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Spring 2 2026

Y4 Terns
 
Spring 2 2026

English

Reading:  We will use the texts  'The Poet's Dog' by Patricia MacLachlan and 'Viking Voyagers' by Jack Tite to develop our reading and comprehension skills. We will discuss our understanding of the text and new vocabulary, retrieve and record information, identify main ideas and summarise these.

Writing: Children will continue to explore the text  'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde, through a range of immersion and engagement activities and will write a range of texts, including diaries, letters, posters, reports and their own version narratives. Using The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, the children will discover a set of matchboxes containing some of the mementoes from the story. After writing predictions about what the objects might relate to, the children listen to the story in stages. They make inferences about why the great-grandfather and his family went to America, explore
vocabulary and write in role. After taking part in a freeze-framing activity, they write a conversation between two migrants on board the ship to America. They will research two famous landmarks - Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty - before timelining the main character’s life story. Following this, the children write a biography about the great-grandfather who made his journey to America all those years ago. 


Geography
Enquiry: Why do so many people in the world live in megacities?
This enquiry supports pupils to develop their understanding of the important geographical concepts of settlement and urbanisation. Pupils will explore some of the economic and social reasons why the populations of cities increase.
As an introduction to our work, click on the link to watch a video showing the features of different types of settlements and how places are interconnected.
Click on the following link to see Kei and Louis show us their lives living in the cities of Tokyo and London 
History
Enquiry: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and how do we know what was important to them?
Through this enquiry we will look at why the Romans left Britain; why the Anglo-Saxons didn't choose to live in the towns the Romans left behind; how converting to Christianity changed the lives of the people in Britain and what Sutton Hoo tells us about the Anglo-Saxon world.
Click on the link to find out about the Anglo-Saxons and help your child prepare for their learning.
Art
The children will continue our drawing journey  this term by using observational skills to accurately draw tiny objects.  We will look in detail at the shape and size to draw the items accurately. In Art Talk we will study examples of Realism as a genre of art.  The children will develop visual literacy skills by observing and reflecting on a range of artwork in this style. This term we will focus on drawing.  The children will recap their earlier learning about line, tone and texture before looking at perspective.  They will compare the use of perspective by David Hockney and L.S. Lowry then use these artists as inspiration for their own perspective drawing. 
DT
Mechanical systems: Mechanical Cars
This term we are making mechanical cars that use different methods of movement. We will test how far each car travels and then use our knowledge to create our own design.

French
Language angels - Les Legumes
In this unit the children will;
Name and recognise up to 10 vegetables in French.
Attempt to spell some of these nouns (including the correct determiner/article).
Learn simple vocabulary to facilitate a role play about buying vegetables from a market stall.
Say if they would like one kilo or a half kilo of a particular vegetable or selection of vegetables.
Click on the link and login to pupil games to practice your French
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Password: pupil
Maths
 This half term, we will focus on fractions. We will learn about equivalent fractions; counting in fractions; adding and subtracting fractions and calculating fractions of a quantity. Click on the video link below to prepare yourself for our lessons. We will then move onto decimal fractions learning about tenths and hundredths as decimals and how to write decimals on a place value grid.
Science
Energy - Sound & Vibrations
Exploring different ways of producing sounds, children learn about the relationship between vibrations and what they hear. Pupils explore how pitch and volume can be altered and how sound can be insulated using different materials. Watch the video below as an introduction to this unit.
Sound
RE
Why do Christians call the day that Jesus dies 'Good Friday'?
Pupils will learn about how the Christian Salvation story fits into the big story of the Bible. They will find out about the main events of holy week and offer suggestions about how people at the time might have felt and responded to these key events. Pupils will study texts from the Bible that retell the key events of holy week and suggest what these mean for Christians today. They will find out about how Christians today remember, celebrate and respond to the events of holy week and Easter. They will begin to make links between some of these events and life in the world today, suggesting why some Christians live their lives in the way they do. 
PE
Games - Handball
 This half term we will be combining passing, moving and shooting to create an attack which results in a successful shot at goal. We will play a mini game using basic defending tactics.
PSHE
Jigsaw - Healthy Me
This half term we will learn about healthier friendships, group dynamics, smoking, alcohol, assertiveness and peer pressure. We will end our learning by celebrating our inner strength.
Computing
Data and Information - Data Logging
The children will consider how and why data is collected over time. They will consider the senses that humans use to experience the environment and how computers can use special input devices called sensors to monitor the environment. The children will collect data as well as access data captured over long periods of time. They will look at data points, data sets, and logging intervals. The children will pose questions and then use data loggers to automatically collect the data needed to answer those questions.
Music
Playing together: effective rehearsing as part of an ensemble
We explore effective ensemble rehearsal. Professional ensembles share their secrets for success when practising alone, in small groups and as a wider ensemble. Effective rehearsal strategies are then explicitly taught to the pupils and developed in our class ensemble piece.