Year 4 - Owls | Livingstone Primary School

Welcome to Year 4 Owls Class Autumn Term 2024

Mrs Savage and Mrs Richardson are excited that you have come to visit our page!

Hold on to your hats because the Autumn term is jam packed full of exciting learning opportunities.

Year 4 Overview

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The River by Valerie Bloom

In English, we are looking at... - A poem by Valerie Bloom called, 'The River'. This poem uses personification and metaphors to help create vivid pictures and actions in the reader's mind. The river is brought to life using imaginative comparisons. — In English, we are looking at...
A poem by Valerie Bloom called, 'The River'. This poem uses personification and metaphors to help create vivid pictures and actions in the reader's mind. The river is brought to life using imaginative comparisons.

Maths

This term, - Year 4 will be learning about the amount of space taken up by two-dimensional shapes. We will explore different ways of working out the area of a shape! Following on from the measurement unit, we will be looking at multiplication and division. This unit revisits learning from Year 3 around multiplying by 3 and the 3 times-table. — This term,
Year 4 will be learning about the amount of space taken up by two-dimensional shapes. We will explore different ways of working out the area of a shape! Following on from the measurement unit, we will be looking at multiplication and division. This unit revisits learning from Year 3 around multiplying by 3 and the 3 times-table.

Curriculum

Who lives in Antarctica? - Year 4 will b learning about how latitude and longitude link to climate and the physical and human features of polar regions. We will also be making links to the explorer, Shackleton. — Who lives in Antarctica?
Year 4 will b learning about how latitude and longitude link to climate and the physical and human features of polar regions. We will also be making links to the explorer, Shackleton.

Science

Sound - In this topic, Year 4 will learn how to: identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating; recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear; find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it; find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it; and finally, recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. — Sound
In this topic, Year 4 will learn how to: identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating; recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear; find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it; find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it; and finally, recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

MFL

Spanish - Year 4 will be learning different phrases and building on our previous vocabulary to enable year 4 to have a conversation. . — Spanish
Year 4 will be learning different phrases and building on our previous vocabulary to enable year 4 to have a conversation. .

P.E.

Remember to wear the correct uniform. - P.E. is on Wednesdays and Thursdays. — Remember to wear the correct uniform.
P.E. is on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Art / D.T.

Mindfulness moment timer - ear 4 will be exploring the concept of mindfulness and writing design criteria to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful moment using Micro:bit. — Mindfulness moment timer
ear 4 will be exploring the concept of mindfulness and writing design criteria to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful moment using Micro:bit.

Homework

Year 3 and 4 spellings

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Useful websites and Curriculum Overview for Year 4:

Useful websites:

Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/livingstone

Times Tables Rockstars https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Accelerated Reader

https://ukhosted27.renlearn.co.uk/2232240/

Twinkl https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub

Gooseberry Planet https://system.gooseberryplanet.com/#/

Extension activities https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/