Class 4 (Elephants) Parent Rep:
Welcome to Elephant Class!
You can use this page to find out about the things we are learning about in Elephant Class.
If you need to contact the Class Teacher (Mrs Holloway) please email: nholloway@victoria-road.kent.sch.uk
Here's what we are learning about in Elephant class this year...
Subject |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Topic Heading |
What was Life like in Early Britain? |
Would you like to Live on a Mountain? |
Would you want to Meet a Roman? |
Would you want to Meet a Roman? |
Where is the best Home on Earth? |
What don’t you Know about Ashford? |
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English |
Narrative writing |
Persuasive letter
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Newspaper reports |
Adventure stories
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Poetry linked to African animals/ Savanna
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Persuasive advert for Ashford |
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Maths |
Place Value Addition and Subtraction |
Addition & Subtraction. Length and Perimeter Multiplication and Division |
Multiplication and Division, Area, Fractions |
Fractions, Decimals |
Decimals, Money, Time |
Statistics, Properties of Shape, Position and Direction |
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Science |
States of matter |
Electricity |
Sound |
Animals including humans |
Living things and habitats |
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Computing
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We are software Developers |
We are Toy Designers |
We are Musicians |
We are HTML Editors |
We are Co-Authors |
We are Meterologists |
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History |
Finding out about the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age
When do you think it was better to live? |
Roman culture, invasion and lifestyles
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All about Ashford: Famous people, buildings transport.
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Geography |
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Mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes |
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Learning about hemispheres and tropics, time zones and the Artic and Antarctica |
What is waste and what can be done about it? |
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Design Technology |
Making roundhouses and caves |
Making a volcano |
Roman Shields/ helmets |
Making pizzas |
3D box design and build a place and explain why it's the best |
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Art and Design |
Cave art Sketching |
Hockney – landscapes |
Mondrian – Primary colours Paul Klee – focus on mixing colours
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MC Esher – tessellations |
Kandinsky – art inspired by music |
Monet - watercolours |
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Music |
Poetry Environment |
Poetry Environment |
Sounds Around the World |
Ancient Worlds Singing Spanish |
Communication Time |
In the Past -Food and Drink |
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PE |
Handball and Bootcamp |
Athletics and Boxercise |
Striking and Fielding and Dynamic Dance |
Hockey and Gymfit circuits
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Cricket and Fitness Frenzy
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Young Olympians and Football
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RE |
What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today? |
What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? |
What do different people believe about God? (Christian focus and either/both Hindu or Muslims).
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Why is Jesus inspiring to some people? (Easter focus: possibly an RE week). |
Why do people pray? |
Why is the Bible so important for Christians today? |
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French
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Numbers to 30 Diary dates |
Weather / on our travels |
Meet the animals |
On our way to school |
Where in the world speaks French? |
Likes and dislikes |
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PSHE |
Being me in my world |
Celebrating Difference |
Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
Class Newsletters
Home Learning
Class Timetable
Year 4 Multiplication Check
For earning 1000 dojos, we made pizzas and ate them!
Christingles
Light up Christmas scenes.
We wrote Autumn poems and then turned them into songs.

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We carved Stone Age spear heads and 3d animals out of soap.
We made Iron Age roundhouses out of clay
We dissected Stone Age poo to see what the Neanderthals ate


