Welcome to Year 4/ Year 5
Please visit Our Curriculum section of our website, where you will find our Class Overviews which detail what we will be learning this term.
Autumn 2
In the second half of the autumn term in year 4/5, our topic is ‘What are the achievements of the Shang Dynasty?’ We use atlases to locate the settlements of the Shang Dynasty around the Yellow River in China and create our own maps, labelling countries and identifying ancient cities. We create timelines of significant events and use evidence from the past to find out about how people lived including the importance of family, ancestors and religion.
In English, we write narratives and poetry based on stories by our featured author, Michael Morpurgo. In maths, we interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers including through zero; add and subtract whole numbers using formal written methods; and solve a variety of problems. In every term, we work hard to learn all our multiplication tables and the related division facts.
In science, we study a variety of different forces including magnetism, gravity, water resistance and air resistance. We will also look at levers, gears and pulleys.
Autumn 1
In our first term in year 4/5, our topic is Where the Land Meets the Sea. We use atlases and maps to identify mountainous regions, major rivers and coasts in Great Britain and create our own maps. We examine the physical processes that shape the coast and ways it can be protected. We visit Seaham Beach to do our fieldwork.
In English, we write personal recounts and biographies as well as texts inspired by our class novel Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick. Our featured author this half term is Roald Dahl.
In maths, we read, write, order and compare larger numbers; round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 100000; interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers including through zero; add and subtract whole numbers using formal written methods; and solve a variety of problems. In every term, we work hard to learn all our multiplication tables and the related division facts.
Mrs Fowler