Year 4

This half term the children will go on an imaginary ‘journey’ around the United States of America. They will ‘travel’ along Route 66, exploring many different states along the way. The children will be accessing Google Earth and atlases to investigate the similarities/differences between the different American regions and discover more about it’s famous landmarks.

In English, they will be delving into the text Matilda! They will meet Miss Trunchball and discover more about Matilda’s special talents! The children will be creating a persuasive argument against ‘The Chokey’ - a punishment used in the story, and think of the reasons why it should not be used.

In Maths, we will be embedding the children’s knowledge of shape, measure, coordinates, rounding, estimation and collecting data. They will create wanted posters based on shapes and their properties and plot coordinates based on their Route 66 topic.

Get set for the Great American Road Trip!

Our topic this term is Disney's ‘Frozen'. Throughout this unit, the children will be ‘transported’ to the kingdom of Arendelle. They will be posed the question 'What would happen if Arendelle remained an Ice land forever?'  By researching the ice age, life in Antarctica, climate change and the effects of global warming, they will be able to answer this question and consequently advise the citizens of Arendelle how they can survive in these conditions. During this unit the children will be using IPads and QR codes to research facts about Antarctica, discover the current effects of climate change and the impact that it could have on the future. In maths, they will be using Venn diagrams and graphs to sort and present information and in Science they will be studying and replicating the life cycle of a glacier. In English the children will be delving deeper into famous Disney tales, seeing them in a whole new light. What a Frozen adventure it will be!