Welcome to Year 4

Please visit our Year 4 Learning Journey.

Staff in Y4

Mr France & Mrs Drazek

Mrs Simpson

Mr O'Nians & Miss Astridge

Autumn 1 - Tudor Power
As historians, we will investigate the Tudor period of history including:

• Hardwick Hall (more glass than wall)
• Studies of artefacts and architecture
• Tudor life - daily life of ordinary Tudor folk
• Tudor Power - who held the power in Tudor times - the monarch, the church, the nobles or the people?
• European exploration and discovery during this time period

We will develop the skills to:

• Use evidence to ask questions and find answers to questions about the past.
• Suggest suitable sources of evidence for historical enquiries.
• Suggest causes and consequences of some of the main events and changes in history.
• Describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.

English
We will read stories with a historical setting. As well as refining our ability to read words accurately we will develop our inference skills whilst learning about different time periods.

As authors, we will plan, write and edit stories our own stories in a historical setting. This will include developing the skills to develop characters, settings and plots with imaginative description and dialogue.  We will become more skilled at using devices such as conjunctions to signal time changes, shift attention, inject suspense and change the setting.   Of course our spelling and handwriting will also improve and we hope to secure pen licences!