Year 4 - Jungle Book & Northern Lights
Enter Through the Wardrobe!
YEAR 4 - JUNGLE BOOK & NORTHERN LIGHTS
THE JUNGLE BOOKS & NORTHERN LIGHTS CLASSES.
CURRICULUM FOR AUTUMN 2
As Readers
We will be reading the book, ‘The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe’, CS Lewis. The children will embark on a journey to Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures that is ruled by the evil White Witch. In the frame story, four English children are relocated to a large, old country house following a wartime evacuation. The children visit Narnia via the magic of a wardrobe in a spare room. In Narnia, the siblings seem fit to fulfil an old prophecy and find themselves adventuring to save Narnia and their own lives. As part of this, we will be inferring meaning, exploring vocabulary, making predictions, retrieving information and summarising what we have read.
Our whole class reading sessions will be linked to our history topic, ‘World War 2’. We will be focussing on non-fiction texts and their features. There will be a focus on developing fluency and expression. In addition, we shall practise the skills of retrieval, skimming, scanning and dictionary work.
Key Vocabulary: advisor, majesty, evacuation, air raid, banished, banned, distraction, hatched, dim, unguarded, finale and uprising.
As writers
We are going to investigate journalistic writing and immerse ourselves as newspaper reporters. . As part of these processes, we will be holding debates, interviewing characters, publishing news articles, We will complete an in depth study of each of the characters. Cross-curricular links will be made to our history topic WW2. The children will complete a letter, in role as an evacuee.
Key Vocabulary: punctuation, personification, direct speech, inverted commas, verb, adverb, noun, advective.
As Mathematicians
We shall begin the unit with exploring area by counting squares. This will be supported with multiplication and division fact for multiplication tables up to 12 x 12. The children will be developing quicker recall of the 3, 7, 11 and 12 times tables. We will use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including multiplying by 0 and 1, dividing by 1 and multiplying together three numbers. The children will recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations and multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout.
Key Vocabulary: Multiplication, division, recall, place value, factor, factor pairs, commutativity.
As Scientists
Year 4 will learn about common electrical appliances and how to construct simple series circuits. They will become familiar with the key words linked to the topic and how to apply them appropriately. We will learn about cells, wires, bulbs and buzzers and about the different types of switches. They will be able to troubleshoot and identify whether or not a bulb will light in a simple series circuit and be able to identify a complete circuit. The children will also learn about conductors and insulators and know that metals are very good electrical conductors.
Key Vocabulary: electricity, appliances, battery, circuit, bulb, buzzer, wire, motor, switch, conductor, insulator, mains
As Historians
Throughout this topic the children will grasp what life was like for people living and fighting during World War Two. They will develop a secure chronological understanding of the WW2 timeline, find out when and where World War 2 took place, and investigate the factors that led to war between the Allied and Axis powers. We will learn about the different people, military and civilian organisations who contributed to the war effort across the globe and gain an understanding of the impact of the Blitz, rationing and programme of evacuation in Britain during WW2.
Key Vocabulary: evacuation, evacuee, rationing, import, appeasement, alliance, contribute, panic, disruption, relocated, separate
As Artists
We will be exploring the work of Monet and Kandinsky’s Winter landscapes. As part of this we will be recreating their art work using paint.
Key Vocabulary: media, charcoal, line, tone, shade, pattern, texture, colour.
