To help you support your child’s learning in school we would
like to remind you of the following:
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Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to
school every day so that they can choose a book to share
with you at home.
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Please continue to support your child’s reading at home by
listening to them read as often as you can and sign in their
school planner. 15 minutes a day would be great.
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Please continue to support your child learning their
multiplication tables up to 10 x 10.
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Please ensure that your child has a water bottle for the
classroom with fresh water in it each day.
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PE for Year 4 is on Monday (swimming in the mornings)
and on Friday (games in the afternoon.) Please ensure
that your child has their PE kit in school. Their PE kit
should include a t-shirt, shorts, jumper, trousers, socks
and plimsolls or trainers. Can we remind you that no
jewellery is allowed and long hair should be tied back. If
your child has pierced ears, they should only wear small
studs. All PE kit should be named.
If you would like to help in school as a volunteer, then please see
your class teacher or the office so that police checks (DBS) can
be made and an induction meeting arranged with Mrs Frampton.
If you have any queries, then please see your child’s class
teacher.
Thank you
Mr Wallace, Miss Southam & Mrs Gaines
Somerford Primary School
Year 4 Curriculum News
Autumn Term 2015
This leaflet is designed to give you information about your child’s learning
this term with some ideas about how you can support them at home.
“TEMPLES, TOMBS AND TREASURE”
Overview:
We will be exploring the history of the Ancient Egyptians using a
variety of sources. We will also use geography and science to help us
understand about how and why this civilisation was so successful.
Important Dates:
Mondays from 21st September to 7th December- swimming at Two Rivers
Meet
Thursday 24th September – 4JW Class Assembly
Friday 2nd October 2015 – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STAFF TRAINING
Wednesday 14th October – Trip to Dorchester Egyptian museum
Thursday 12th November – 4AS Class Assembly
English, Communication, Languages
The children will be learning to:
 listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction,
poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books
or textbooks
 write a clear recount of an event
 write and then perform their own plays based
on a familiar story
 use a arrange of connectives to extend the
length of their sentences
 check through their writing and make
improvements to their work over time
History
The children will be learning to:
 explain that our understanding of the past
comes from a range of sources
 develop their understanding and use of
timelines to order periods of time e.g. the
different dynasties within the Ancient Egyptian
period
 gather information about Ancient Egypt from a
variety of different sources and evaluate them
 consider the similarities and differences
between life in ancient Egyptian times and the
present
 identify key features of Egyptian life,
contrasting the experience of rich and poor
people.
 think of and begin to answer historically valid
questions
 understand the importance of slavery during
the Egyptian period
Mathematics
The children will be learning to:
 consolidate their 2, 5 and 10 times tables as
well as learn their 3, 4 and 9 times tables
 develop their understanding and use of
place value to order numbers up to 1000s
 consolidate their understanding when using
the four operations(+, - ,x and ÷)
 identify lines of symmetry in regular two
dimensional shapes
Geography
The children will be learning to:
 accurately locate places on maps of a range
of scales
 describe places (e.g. The River Nile or the
Egyptian desert) in terms of their physical
geography and placement with cause and
effect
PE
The children will be learning to:
 develop their confidence when swimming in
water
 consolidate and develop skills in a range of
swimming strokes
 design and create their own invasion games
DT
The children will be learning to:
 plan and cook a range of Egyptian food as a
part of our Egyptian day
 select appropriate tools and materials to
carry out tasks
 plan and create a range of artefacts for an
Egyptian tomb
Science
The children will be learning to:
 create a variety of food chains,
 identify producers, predators and prey
within these food chains.
 identify the different types of teeth in
humans and explain their simple
functions
 describe the basic functions of the
main parts of the digestive system in
humans
 recognise that living things can be
grouped in a variety of ways
 explore and use classification keys to
help group, identify and name a variety
of living things in their local and wider
environment
RE
The children will be learning to:
 develop their understanding and
appreciation of liberty and freedom
 explore their own feelings and how
these can help them relate to other
peoples