The Form IV year

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This Term

Science –

Electricity, the human body, forces, materials Inc rocks and soils. This will be taught by both practical and class based task

History-

The Aztecs (see link on the right)

ICT

Writing for different audiences; using images to make repeating and symmetrical patterns; branching databases (asking questions requiring Yes and No answers); collecting and presenting information using questionnaires and charts; modelling effects on screen (Logo).
This term: Questionnaires and charts, followed by modelling effects on screen

Mathematics

Using and applying

• Solve one- and two-step problems involving numbers, money or measures, including time; choose and carry out appropriate calculations, using calculator methods where appropriate

• Represent a puzzle or problem using number sentences, statements or diagrams; use these to solve the problem; present and interpret the solution in the context of the problem

• Suggest a line of enquiry and the strategy needed to follow it; collect, organise and interpret selected information to find answers

• Identify and use patterns, relationships and properties of numbers or shapes; investigate a statement involving numbers and test it with examples

• Report solutions to puzzles and problems, giving explanations and reasoning orally and in writing, using diagrams and symbols

Counting and understanding number

• Recognise and continue number sequences formed by counting on or back in steps of constant size

• Partition, round and order four-digit whole numbers; use positive and negative numbers in context and position them on a number line; state inequalities using the symbols < and >, e.g. -3 > -5, -1 < +1

• Use decimal notation for tenths and hundredths and partition decimals; relate the notation to money and measurement; position one- and two-place decimals on a number line

• Recognise the equivalence between decimal and fraction forms of one half, quarters, tenths and hundredths

• Use diagrams to identify equivalent fractions, e.g. ⁶¤₈ and ³¤₄, or ⁷⁰¤₁₀₀ and ⁷¤₁₀; interpret mixed numbers and position them on a number line, e.g. 3¹¤₂

• Use the vocabulary of ratio and proportion to describe the relationship between two quantities, e.g. there are 2 red beads to every 3 blue beads, or 2 beads in every 5 beads are red; estimate a proportion, e.g. ‘about one quarter of the apples in the box are green'

Knowing and using number facts

• Use knowledge of addition and subtraction facts and place value to derive sums and differences of pairs of multiples of 10, 100 or 1000

• Identify the doubles of two-digit numbers; use to calculate doubles of multiples of 10 and 100 and derive the corresponding halves

• Derive and recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10, the corresponding division facts and multiples of numbers to 10 up to the tenth multiple

• Use knowledge of rounding, number operations and inverses to estimate and check calculations

• Identify pairs of fractions that total 1

Caclulating

• Add or subtract mentally pairs of two-digit whole numbers, e.g. 47 + 58,
91 - 35

• Refine and use efficient written methods to add and subtract two- and three-digit whole numbers and £.p

• Multiply and divide numbers to 1000 by 10 and then 100 (whole number answers), understanding the effect; relate to scaling up or down

• Develop and use written methods to record, support and explain multiplication and division of two-digit numbers by a one-digit number, including division with remainders, e.g. 15 × 9, 98 ÷ 6

• Find fractions of numbers, quantities or shapes, e.g. ¹¤₅ of 30 plums, ³¤₈ of a 6 by 4 rectangle

• Use a calculator to carry out one- and two-step calculations involving all four operations; recognise negative numbers in the display, correct mistaken entries and interpret the display correctly in the context of money

Understanding shape

• Draw polygons and classify them by identifying their properties, including their line symmetry

• Visualise 3-D objects from 2-D drawings and make nets of common solids

• Recognise horizontal and vertical lines; use the eight compass points to describe direction; describe and identify the position of a square on a grid of squares

• Know that angles are measured in degrees and that one whole turn is 360°; draw, compare and order angles less than 180°

Measuring

• Choose and use standard metric units and their abbreviations when estimating, measuring and recording length, weight and capacity; know the meaning of kilo, centi and milli and, where appropriate, use decimal notation to record measurements, e.g. 1.3 m or 0.6 kg

• Interpret intervals and divisions on partially numbered scales and record readings accurately, where appropriate to the nearest tenth of a unit

• Draw rectangles and measure and calculate their perimeters, find the area of rectilinear shapes drawn on a square grid by counting squares

• Read time to the nearest minute; use am, pm and 12-hour clock notation; choose units of time to measure time intervals; calculate time intervals from clocks and timetables

Handling data

• Answer a question by identifying what data to collect; organise, present, analyse and interpret the data in tables, diagrams, tally charts, pictograms and bar charts, using ICT where appropriate

• Compare the impact of representations where scales have intervals of differing step size

Drama:-
We will be working on our Pride of Being English special assembly. Lots of poetry.

Geography:-

We will be studying Australia, mapping and weather. Revision for the end of year exams will take place in class

French:-
Time, numbers to 60, food.
We have covered the syllabus and will be revising and broadening till the end of term. There will also be opportunities for translation and songs.