Y4 Summer 2 

National Curriculum  checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and explaining the meaning of words in context  asking questions to improve their understanding of a text  drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence  predicting what might happen from details stated and implied  identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these  identifying how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning

Children's reading is a priority. Children practice their reading skills through: Reading aloud to an adult every day, if needed Whole class daily reading sessions. Daily Phonic Sessions, if needed Independent reading books. Stories being read by an adult. Non-fiction and Fiction books connected to I was a Rat

'I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.' Mark 10:10

National Curriculum

Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques

The area of study is Adapting a Recipe

Key Vocabulary Adapt, Budget, Cooling rack, Creaming, Equipment, Evaluation, Flavour, Ingredients, Method, Net, Packaging, Prototype, Quantity, Recipe, Rubbing, Sieving,

For children to lead up to a Biscuit Bake Off – trying different recipes to see what makes the best biscuit. What biscuit would a rat like? Children will need to consider biscuits they have tasted and the successes of the prototypes they have made.

Mount Carmel Values Our aim is for every child to leave here an Ambassador of Christ. Our values are deeply rooted in the high expectations that we have of each child in the school. Our Values permeate across the school through children's learning, friendships, behaviour and leadership. Our values come from the Church. C - consideration H - helpfulness U - unity R - respect C - commitment H - honesty

Our British Values Our children learn about our British Values through 5 areas. These are discussed at whole school liturgies and during lunch times. We are committed to serving our community, with the strong belief that we are one school for all.

Our Power Values Our aim is for every child to leave with the power to make a positive change in the world. Through our subjects there are five themes that we believe are integral with teaching children how to become powerful adults. We ensure that these themes run through our subjects. Children learn about 5 areas of power - Education, Religion, Resources, People and Legacy.

Spell words that are often misspelt Use of a dictionary&nbsp; Discussing writing similar to that which&nbsp;they are planning to write&nbsp; Organising&nbsp;paragraphs around a theme&nbsp; Assessing the effectiveness of their own&nbsp;and others’ writing&nbsp; Proposing changes to grammar and&nbsp;vocabulary Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately&nbsp;for clarity and cohesion

Genres Biography Persuasive Argument

Grammar Using inverted commas &amp; other punctuation for direct speech Conjunctions Apostrophes (possession &amp; contraction) Word classes/families Subordinate clauses Fronted adverbials

Vocabulary Scruffy, terrifying monster, sewers, Rodent Delusion lucrative budding royal intervention, convince, Royal Wedding, parody adventure

National Curriculum The aim of&nbsp;RSE&nbsp;is to give young people the information they need to help them develop healthy, nurturing relationships of all kinds. It should enable your child to know what a healthy relationship looks like and what makes a good friend, a good colleague and a successful marriage or other type of committed relationship.

The area of study is How do I love others?

Key Vocabulary Practical, personal, noticed, recognised, included, respectful, appreciated, secure.

Children will explores how we can put love into action in the communities we live in. We look at how the Church has grown out of God’s love for us and how it can be an example and a means of loving and caring for others.

describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant  describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down  plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon. interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs.  solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs.

The area of study is Geometry and Statistics

Statistics Geometry – angles and 2D shapes Geometry – position and direction

Key Vocabulary Table, line graph, bar chart, pictogram, discrete data, continuous data, operation, altogether, compare, acute, obtuse, right angle, interior angles, exterior angles, quadrilateral, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezium, isosceles, equilateral, scalene, coordinates, position, horizontal, vertical, vertex, vertices

Social Justice&nbsp;is a non-statutory subject. Catholic Social Teaching is based on the belief that God has a plan for creation, a plan to build his kingdom of peace, love and justice. Our part in this story is a kind-of vocation for the common good, a call to treat everyone as our brothers and sisters. It is something that we all share. we want to engage your child in expressing their faith through social justice and action.

The area of study is Stewardship

Key Vocabulary Justly, resources, ozone-layer, deforestation, pollution, waste disposal, unjust, growth.

Children will learn that they need to take care of creation by being responsible stewards. This means that they make sure everyone has enough to live on and that the world’s resources are shared justly.

About great artists, architects and designers in history&nbsp;

The area of study is Every Picture tells a Story

Key Vocabulary Abstract, narrative, pop art, preparatory drawing, re-enact

Through the artists, David Hockney, Paula Rego, Edward Hopper, Pieter Bruegel and Fiona Rae for children to discuss formal elements and recreate their own scene from ‘I was a rat’ through oil pastels.

Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts

The area of study is Skills Showcase: HTML

Key Vocabulary code (verb), copyright, CSS (cascading style sheet), fake news, hacker, hex code, HTML (hypertext permission, script, URL (uniform resource locator),

For children to understand what a HTML is and how it changes technology. They will create their own webpage, looking at how to change their images and how this can lead to fake news.

National Curriculum PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)&nbsp;is a non-statutory subject. But we feel that there are so many areas in a child's personal life that we need to teach them, that is more than the National Curriculum. Therefore, PSHE is taught during Live Life to the Full Week.

Key Vocabulary Mistake, failure, magnificent, mindset, balanced, informed decisions, habits, influence, negative, positive.

