Ferney Lee Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!

What are Year 4 learning about in Autumn 1?

In our first half term, our Geographical enquiry question is:

'How would living in Italy compare with living in England?'

In our Geography lessons, we will compare the climate, crops, physical geography, settlements, landmarks and capital cities of England and Italy. 

In English, we will complete a Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar unit concentrating on different nouns, verbs and clauses to create accurate sentence structure.

For our class text, we will be reading, 'The Boy who Biked the World, Part One: On the Road to Africa' by Alastair Humphreys. 

In Maths, we will be learning about the Place Value of numbers up to 10,000, which includes rounding, ordering, comparing and representing numbers in different ways and will then begin our Addition and Subtraction Unit. 

In Science, we will explore, 'States of Matter' by answering the enquiry question, 'Can a material change from being a solid, a liquid or a gas?'

In Art, we will complete a 'Monochrome' unit where we learnt how artists create perspective, how they use line, shape, and value to create a sense of form, and about different shading techniques.

In PE, we have begun weekly swimming lessons on a Wednesday and will learn how to play as part of a team during Tag Rugby lessons every Friday.  

In Music, we will use a mixture of body percussion and tuned percussion instruments to create our own rhythms of the rainforest. 

In PSHE/RHE, we will answer the question, 'How can we make and maintain a good friendship?'

In RE, we will complete a unit called, 'How do ancient stories influence modern celebrations?' We will be exploring the religions Christianity, Hindu and Paganism.

In French, we will learn adjectives for describing people’s physical appearance and their personality. We will then create simple sentences ensuring that the adjectives agree with the gender of the noun.

In Computing, we are learning how to stay safe online as well as building basic computer skills.