Year 4 Topic List

MATHS

Properties of number, place value, ordering, estimating and rounding, negative numbers.
Money and Real Life Problems
Perimeter, Area, Capacity
Data Handling, - recording, analysing and using
Averages - Mode, Median, Mean and range
Shape - properties of 2d and 3d shapes, names, edges, vertices, faces, reflectional and rotational symmetry
Angles, bearings, compass points, coordinates
Direct Proportion
Consolidation of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division using more digits, development of mental strategies and algorithms, use of short division utilising secure knowledge of all Times Tables
Fractions and Decimals value, conversion from one to other, use of fractions and decimals in the four operations

ENGLISH

Characterisation and Development of Settings.
Development of plot through Beginning, Middle, End
Play Scripts
Non-Fiction (Adverts, Newspapers, Magazines, Instructions, Explanations)
Poetry - Rhyme, Haiku
Drama
Science Fiction
Sequencing
Stories that raise issues
Handwriting development
Development of spelling skills utilising prefixes, suffixes and root words, and identifying homophones and syllables
Reading to inform writing skills, prediction, noticing style and vocabulary used, offering synonyms.
Punctuation and Grammar - Verbs and Adverbs, Subject and Object, Common and Proper Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Prepositions, Plurals, Direct and Indirect Speech, Verb tenses, complex sentence structure, connectives, conjunctions.
Similes and metaphors

GEOGRAPHY

Kenya

HISTORY

Romans

SCIENCE

A major focus of Year 4 Science is to develop Scientific Enquiry skills - learning from doing and experimentation.
Moving and Growing - Bones and Muscles, Habitats - Animals and Humans, Keeping Warm - Temperature Insulators and Conductors, Separating Solids and Liquids, Friction and Forces, Circuits and Electrical Conductors.

BOYS GAMES

Games is Year 4 sees competitve matches in school and against other schools playing a major part for all children, along with individual cooredination and skills development.
Football is played in Term 1. A key focus is the development of positional awareness and teamwork. Rugby is played in Term 2 in Year 4 with contact but uncontested lineouts and scrums. Cricket is played is Term 3 normally in teams of 12, with 6 pairs of batsmen on a kwik cricket format.