Year 4

This half term the children will be learning about animals including humans. They will investigate the digestive system before looking at the functions of teeth. 

In Geography, children will be comparing the United Kingdom to China and Italy. They will research the Silk Road to understand how trade worked and look at natural disasters such as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. 

In Computing, year 4 will be looking at coding. They will be learning how to create algorithms and create their own online game. 

RE learning will focus on the importance of the Gurdwara to Sikhs. The children will be researching and learning how Sikhs use the Gurdwara. 

This year, PE will be split into two sessions per week to keep in line with the DfE guidance of 90 minutes of PE per week. Year 4 will have an indoor session focusing on the skills within gymnastics and an outdoor session of using tatical thinking in a game. 

This half term, the children will be looking into drawing and collage to create their very own self portraits. The class will draw inspiration from the Cubism movement. 

The children will be musicians of their own right this half term as they begin to develop pulse and groove through improvisation. 

In French, the children will begin to name school subjects as well understand a short text using familar language they have developed throughout their French learning. 

Within RHE, the children will be looking at physical changes in the body as we grow and the  different family dynamics  wihtin society.