Welcome to Year 4

Our Autumn term topic is:

Who invaded and settled in the UK?

We will begin Year 4 by travelling back in time to The Roman Empire. We will investigate what Roman life in Britain was like and explore some Roman myths such as Terry Deary’s The Goose Guards. This will be our first key text where we will focus on composing sentences and including correct punctuation for speech in text. As we move on chronologically to Anglo-Saxon Britain, our key text is Joe Todd Stanton’s Arthur and the Golden Rope. Then we will explore Viking Britain through the text Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. We will also compose an instructional text based on our experience of creating an Anglo-Saxon War banner in art.

In maths we will focus on securing our understanding of number and place value. We are continuing our maths offer in the classroom with more quick recall sessions daily to constantly revise key principles that are fundamental to success in this subject. We will also practice our times tables daily to prepare for the MTC in the summer term.

In art and DT we will be exploring and creating Anglo-Saxon/Viking war banners, where we will focus on our textiles skills such as sewing. We will then move on to DT where we will create a Roman horse drawn chariot using axels and pulleys. In PE we will be focusing on dance and outdoor adventure, then moving on to yoga and fitness in Autumn 2. In RE, we will be asking ‘How might your worldview lead you to do hard things for good reasons?’ and looking into Christian Worldviews.

Our values for Autumn 1 are love and respect.

Our values for Autumn 2 are love and generosity.

We will also take part in an incredible Invaders Wow Day Workshop, where we will welcome Reach Out Arts back to Harbury. 

Check out our Newsletter and Topic Web for more details.

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