Y4 Curriculum Overview
Welcome to our Year 4 curriculum page. We believe that children have a right to expect a curriculum which is fun, motivating, interesting and most importantly purposeful.
We think Acre Heads Primary brings something special to every child that walks through our doors – we offer an exciting curriculum experience to all our children. Our school ethos is built on our core values: BELIEF, DETERMINATION, RESILIENCE and TEAMWORK and enables children to achieve extraordinary things.
On this page, you will find further information about our Year 4 curriculum, useful videos, links and resources for starting Year 4 with insights into the activities and learning environments within the year group.
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What do we do in Year 4?
Please find below your child’s Year 4 Curriculum Overview which gives an outline of the topics your child will cover in Year 4.
Please find below your child’s termly Knowledge Organisers which contains a summary of the knowledge and key facts Year 4 children will be learning during the year. Children will bring a copy of the organiser home at the start of each term and are encouraged to refer to these organisers throughout their learning. Please help your child investigate and retain their knowledge as they work through their theme.
Year 4 Curriculum Map
Please find below your child’s Year 4 Curriculum Map which gives an overview of the topics/areas your child will cover during the year.
Detailed look at the Year 4 learning environment
Year 4 Drax
Year 4 Smeaton
Congratulations to Edde-Grace and her dance partner they competed in the Staffordshire Open competition over the weekend
They are now Ballroom champions in all classes, Latin champions in beginners and vice champions in under 12's Jive
Well done!
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Thank you to Aaliyah and Natalia from @GWPowersafe for joining Year 4 for a workshop today. The children looked at various types of PPE equipment.
They looked at what Green energy is and how we get it. The children also looked at various electrical and mechanical items.
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Year 4’s DT lesson, building a chassis and designing a body which will then be added to the chassis over the week
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Thank you to Anna Harvatt from Reckitts, Anna visited Year 4 this afternoon.
The children loved Anna’s communication based activities, sharing messages about new concepts they created. The children learned that that are so many different job roles within STEM and that even some of the global leaders are right on our doorstep.
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For World Book Day Drax went to the Reading Retreat for their guided reading lesson this morning dressed in their amazing costumes!
What a wonderful space to enjoy a book! Cabins For Schools
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Drax took part in a World Book Day Premier League Footy Booky Quiz!
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Sarah and Gemma from Cargill gave Drax a workshop about what they do and how their products feature in so many aspects of our daily lives
They discussed what sustainability is and how it is important for our futures
Drax made model wind turbines and showed great teamwork and problem solving skills
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Year 4 have been experimenting with string phones to demonstrate how sounds travels in sounds waves through different mediums such as solids, liquids and gasses
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Tom and Devin from PrimaryTech came to deliver a really interesting presentation about AI and how we use it in our daily lives.
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Year 4 visit to Murton Park
The children have had a wonderful day at Murton Park, the shone a little and the rain held off until they were all dismissed from the coach!
A day in the life of a Roman
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As part of their science, lesson Year 4 played a game to demonstrate the relationships between producers, predators and prey in food chains.
The children were either playing as a snowshoe hare collecting grass (tennis balls) to take to their burrows (hoops), or a lynx hunting the anowshoe hares by catching their tags.
Great work Year 4!
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As part of their hook lesson for Talk4Writing, Year 4 played two traditional Roman games called Rota and Merels. These are games that Roman soldiers would have played in their leisure time.
They also explored the collusseum using the VR headsets.
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