History

We will be able to:

• develop a secure understanding of BC and AD (BCE and CE)
• place main pharaohs onto a timeline
• ask questions using primary and secondary sources
• display opinions based on our growing understanding
• compare structures from thousands of years ago to today
• explain the effect that the river Nile had on the Egyptian civilisation

We will know:

• that the ancient Egyptian civilisation was divided into three kingdoms
• about daily life in ancient Egypt

Geography

We will be able to:

• locate the source(s) and mouth of the river Nile and river Severn

We will know:

• features of rivers

Art

We will be able to:

• explore ancient Egyptian tomb painting, and the work of modern day Egyptian artist Khaled Hafez
• create our own paintings in these styles

Computing

We will know:

• how to edit photos, and how to create powerpoints using different images

We use a knowledge organiser for every project in every year group. It is a helpful way for children and families to see the key knowledge that children will learn. This key knowledge helps the children ask more questions and then find out more information.

It would be helpful to talk with your child about this knowledge organiser. As the project develops, they will be able to share more knowledge. Thank you!

Please help your child to know all of their times tables. It is very very important!  Some of the areas we will be learning include:

• multiplying by 10 and 100: 6 x 10 = 60, 6 x 100 = 600
• dividing by 10 and 100
• factors: the factors of 24 are 1, 24, 2, 12, 3, 8, 4 and 6
• multiplicing a 2 or 3 digit number by a 1 digit number: 364 x 5 =

Our main book this half term will be The Firework Maker’s Daughter.

Some areas of grammar and punctuation we’ll be learning include:

• identifying and writing adverbial phrases of time, place and manner: under the moonlit sky, after devouring breakfast, without pausing etc
• writing complex sentences that begin with the subordinate clause followed by a main clause: using ‘after, ‘before’ or ‘even though’
• punctuating speech correctly, using inverted commas:              

       She whispered, “Over there.”    

PE Kits:

School PE uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt and trainers. All children will come to school wearing PE kit on their PE days.

Year 4 PE days are Wednesday and Friday.

Year 4 Home Learning

• Daily reading – children will bring books home
• TTRockstars website – children will bring logins home
• Music – practising their instrument
• A weekly activity based on the classroom learning sent out via email or a paper copy
• Half-termly project activities sent out via email or a paper copy.

Dates

Friday 24^th January: School Disco

3.15-4.20 Year 1, 2, 3 and 4.30-5.45 Year 4, 5, 6

Tuesday 28^th January 2024

more information will be sent nearer the time but we need lots of parent/carer helpers, please!

Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th March: Open Evenings for all children– more information will be sent to you nearer the time.

Can you help?!

If you have any information (stories, photos, experiences, artefacts etc) from the regions on our knowledge organiser, then please contact your class teacher. Thank you!

Please keep in touch – we check these emails everyday before we start teaching:  griffon@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk   

Thank you!

Communication With Teachers:

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here:  griffon@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Teachers will respond between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00pm.