--- title: "Year 4" url: "https://wallacefields-jun.surrey.sch.uk/learning/new-to-english/year-4" school: "Wallace Fields Junior School" --- # Year 4 ## Spring For Spring here are the key topics that Year 4 will be studying and some useful inks. Click on the web address for more information on the topics. ### **Maths** - **Problem Solving with multiplication and division** - **** - - **Formal method on divisional multiplication** - **** - [**https://kids.kiddle.co/Multiplication**](https://kids.kiddle.co/Multiplication) - **Area of shape** **** - **Fractions+Decimals** **** - **Times Tables** **** ### **English** - **Stories with Imaginary worlds** - **Adverbial, adjectival and expanded noun phrases** - **** - **** - **Fronted Adverbials** - **** - **** - **Poetry** **** - **https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zryk8hv/articles/zck22v4** - **Biographies** - **** - **** - **Comprehension Skills including inference and retrieval** - **** - **** ### **Science** - **States of Matter - changing and separating materials e.g. chocolate, water, wax** **** - **Earth in Space** **** ### **History and Geography** - **The Vikings** - **** - **** - **The Anglo Saxons** - **** - **[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z27hhc](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z27hhcw)** ### **French** - **Describing yourself and others – eye colour, hair types (texture and length) etc. ** - **French handwriting** - **Agreeing and positioning adjectives ** ### **Art** - **Sketching & Drawing ** - **Portraits of each other** - **** - **** - **Collage – Frida Kahlo** - **** - **[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zt6gk](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zt6gkhv)** ### **Music** - **Chinese music and traditional Chinese instruments ** - **Introduction to playing the recorder ** - **Continuing to work on reading notes on the stave and other musical symbols** - **Continuing to address the musical elements as they arise in the music the children are playing** - **Aural skills - recognising a notated melody through listening** - **Improvisation on the recorder** ### **Faith and Philosophy** - **Christianity: Easter, Christmas** - **** - **** - **Sikhism** - **** - **** ### **Life Lessons /P.S.H.E.** **PSHE topics may vary depending on the needs of the class and will also be covered during circle time activities.** **Intended topics covered will include;** - **Mental and Physical wellbeing (including self-worth, self-esteem, the importance of expressing feelings) ** - **Relationships (including behaviour and choices) ** - **Anti-bullying** **** - **Living in the wider world (including responsibilities)** - **** - **** ### **Physical Education** - **Orienteering** - **P.E. – Mindful movements** - **Gymnastics – rolling and balances ** - **Dance – Aerobic dance activities ** ### **Design Technology** **Cookery - Muffins ** ### **Computing** - **Being kind online** - **** - **** - **E-Safety** **** - **Scratch** **** - **Turtle academy** ## Summer For Summer here are the key topics that Year 4 will study and some useful inks. Click on the red web address for more information on the topics. Maths - Fractions - Decimals - Measurements of money - Time - Statistics - Investigations - Times Tables - - - Shape: Geometry, Symmetry and Positions and direction English - Stories from other cultures - Writing a recount - Explanation Texts - Playscripts - Writing to entertain – story writing including speech punctuation - Comprehension skills including inference and retrieval - - - - Geography - Physical & human features - Land use - - - Economic activities - Comparisons with UK Science - Minibeasts-Living Things–food chains, predator & prey - Classification of animals and habitats History - The Vikings - - French - Seasons: learning the seasons and using dictionaries to write a poem about seasons - An across-curricular lesson on the Vikings for the Hooke Court trip - The weather Art - Observation skills: drawing minibeasts - - - Painting – silhouettes - Sculpture– art, rock and clay - Creating your own alien mask using modroc Music - Continuing recorder study - Composing and notating simple melodies for the recorder - Working towards a concert performance of a range of recorder pieces - Continuing to work on reading notes on the stave and recognising other musical symbols - Continuing to address the musical elements as they arise in the music the children are playing Faith & Philosophy - Humanism - Comparative question Life Lessons /P.S.H.E. PSHE topics may vary depending on the needs of the class and will mainly be covered during circle time activities. Intended topics covered will include; - Mental and Physical wellbeing (including self-worth, self-esteem, the importance of expressed feelings) - Relationships (including behaviour and choices) - Anti-bullying - - - - Living in the wider world (including responsibilities) - - - Changes (puberty) Physical Education - Cricket - Rounders - Athletics - Tennis Design Technology - Pop up books - making story books with moving parts. Computing - Algorithms and coding - - Creating animations ## Autumn Here are the key topics that Year 4 studied in Autumn and some useful inks. Click on the red web address for more information on the topics. ### Maths - Place Value - Roman Numerals - Negative Numbers [https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/search?q=Negative+Numbers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/search?q=Negative+Numbers&seqId=a659c1d0-7760-11ee-be0c-3d0c76bf8f8d&d=BITESIZE) - Addition and Subtraction - Multiplication and Division - - - Times Tables ### English - Writing to entertain - Writing to report - The power of words including fronted adverbials https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zp937p3 - Poetry - - - Comprehension skills – skimming, scanning, & inference and retrieval. - - ### Science - Forces - States of Matter - changing and separating materials e.g. chocolate, water, wax ### Geography - Oceans, Continents, Equator - Longitude and Latitude - 6 grid reference numbers - Symbols and keys on maps - The Weather [https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zttbcmn/articles/zhrdwnb](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zm38q6f/articles/ztpgbqt) ### French - Introduction letter to a pen-pal - My family - Pets ### Art - Impressionism - Observational drawing ### Music - Understanding musical terms: pulse, rhythm, beat, tempo, pitch, dynamics and genre - Listening: describe music using the terms above - Learning to play rhythms in both 3-4 and 4-4 time - Introduction to reading music on the stave - Orchestral music; identifying orchestral instruments and the groups of the orchestra - Christmas songs – working towards a performance ### Faith and Philosophy - Christianity: What is God’s promise to his people? - What did Jesus say about God’s Kingdom? - Judaism ### Life Lessons /P.S.H.E. Life Lessons/ PSHE topics may vary depending on the needs of the class and will also be covered during circle time activities. Intended topics covered will include; Mental and Physical wellbeing (including self-worth, self-esteem, the importance of expressing feelings) Relationships (including behaviour and choices) - Anti-bullying - - - Living in the wider world (including responsibilities) ### Physical Education - Netball - Football - Circuit Training - Dance from around the world ![Wallace Fields Junior School](https://files.schudio.com/wallace-fields-junior-school/images/logo/logo-2(1).png) **Wallace Fields Junior School** Dorling Drive Ewell Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3BH Tel: 020 8393 0350 Email: © Copyright 2017–2026 Wallace Fields Junior School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://wallacefields-jun.surrey.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)