This term, Year 4 will be immersing ourselves into Ancient Egypt. We are looking forward to learning all about the history behind the Ancient Egyptian civilisation including; how they used the River Nile, hieroglyphics, exploring artefacts and using atlases to locate where they lived.
In our Science lessons, we will explore sound and electricity. We will conduct scientific experiments to test how sound and electricity works and apply this learning to our everyday lives.
We will be very busy in Maths this term. We will study a range of topics including; Multiplication and Division, Length and perimeter, Fractions and Decimals
English -
Art/DT - Pharoh Headdress and Sand Art. We will also take inspiration from the artist Alaa Awad when making Pharoah Self-portraits.
We will learn how to code using Scratch in ICT
25th January 2023- Eton College Museum
The children will be visiting the museum to look at Ancient Egyptian artefacts.
Monty: ‘I liked being able to use my imagination to write my Viking Saga’.
Joey: ‘I like learning about who the Vikings were and how they sailed across different countries to raid.’
Sydney: ‘I enjoyed going to the Methodist Church to make our Christingles. That was fun!’
Maddie: ‘I enjoyed learning all about how the Vikings built. The travelled using longships and lived in longhouses.’
Riah: ‘The Viking workshop in Ufton Court was interesting. We got to play lots of games and even pretended to be Vikings.’
Ameya: ‘Our Spanish teacher has taught us the names of sea creatures in Spanish. We also learnt to describe what they did and what colour they were.’
Natgeokids.com - National Geographic website for children on Ancient Egypt
URBrainy - Maths and English Learning Resources (free maths resources)
Maths home learning | Home learning | White Rose Maths (whiteroseeducation.com) (free maths resources for parents)
English Writing Practice - KS2 English - Twinkl (free writing resources for parents)
Primary resources, homework help and online games - BBC Bitesize (Free resources and videos. Covers a wide range of year 4 topics, including Ancient Egypt)
Century Tech – Individual learning pathway for your child
Table Rock Stars – extra practice ahead of our times tables check in May Times
Booksfortopics.com - Books linked to our topics
4V Library: Monday
4B Library: Tuesday
Indoor P.E (NO KITS): 4B Monday + 4V Tuesday
Outdoor P.E days (FULL KIT): Wednesday and Thursday
