Saturn Year 4
Saturn Year 4
Welcome to Saturn Class, we have lots of fantastic learning planned for this academic year, which we know the children and the teaching staff are going to really enjoy. We will be studying topics in Science, Geography, History, Art and Design and D & T under these Main Project Titles.
Autumn | Spring
| Summer |
Invasion | Misty Mountain, Winding River | Ancient Civilisation
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Subject | Autumn | Spring | Summer
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Science | Sound | Grouping and Classifying | Electrical Circuits and Conductors |
Art and Design | Warp and Weft | Animal | Islamic Art |
History | Invasion |
| Ancient Civilisation
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Geography | Interconnected World | Misty Mountain, Winding River |
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D & T | Fresh Food and Good Food | Functional and Fancy Fabrics | Tomb Builders |
We will be using Talk for Writing to support our English lessons using a selection of fiction books. This will support the children with their writing, and will enable them to develop their literacy skills of writing stories, describing characters, discussions, non-chronological reports, explanations, recounts, persuasion and instructions. These are the books that we will be focusing on:
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | Picture Books |
Charlotte’s Web – EB White
| Bill’s New Frock – Anne Fine
| Why the Whales Came – Michael Morpurgo
| Adventure at Sandy Cove – Pie Corbett Adjoining text – The famous five: five on a treasure island – Enid Blyton
| The Snow Walkers son – Catherine Fisher
| Perry Angel’s Suitcase – Glenda Millard
| Voices in the Park – Anthony Browne
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In RE we will be learning:
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2
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What is the ‘Trinity’ and why is it important for Christians?
| What are the deeper meanings of the festivals?
| How is faith expressed in Sikh communities and traditions?
| How does believing Jesus is their saviour inspire Christians to save and serve others?
| For Christians, what was the impact of Pentecost?
| How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?
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We are looking forward to PE lessons, which will have one session run by a Specialist PE Coach. These will include sessions inside and outside.
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2
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Tennis (play competitive games)
| Hockey (play competitive games and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending)
| Football (play competitive games and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending)
| Basketball/Netball (play competitive games and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending)
| Cricket (play competitive games and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending)
| Athletics (use running, jumping and throwing in isolation and compare their performances and demonstrate improvement to achieve their best
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Dodgeball (play competitive games and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending)
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Line Dancing (perform dances using a range of movement patterns)
| Gym Sequences (develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance)
| Boxercise (develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance)
| OAA (take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team)
| OAA (take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team)
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Children will learn to play instruments in music and continue to sing in a Key Stage Choir with Mrs Byrne. They will continue to develop their skills in French with Madam Nathan.