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WHAT WILL MY CHILD
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During
this academic
year your child
will study a wide
range of subjects
and topics. He/she
will learn a variety
of new skills
and ideas. He/she
will learn to
read and write
more fluently
and become more
confident with
numbers. All of
this will be much
easier with your
support.
As
a parent or carer,
you have a very
important role
to play in helping
your child learn.
Some parents are
afraid of doing
the wrong thing.
The
most important
things you can
do are:
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Take an interest in
what your child is
learning at school;
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Praise
them when they have
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Reading |
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The
most important way in
which you can support
your child is with regular
reading times.
Between
the ages of four and
seven, most children
learn to read. But even
when they can read,
you should still try
to hear them read or
read to them as often
as possible. Sharing
stories with a grown-up
will teach them new
words and will encourage
them to become better
readers.
Above all,
enjoy your reading time
together.
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| Primary
school is where foundations
are laid. Make no mistake,
there’ll be worries,
and anxious times, perhaps
some disappointments. But
it’s also going to
be exciting for your child.
Want
to find out more?
There’s
lots of information for
parents available at :
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out in this booklet are
the programmes of study
that we have planned for
your child. The work planned
takes full account of the
National Curriculum although
it should be realised that
the school offers many additional
activities that are necessary
to create a full and balanced
primary education for your
child. |
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The
following programme of
study explains the planned
work according to subject
areas. There is a structured
approach to all subjects
taught.
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PROGRAMME
OF STUDY FOR YEAR 4 CHILDREN |
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| ENGLISH
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The
school’s English
teaching fully applies
the requirements of the
National Literacy Strategy.
During year 4 your child
will study a range of
texts including Historical
stories, stories about
imagined worlds (including
science fiction) and stories
that raise issues. Also
play scripts, and a range
of poetry and non-fiction
texts (including newspapers,
magazines) will be studied.
The various learning objectives
will be approached at
word level, (including
phonics, spelling, vocabulary),
sentence level, (including
grammar and punctuation)
and text level (including
comprehension and composition).
Children will be given
the opportunity to write
in these different styles
and for different purposes.
This will also include
regular practise of handwriting
and regular spelling tests.
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| MATHEMATICS
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The
school’ approach
to Mathematics teaching
fully applies the requirements
of the National Numeracy
Strategy. The particular
elements taught in year
4 are those leading to
the targets on the attached
sheet.
The Numeracy Strategy
places considerable
emphasis on developing
your child's ability
to work with numbers
mentally and to develop
fast recall of a variety
of number facts.
The children are taught
Mathematics in ability
sets made up exclusively
of children in their
own Year group, using
the "Numeracy Hour"
approach. The work incorporates
using and applying Mathematics,
Number Work, Algebra,
Measurement, Shape and
Space and Data Handling.
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| SCIENCE
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year your child will experience
the following areas: |
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Magnets
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Healthy
Eating and Teeth |
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Characteristics
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Light
and Shadows |
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Helping
Plants to Grow Well |
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Rocks
and Soils |
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| HISTORY
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year your child will be
looking at the following: |
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Ancient
Egypt. The children
will find out about
pharaohs, why pyramids
were built, including
religion and burial
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Life for Children
in Victorian Britain.
This topic will cover
everyday life for
children, in particular
for the poor; they
will also learn about
schools during this
period and important
figures who helped
to improve life for
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How Life Changed in
Our Area During Victorian
Times and After. |
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topics will provide experience
of a variety of skills and
techniques including : |
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Knowledge
of history. |
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Interpretations
of history |
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The use of historical
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The
ability to place these
events in a historical
perspective. |
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| GEOGRAPHY
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year your child will study
the following : |
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Investigating
Our Local Area |
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Weather Around the
World |
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How Can We Improve
the View From Our
Window? |
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| Other on-going
elements during the year
will look at topical news
items and where they take
place in the world. There
may be a possible link via
E-mail and internet sites
with a school in a contrasting
locality to enhance their
geographical experiences.
