2
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Summer Term 1
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Summer Term 2
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Religious Education
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How should we Live our Lives?
What might a Hindu learn through celebrating Diwali?
Hindu dharma Vishnu Rama and Sita Diwali |
How should we Live our Lives?
Christianity (God)
How and why might Christians use the Bible?
Christian life – guided by wisdom, teachings and authority.
Christmas |
How should we Live our Lives?
Sikhism How do Sikhs express their beliefs and values?
The 5 Ks Equality The Gurdwara
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How should we Live our Lives?
Christianity (Jesus)
Is sacrifice an important part of religious life?
Jesus in the wilderness Lent Sacrifice Easter
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How should we Live our Lives?
Islam
Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan?
The Five Pillars of Islam Ramadan |
How should we Live our Lives?
Christianity (Church)
What does ‘love your neighbour’ really mean?
Parables
love for all
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Topic |
Vikings |
Geography Focus- Catalonia- A region in Europe
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Christmas |
Ancient Egypt |
Geography focus-The Environment/ Renewable Energy |
Awaiting new topic.
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A Region in the North West |
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Book Focus |
Into the Forest- Antony Browne |
Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom The Storm
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The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. |
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotton by Laura Veirs, illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh |
Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker-Smith |
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English
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Diary letter. Shared poetry Writing to a character Writing in role To write a narrative based on the class novel.
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Text marking and annotation Evaluation of performances Poetry Journal with ideas and inspirations for Own written poems Performances of children’s own original poetry. Newspaper articles Research, information texts.
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Explanation Recount Newspapers Role on the wall Information texts Robot logs/diary Poetry Survival manual |
Biography Autobiography Poetry Persuasive writing |
Explanation: The water cycle Discussion Information |
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Here is our Half termly curriculum overview
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Year 4 Half Termly Curriculum Overview |
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How should we Live our Lives? What might a Hindu learn through celebrating Diwali? Hindu dharma Vishnu Rama and Sita Diwali |
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Book Focus |
Into The Forest- Antony Browne |
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English |
Diary letter. Shared poetry Writing to a character Writing in role Writing a narrative in the style of the book focus. |
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Maths
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Place Value Place Value Decimals and Fractions 2D Shape Perimeter Adding and subtracting four digit numbers. Statistics |
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Science |
Sound |
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Computing
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Purple Mash On-Line Safety Hardware Investigators |
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History |
Vikings What was it like in Viking times Longships Where did they come from? Where did they settle? Chronology
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Art |
Indian Art Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Printing |
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Physical Education |
WLSP Professional Provision Invasion Games |
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PSHE |
SCARF Me and My Relationships |
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Music |
Charanga Mama Mia |
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French |
Lightbulb Languages On the Way to School Where in the World is French Spoken? Weather. |
Key Information
- Monday- Choir club with Mrs Mussell
- Tuesday- PE West Lancs Schools Partnership delivery.
- Wednesday- Guitar lessons for those who take part.
- Thursday- PE. Netball club after school
- Friday- Homework set, spelling and times table tests.
The children should read their home reading books as regularly as possible.
Please remember to label all clothes and bags. Children need water bottles.
A Kindly reminder
Children need a school PE kit that consists of pumps, black shorts and a blue T-shirt. For outside winter session, children can wear black/navy bottoms and their school jumper or cardigan for warmth.
Helpful reminders of the websites we use:
maths.co.uk (https://www.maths.co.uk/)
Spag.com (https://www.spag.com/)
Times Tables Rock Stars (https://ttrockstars.com)
Spellings- Spellingshed.com
All login details are in reading records.
Kind regards,
All the staff in Year 4
