Lower Wortley Primary School
This Term
Below you will find information about what the classes in Year 3 and 4 are learning about this term. You might also like to view our Homework page for ways that you can support learning at home.
Summer 2025
English
This half term Year 3/4 will begin the term with a story-based unit. The children will be looking at an adaptation of an extract from Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The children will focus on different grammatical skills including clauses and apostrophes as well as developing their descriptive writing with fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases. The next unit will be a non-fiction text in which the children will produce an explanation of how to take care of your teeth which will link to our life curriculum unit as well as using prior learning from Science. The children will be developing their use of technical vocabulary to ensure they are explaining the processes and the reasons. We will then return to a story-based unit focussing on a historical setting. The children will learn the story of Hamelin and the Pied Piper. The children will spend time making changes to the story and creating their own plot, using a similar structure to the original text. Our final English unit will be a poetry unit based on the Tudors which will have a link to our history unit about Temple Newsam. The children will use their knowledge of Temple Newsam to create a 3-verse rhyming poem.
Maths
In Maths for the summer term, the children will be revising and revisiting the concepts they have developed and embedded during the previous terms. Using the mathematical concepts, the children will be focussed using their knowledge and understanding to solve problems. This will support the children with developing their reasoning skills, helping with their understanding of what the questions are asking them and how they should answer it, independently determining the correct method.
Science
The first Science unit of the term is Materials: Rocks and Soils. The children will learn about the appearance of rocks and their physical properties, using magnifying glasses to investigate closely. They will also learn about the process of fossil formation and understand the job of a palaeontologist. The learning will then move to layers of soil, earthworms and soil formations. We will then move on to Energy: Electricity and Circuits. The children will recognise how electrical appliances are powered and how to construct a circuit, drawing a scientific diagram. They will also investigate electrical conductors and insulators, writing a method for their experiment and will spend time understanding how to be safe around electricity.
History
Unit Question: What’s the story at Temple Newsam?
The children will learn about what Temple Newsam is, what makes it unique and why it is still important today. We will also study Temple Newsam’s history of significant events and make comparisons to how it has changed using different sources. We will also be able to spend time at Temple Newsam on our school trip where the children will learn specifically about the Tudor influences of Temple Newsam and become time travellers. The children will go on a magical history tour discovering the secrets of the building.
Geography
Unit Question: What is it like in our local area?
In Geography, the children will be learning about the different features of Leeds including the agricultural, industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas of the city. We will look at the human and physical features of Leeds and Lower Wortley, going out to identify key landmarks. The children will learn about grid references, compass points and how to use a map to follow a route. We will also be using digital mapping to look at an aerial view of the local area in order to create sketch maps.
Computing
The first unit the children will complete is Programming: Coding with Scratch. They will learn how to create a simple script using Scratch and use decomposition to identify key features and understand how to decipher actions that make a quiz game work. The children will also learn and understand what a variable is and how it works within a program.
The children will then move on to their next unit, Computational Thinking. The children will learn that problems can be solved more easily using computational thinking. They will learn how to apply decomposition to solve a problem, understand what pattern recognition and abstraction mean and will learn how to create an algorithm.
P.E.
All children in Year 4 will be attending swimming this term to work towards achieving the curriculum standard of swimming 25 meters. Our first Real PE unit for the term will focus on ball chasing where the children will work on their agility and static balance. They will then move on to a unit which will focus on coordination. The children will work on their skills when sending and receiving equipment as well as working with a partner to counter balance.
We will also be completing a unit of striking and fielding, using games to apply their skills and an OAA based unit. This will involve the children taking part in outdoor activities which will involve a degree of challenge and adventure which will support their physical skills, problem-solving and teamwork.
Art
The children will be completing a unit focussing on Pop Art. They will be learning about the works of Andy Warhol and create some mono-printing using ink. The children will also be creating computer generated art in the style of Andy Warhol. They will study logos and relating to modern-day pop culture.
DT
The children will be completing a unit of work learning about mechanical systems in order to be able to create a moving toy for a child. They will use pneumatics to create a force for movement. The children will also look at the work of the designer Henry Ford and will design, make and evaluate their toys.
Life Curriculum
Unit questions: Why should we eat well and look after our teeth?
The children will learn why they should eat a nutritionally rich diet and how that protects their teeth. They will also understand how to care of their teeth and the importance of fluoride as well as why we go to the dentist and what happens there. We will also consider the influences on food choices and how teeth are affected by food and drink.
Unit question: Why should we keep active and sleep well?
The children will learn about the importance of keeping active and sleeping well and how a lack of these can affect health and wellbeing. The children will be able to identify how regular exercise benefits bodies and feelings and how to seek support in relation to physical activity, sleep and rest.
Music
Throughout the summer term, the children will have the opportunity to learn an instrument as part of their music curriculum learning. The children will be learning how to play the recorder, understanding about the different notes and how to hold the instrument correctly. The Year 3 children will be learning to play the individual notes to a beat and the Year 4 children will be developing their learning from last year to use the notes they have learned with tunes.
French
My body – ‘Mon corps’ is the first unit the children will study. The children will learn the vocabulary for parts of the body, naming and describing physical features in French. They will practise recognising, recalling and matching the corresponding words through a variety of games and will learn the French versions of the song ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’.
The children will then move on to the unit I can – ‘Je peux’. The children will be introduced to vocabulary for various sports, such as swimming, running, and skiing, as well as musical instruments. They will also be introduced to key verbs, including the irregular verb faire and the verbs ‘jouer’ and ‘préférer’. Using this vocabulary, children will be challenged to express their likes and dislikes, as well as their abilities, by constructing sentences such as “playing the piano” or “playing football.” This will develop their conversational skills and grammatical understanding, particularly the use of verbs with activities and preferences.
R.E.
Our key questions during for RE this term are ‘How does the bible help Christians to live a good life?’ and ‘How do creation stories help people to understand the world?’ The children will continue their unit work on Christianity by learning about and understanding the story of The Prodigal Son.
The children will study the different creations stories from different religions including Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Islam, Hindi Dharma and Non-Religious stories. They will be identifying similarities and differences and understand how creation stories help the to recognise their responsibilities to looking after the world.