Welcome to Year 4 Mr McGinn

Year 4 Curriculum Homework Behaviour and expectations Year 4 Curriculum Homework Behaviour and expectations

Numeracy  Practical and written maths  Key objectives  Rounding numbers less than 1000 to the nearest 10 and 100; recognise simple fractions and equal fractions; carry out column addition and subtraction; know the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 time multiplication tables and derive division fact; find remainders after division; choose and use the appropriate number operations to solve problems.  Mental maths – use known number facts to add ot subtract mentally)

Literacy / Creative Curriculum Literacy / Creative Curriculum  Choose topics that will develop Literacy skills, through learning History, Geography and Science.  Autumn Term: The Egyptians  Spring Term: The Tudors  Summer Term: The Rainforest

The Egyptians  Write stories from other cultures  News reports and explanation texts  Written version of the story  Geography and DT (map work, rivers, agriculture, 3-d sculpture)  Science – forces and friction linked to building of pyramids

Tudors  Historical fiction  Playscripts  Trade and settlements  + Art / DT; Geography,

Literacy Through these topics, we study:  Instructions  Explanations  Non-chronological reports  Fiction writing

Reading  Guided Reading  Independent reading  Books home – 1 per week, return Friday for changing  Read anything!  Books, comics, newspapers, on-line books etc

Science  Forces  Keeping Warm  Electrical Circuits  Habitats  Moving and Growing  Solids, liquids and gas

Homework  Selection of numeracy and literacy skills  Spellings  Times tables  Sentence work  Topic research

Expectations  My responsibility to provide high quality, exciting learning opportunities  Children’s responsibilities to try their best, listen in class and participate  Rewards and sanctions

Any questions?