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