Children will look at their own wellbeing by looking at their place in the world. They will do this through, •Wonderful Me! My happiness •Meaning and Purpose: My role •Resilience: Celebrating mistakes For children to recognise their own strengths and how they can help others. To develop a growth mindset&nbsp;and understand that mistakes are useful

Sing with expression and a sense of the style of the music.&nbsp; Identify similarities and differences between pieces of music in a folk/folk-rock style.&nbsp; &nbsp; Understand triads and play C, F, G major, and A minor.&nbsp; &nbsp; Play an instrumental part as part of a whole-class performance.&nbsp; &nbsp;They can take part in two-part harmonies confidently.&nbsp;

The area of study is My Favourite Song

Key Vocabulary Duration, Timbre, Triads, chords&nbsp;

Favourite Song – Learn the song and accompany the song with chords.&nbsp; Rain on the green grass – 3–4-part round&nbsp; Chords played on instruments - enough tuned percussion instruments for the whole class, including beaters (individual or pairs): xylophones, metallophones, chime bars, boomwhackers, keyboards, apps (that can play chords).&nbsp; Triads, chords: C, F, G major, A minor,&nbsp;&nbsp; chord structure,&nbsp;&nbsp; folk-rock styles&nbsp; Duration: steady beat/pulse, 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures, beats in the bar.&nbsp; Timbre: acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica, keyboard, drums, bass guitar, double bass.&nbsp; Using the keyboard&nbsp; <a href="https://youtu.be/eUJGDm_gUwY">I will wait</a> by Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, Ted Dwane, and Winston Marshall.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The times they are a-changin’ written and performed by Bob Dylan.&nbsp; &nbsp;The times they are a-changin’ by Bob Dylan. Performed by The Byrds.&nbsp; <a href="https://youtu.be/BF9i8ih2yLk">Dylan Goes Electric</a> – Decades TV Network.&nbsp; <a href="https://youtu.be/mGm22XKxyjw">Behind the scenes as Dylan rehearses with The Butterfield Blues Band and Al Kooper for the Newport Festival 1965</a> – his first electric performance.&nbsp;

develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance

Key Vocabulary Vertical jump, fluency, stretch, pull throw,

Develop an understanding of speed and pace in relation to distance Develop technique when jumping for distance Explore fluency and technique in the vertical jump Explore power and technique when throwing for distance with a pull throw Develop power and speed of the sprinting technique

Building Bridges – Admitting wrong, being reconciled with God and each other God’s People – Different saints show people what God is like bridges, friendship, contrition, Absolution, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Examination of Conscience, sin, penance, confession ordinary, extraordinary, admire, saint, martyr, Communion of Saints, peace, justice

understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms and the conjugation of high-frequency verbs; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.

The area of study is Modern Foreign Languages

Key Vocabulary Un pantalón, un pantalón corto, una falda, un jersey, una camisa, un sombrero, un bañador, unas gafas de sol Me gusta, no me gusta

• Recognise positive and negative statements in English and Spanish • Read and understand a short paragraph with familiar vocabulary and structures • Memorise and present one or two spoken sentences, possibly linking sentences with a connective • Understand different possibilities for travelling abroad • Pack an imaginary suitcase for a holiday, labelling a drawing

Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

The area of study is Living Things and their Habitats

Key Vocabulary Change, positive, living things, environment, Climate, danger, greenhouse, thermometer, test, carbon dioxide

Your local council needs you! They want to turn an old industrial site in your town back to a wildlife haven. Which plants and animals would have lived here? What do they need to be able to live here again? Learn about wildlife and their habitats. How have their environments changed? What can we do to help them?

How you can help your child's learning this half term.

During your night prayers, pray that your actions may show love to others. Read for 30 minutes Learn their Five Fabulous Things •&nbsp;The outermost shell of the earth is made up of tectonic plates. (Education) •Volcanoes form when chambers of magma,&nbsp;or hot molten rock,&nbsp;boil to the surface. (Sources) •The ring of fire is the&nbsp;a path along the pacific ocean, where many&nbsp;volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. (Legacy) •Soil near active volcanoes is often rich in mineral deposits and provides excellent farming opportunities (People) •Tsunami are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. (Legacy) At the end of this topic, children will have an independent piece that will be assessed. They will be asked to make a label a working volcano. You can help them by going over certain language that will help them with this task.

physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle

The area of study is Human and Physical Geography

Key Vocabulary Pacific Ring of Fire, flanks, zones, volcanic, geological, melting, solidification, rock formation, lave, magma, converging plates, subduction, diverging plates.

Children will learn how our earth is dynamic and ever-changing. Children will explore the dynamism of the earth, learning about its structure, look particularly at the causes and distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes and their effects on landscape and people. They will be introduced to the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’, the most active region on earth, and consider why people choose to live on the flanks of volcanoes and in earthquake zones when both can be life-threatening. They will learn that volcanoes have existed throughout geological time, and that there are several different types.

Through books, we will be learning about Geography

perform dances using a range of movement patterns 

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Key Vocabulary Individual, mood, appropriate, feeling, fluently, evaluation

For children to develop a motif using speed and actions. They will refine, repeat, and remember dance phases. They will start to capture the mood of the dance.

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