Brookburn Primary School

Staff

Mrs Deer Assistant Head – Lower Key Stage 2

Mr Shurlock Teacher – Class 4MS

Mrs Warrington Teacher – Class 4KW

Dr Elderfield Key Stage 2 Teaching Assistant Lead

Mrs Wainwright Teaching Assistant

Miss Krell Teaching Assistant

Ms Bharucha Teaching Assistant

Curriculum Overview – Autumn 2

Our Values

History – Legacy of Monarchy

Power and the struggle for control – The life and times of Charles l

English

Flotsam – Create underwater descriptive pieces based on the images in Flotsam by David Wiesner.

The Matchbox Diary – Write a biography based on the main character in The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman.

Guided Reading – The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. Focus on: improving fluency, text retrieval and inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying these inferences with evidence.

Maths

Area : Making shapes
Addition & Subtraction : Efficient methods and how to check for errors (4 digit numbers with more than one exchange)
Multiply and Divide : Timetables up to 12×12; Multiply three numbers and Multiply by 0

Science

Sound – How sound travels as vibrations

Other Curriculum Areas

DT-. Structure (Pavilions)
Music- Glockenspiel Stage 2
Physical Education- Tag Rugby and Swimming
Religious Education- Christianity – Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?
Computing- Audio Production
French- Ma famille (My family)

Empowering Learning

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Keeping Safe including managing risk; self-control and types of drugs
E-Safety including managing online information and online bullying

Empowering Learning Skills in Year 4: We will be focussing on being self-managers. We will be working on completing a task in a given time frame, embracing challenges and managing our emotions when we find things difficult.

UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

As a Rights Respecting school, we have a whole school charter and each class creates their own class charter.

The articles in our school charter are: –

Article 2- The convention applies to every child without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status, whatever they think or say, whatever their family background.

Article 12- Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously.

Article 28- Every child has the right to an education.

Article 31- Every child has the right to relax and play.

The articles in our class charter are:
4KW
Article 24 – Health, food, water, environment
Article 22 – Refugee children
Article 31 – Rest, play, culture, arts
Article 2 – No discrimination
4MS
Article 31 – Rest, play, culture, arts
Article 39 – Care for those who have experienced trauma

Important Dates

7th November: Interim report for children on the SEND register
12th November: SEND progress evening
14th November: Interim reports sent out
14th November: Children in Need- For a donation, children can come to school wearing something inspired by Pudsey and go for yellow and spotty outfits or just wear their own clothes.
14th November: ‘The smart phone dilemma’ parent/ carer drop-in – 9am (Yr 4-6)
17th November: Odd socks day to show ‘we’re ALL unique and different’
Anti-Bullying week- ‘Power for good’
18th/ 20th November: Progress evenings
20th November: World Children’s Day
27th November: Inclusion coffee morning/ drop-in with Mrs Kay
WC 1st Dec: Pre-loved Christmas/ festive jumper sale
12th December: Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children)
17th December: Christmas lunch
19th December: Winter Singalong (KS2)

Year 4