Year 4 Spring 1

Maths

Click on the links below to open the relevant Maths-need-to-know document
Calculating 7	Mental strategies for multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
Calculating 10	Exploring the distributive property and developing written methods of multiplying
Numbers and the Number System 6	Introducing decimal fractions
Numbers and the Number System 8	Introducing decimal fractions with two places
Measurement 2	Calculating with money amounts
Calculating 8	Developing fluency with the column method of adding

English

Reading	Writing
Non-fiction – Newspaper report on Dr Barnardo (Newspapers) Exploring journalistic texts.	Write a formal newspaper article.
Fiction – Goodnight Stroud, Last Night I Saw the City Breathing (Poetry) Explore strong imagery, vocabulary and personification.	Write a free verse poem.
Non-fiction – Ancient Rome (Information text) Exploring information text.	Write an information text.

Computing

Design and Technology

E Safety

History

Music

PE

Gymnastics

Balance

Identify and use different body parts capable of weight-bearing for balance and understand why different body parts might be more suitable than others. Move into balances with control and accuracy, beginning to understand body tension and extension. Join together several balances into a sequence using travelling, rolling and jumping movements.