At St Anne's, we have designed a knowledge and skills-based curriculum, that gives children not only depth to the things they are learning, but also breadth. Each class covers six "themes" in which History, Geography, Art & Design and Design & Technology are taught. The six themes for Year 4 are:
1. Wonderful Water
2. Light & Dark
3. Vicious Vikings
4. Amazing Amazon
5. Crime Through Time
6. Cool Coasts
In addition, Mathematics, Spelling, Computing, Religious Education, PSHE, French, Music and PE are all taught as discrete subjects and details of their annual frameworks, along with additional information on the themes above can be found in the Y4 Curriculum Framework document located in the downloads area below.
Our themes for the Autumn are Wonderful Water and Light & Dark
Our themes for the Spring are Vicious Vikings and Amazing Amazon
Our themes for the Summer are Crime Through Time and Cool Coasts
Vicious Vikings
In this unit the children will learn about the links between Scandinavia and the British Isles. In History, they will learn about the waves of invaders and settlers who came to Britain from Scandinavia and North Western Europe during the period 450 to 1100 A.D. and the influence this had on both the invaders and the invaded. Through their work in Art, English and History the children will learn about the cultural treasures of the Scandinavian world: from stories, myths and legends to musical instruments, games and jewellery. In science, we will be studying the unit ‘sound’ and exploring how sound propagates and the materials that are the best type of insulators. In Design and Technology, we will be creating a slingshot car, thinking about aerodynamics, and how we can make it go further.
Amazing Amazon
Throughout this vibrant unit the children will learn all about the amazing Amazon rainforest and the incredible biodiversity it supports. In Geography they will discover what rainforests are and where they are located in the world. We will find out how plants are arranged in the rainforests and also learn about the delicacy of the rainforest eco-system. Additionally, the children will investigate the threat to the forest posed by deforestation and examine its causes and possible consequences for humanity. In Science we will look at classifying different organisms and look at how environmental changes affect them. In our Art and Design lessons we will be creating visual art inspired by nature and animals.