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topics will be taught with
particular reference to
the following: |
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Skills
( eg mapwork, fieldwork,
secondary sources). |
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Physical occurrences
( eg weather, landforms,
animals). |
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Human influences (eg
economic, settlement,
communications). |
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Environmental
factors (eg use of
resources, protecting
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Knowledge
and understanding
of places. |
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| I.C.T.
(INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY) |
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The
Dudley Grid for Learning
has provided the school
with up to date equipment,
including computers, internet
access, email connections
for all students and teachers
and new learning software.
It includes learning system
software to support pupil
development in English
and Maths; video conferencing;
and the possibility of
access to resources from
home. The computers at
Withymoor are arranged
in a computer suite, where
each class has time tabled
access during the week,
and in clusters around
the school for more flexible
use during normal lesson
time. Schemes of work
are based on the latest
government guidelines. |
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are areas such as:- |
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Text
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E-Mail |
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Manipulating Sounds
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Databases |
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Simulations |
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| DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY :: |
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| Your child
will be given the opportunity
to develop design and technology
skills through a number
of projects. Topics covered
will include: |
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Packaging |
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Moving Monsters |
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Sandwich Snacks |
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Photograph
Frames |
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE)
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The school
follows the Dudley Agreed
Syllabus for R.E
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themes to be studied during
Year 3 are:
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Signs
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How and why do Hindus
celebrate Diwali? |
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What do we know about
Jesus? |
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What
is the Bible and why
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Christians? |
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What
is faith and what
difference does it
make? |
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| PHYSICAL
EDUCATION : |
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Your child will have
experience of a variety
of physical activities
including gymnastics,
dance and movement, games
and swimming (Spring and
Summer)
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covered will be : |
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| Dance
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Moods
and feelings, Moving
at different levels |
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Linking
travelling actions
with balances |
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Water
safety, stroke development,
responding to challenges,
personal survival
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Developing
personal skills in
running, jumping and
throwing. |
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Skill
development as applied
to invasion games
and striking and fielding
games. |
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Children will
need their PE kit on:
8L Tuesday and Thursday
9B Monday and Thursday
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| MUSIC |
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| Your child
will take part in musical
activities involving the
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Exploring
sounds (including
pitch, timbre, dynamics,
tempo, rhythms,
pentatonic scale).
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Exploring
the effects of sounds
(including colours
of sound, descriptive
sounds, songs and
singing games and
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Developing
skills (including
singing, playing rhythmical
and melodic instruments,
understanding notation,
composing. |
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all be carried out at the
appropriate level of ability
for your child and will
take place in groups, classes
or assemblies/hymn practices. |
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| ART |
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| Your child
will be presented with activities
designed to develop their
artistic skills and techniques.
Their work will include
printing, photography, modelling,
collage, painting and drawing.
Children will be encouraged
to be aware of, and look
critically at, art in the
widest sense of the word,
both now and during historical
periods studied. |
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Investigating
Patterns |
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Portraying Relationships |
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Can
we change places?
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| PERSONAL,
SOCIAL, HEALTH EDUCATION
AND CITIZENSHIP (PSHE) |
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| The children
will pursue a series of
activities and discussions
to raise their own self
awareness and their appreciation
of the role they play as
citizens in our complex,
multicultural society. The
specific areas of study
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My
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Race relations |
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Thinking
of others both past
and present |
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Jobs
and Responsibility |
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Making
choices |
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Helping
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Law
and order |
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Race
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Supporting
others |
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Coping
with Pressures |
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Rights
and values |
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Goals
and targets. |
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| VISITS |
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Over
the course of the year your
child will carry out project
work (a) in the immediate
vicinity of the school (b)
at local centres within
walking distance and (c)
at places further afield.
Visits/events
currently being considered
for the year:
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| Hartlebury
Museum |
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| Theatre
Visit |
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| It
is important that you realise
that although the programmes
of study have been planned
on a year group basis, the
actual organisation and
delivery will be geared
to the needs of your child. |
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