CURRICULUM EVENING
Welcome to Year 4!
THE TERRIBLE TUDORS
What does our topic involve at the moment?
History – the Tudor era
Art – Tudor Portraits – sketching and painting skills.
DT – weave a mini Tudor rug.
PE – Tudor Dancing/Swimming
ICT – coding Tudor characters to create a mini cartoon.
TRIP – Samlesbury Hall
HISTORY
The children have been investigating the events which took place during
the Tudor period, 1485 – 1603. In depth, children have/will study the Battle
of Bosworth (the War of the Roses), Henry VII’s reign, Henry VIII and his
many wives and the causes and consequences of the Spanish Armada.
ART AND DT
The children will be using different hardnesses of pencil to show line tone
and texture. They will investigate the uses of water colours to build up
texture on their painting and add depth. The children will use these skills to
create Tudor Portraits.
In DT, the children will look at a range of materials to decide upon which
would be most successful to create a ‘mini’ rug. They will then weave these
materials.
PE
This half term, the children have been investigating
and creating Tudor style dances. Looking at
formations, basic steps and partner work. Tudor
dancing takes place on Tuesday afternoons.
On Thursday mornings, children go swimming at
Salt Ayre for lessons. This will continue all year.
ICT
The children have been using a coding program
called ‘Scratch’ to manipulate characters (sprites) to
move and act in various ways.
These skills will be used to create mini Tudor
cartoons.
SHARING!
The fun doesn’t end there! We’d like to invite all parents into school for a
Tudor Dance Festival where parents will be asked to dance by their
children! Friday 16th October – 2pm – 3pm.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Our next topic will be…
A bunch of Hocus Pocus! The history of the Pendle Witches.
Literacy based on stories set in imaginary worlds
Sharing event for parents to be decided upon.
Trip to Lancaster Castle
AUTUMN TWO TOPICS
The Secret Detectives Detective adventure stories
Problem solving activities
Detective journals
The Year 4 production
WEEK COMMENCING 30/11/15
ENTERPRISE WEEK
CONFIDENTIAL - The
children will be making a
product to sell at the fair…
OTHER TOPICS
Over the year, you can expect some topics such as…
Clever Caveman
Earth Shattering Earthquakes and Sly Tsunamis
Electrifying!
The Story Writers Club
The Great Outdoors
YOUR IDEAS…
What memories of primary school do you have?
What experiences would you like your child to have
in year 4/primary school?
If you were back in primary school now, what kinds
of topics would you like to learn about?
SCHOOL ROUTINE
PE – Swimming on Thursday, Dance in the hall on Tuesdays.
Home/School Reading – Children are asked to read 4x weekly, when they
have read we ask that they write some sentences about what they have read
to show their understanding of the story.
Spellings – Children will be given spelling lists each week, we ask that they
practise these ready for a spelling activity each week (4d – Wednesday and 4H
– Friday)
Times Tables – Please can children be practising these at home as well as in
school, we will be going for our calculator rulers as soon as they are ready.
Comprehension – Children will be given a reading comprehension to do
every fortnight. This should be completed in their home/school diary.
SCHOOL WEBSITE
We have a fantastic new school website!
http://www.torrisholme.lancs.sch.uk/
ANY QUESTIONS?
Finally…
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or
concerns, however please can we ask that appointments
are made and parents only pop into class before school if
it’s urgent or very quick so that the children’s lesson can
start on time.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Your year 4 class teachers
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