YEAR 4

By the end of year four each child will have had access to the following skills in the following areas:

LITERACY

Speaking and Listening

The student will be able to:

• develop confidence in listening to and talking about subjects that interest them
• show an understanding of main points during a discussion
• demonstrate that they have listened carefully through comments and questions raised in consequent discussion
• show an awareness of standard English.

Reading

The student will be able to:

• read a range of texts showing understanding
• read orally with general accuracy
• read independently, using appropriate strategies to establish meaning
• respond to fiction and non-fiction by showing understanding of main points and express preferences
• locate books and find information
• begin to use inference and deduction.

Writing

The students will be able to:

• write in a clear, organised and imaginative format
• use the main features of different forms of writing appropriately and begin to adapt writing to different audiences
• begin to sequence sentences, extend ideas logically
• vocabulary choices are becoming more varied and adventurous
• use grammatical structures generally correctly
• spell accurately including common polysyllabic words
• use handwriting which is joined, fluent and legible.

NUMERACY

Using and Applying Mathematics

The students will be able to:

• develop their own strategies for solving problems and use these strategies in mathematics and in applying mathematics to practical contexts
• organise their work and check their results
• discuss their work and explain their thinking
• use and interpret maths symbols and diagrams.

Number and Algebra

The students will be able to:

• show understanding of place value up to 1000 and use this to make approximations
• recognise negative numbers, money, temperature and calculator displays
• use mental recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20 in solving problems involving larger numbers
• use mental recall of tables 1-10 in solving multiplication and division problems including those with remainders
• develop mental strategies and use them to find methods for adding and subtracting numbers of at least two digits
• recognise simple fractions as part of a whole.

Space, Shape and Measurement

The students will be able to:

• classify 3D and 2D shapes in various ways using mathematical properties such as reflective symmetry
• reflect simple mirror shapes in a line
• use non standard and standard units of length, mass, capacity and time in a range of contexts
• find perimeters of simple shapes and find area by counting squares and volume by counting cubes.

Handling Data

The students will be able to:

• extract and interpret data presented in simple tables and lists
• construct bar charts and pictograms (where a symbol represents a group of units) to communicate information they have gathered and interpret information presented to them in these forms
• understand how to collect discrete data and record it using a frequency table
• understand and use simple vocabulary associated with probability, including fair, certain and likely.

SCIENCE

Ourselves and other animals

The students will be able to:

• understand that there are different kinds of animals but they have characteristics in common
• understand that animals need certain things to stay alive and grow.

Sound

The students will be able to:

• understand that things which vibrate very quickly are sources of sounds
• recognise that some materials do not let sound through, some materials reflect sound and some materials let sound pass through
• understand that we hear things when sound reaches our ears.

Materials

The students will be able to:

• recognise that materials have certain properties that make them useful
• group materials and compare the properties of the groups.

Environment

The students will be able to:

• understand that living things are adapted to their environment
• recognise that there is a relationship between plants and animals in an environment.

Light

The students will be able to:

• understand that very hot things are sources of light and that light travels from sources in straight lines
• recognise that some things do not let light through. and that we call these things opaque
• understand that some things do not let light through and these things cast shadows.

ART

Investigating and Making

The students will be able to:

• express ideas and feelings confidently
• experiment with, and show increasing control over, a range of materials, tools and techniques
• make images and artifacts for differing purposes
• reflect on and adapt their work, identifying ways in which it can be developed and improved.

Knowledge and Understanding

The students will be able to:

• use an increasing vocabulary of art, craft and design terms
• modify their work in light of what was intended
• show interest and understanding in the work of the others
• identify different art forms and the work of different artists.

MUSIC

The music course in Year 4 will cover the following areas:

Melody

• Expand vocal range and quality through vocal exercises
• Melodic phrases: like/unlike, same/different, longer/shorter
• Ostinato
• Melodic movement by steps, leaps and repeats
• Simple -soh fah.

Tone Colour

• Instrumental sounds through listening
• Explore various use of voice - especially head and chest registers

Form & Structure through Listening

• mood and purpose
• type - opera, orchestral, choral, dance
• period - baroque, classical, romantic, 20th cent
• form - binary, ternary, rondo.

Expressive Qualities

• the appropriateness of dynamic choices
• music in a variety of styles and from many times and cultures
• tempo: fast/slow, faster/slower, a tempo, rit/rall/accell.

INFORMATION COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

The students will be able to:

• use drill and practice to extend other curriculum areas
• demonstrate increasing mastery of computer care and handling
• build on the keyboard knowledge learned in earlier grades
• use correct fingering in typing skills
• use a variety of keyboard tutoring programmes to accomplish typing skills, such as 'Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing'
• use keyboard skills to accomplish a variety of tasks such as desktop publishing
• input text into a word processing document
• set printer options and print documents
• become acquainted with common terms used in word processing
• run the spell check (if applicable) and make the necessary corrections
• begin to edit work by inserting and deleting text selections
• demonstrate the ability to add clip-art to writing using the graphics available
• use the web to browse for information
• begin to use e-mail to correspond with another person outside school (teacher guided)
• exchange e-mail with fellow classmates.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The students will be able to:

• develop large and small ball skills
• develop dance/ aerobic skills
• improve fitness level
• develop gymnastic skills
• participate in team games such as basketball, netball and touch rugby
• develop swimming skills at individual level
• develop athletic skills.

UZBEK

RUSSIAN

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