Mission:

To nurture a globally-minded community of learners working towards fully recognized international standards integrated with the British National Curriculum

Beliefs:

The CES community believes and promotes the principle, “Together Achieving Personal Excellence”.

This policy supports the following guiding statements (bolded). To aim to:

1.	be BETTER THAN BEFORE (BTB) in everything we do and achieve a culture where personal excellence is paramount 

2.	show kindness and respect for others through demonstrating strong ethical values and character 

3.	reach our full potential through active engagement in lessons and co-curricular activities 

4.	understand and respect others cultural beliefs and belief structures 

5.	be effective communicators 

6.	experience success and have it recognised 

7.	identify talents through the programme of co-curricular activities and events 

8.	promote a holistic approach to health and well-being 

9.	develop open-minded reflective learners 

10.	promote the principle that differences define, not divide 

11.	take pride in the richness of the Egyptian culture, language and curriculum 

The next six weeks curriculum in Year 4 Term 1a

Dear Parents,

This is what we plan to cover in this six week block:

In Mathematics we will be:

Counting, Partitioning and Calculating

•	Adding and subtracting two-digit numbers mentally 

•	Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 

•	Using a calculator to help solve one-step and two-step problems; to estimate and check the result of a calculation 

•	Doubling two-digit numbers 

•	Learning strategies to recall times tables 

•	Working out sums and differences of multiples of 100 or 1000 

•	Reading, writing and putting in order four-digit numbers and positive and negative numbers. 

Number Facts and Shapes

•	Investigating problem solving strategies and reasoning 

•	Understanding nets of shapes and visualising solid shapes 

•	Learning division facts for the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 times-tables 

•	Understanding facts about regular polygons such as the number of sides and number of angles 

•	Picking out irregular polygons that have at least one right angle. 

English:

During the next six weeks students in Year 4 will be working on Fiction-

Stories from other Cultures. Students will be reading a selection of short stories from other cultures. They will identify expressive and descriptive language to describe unfamiliar settings. Students will analyse characters and work in role to interview characters to explore their motives and behavior. At the end of the unit students will write their own stories using descriptive and expressive language.

Reading:

We will be continuing to improve our comprehension and reading skills by reading a range of books at our reading level. Students will be completing activities to improve their understanding of what they have read.

Mission:

To nurture a globally-minded community of learners working towards fully recognized international standards integrated with the British National Curriculum

Beliefs:

The CES community believes and promotes the principle, “Together Achieving Personal Excellence”.

This policy supports the following guiding statements (bolded). To aim to:

12.	be BETTER THAN BEFORE (BTB) in everything we do and achieve a culture where personal excellence is paramount 

13.	show kindness and respect for others through demonstrating strong ethical values and character 

14.	reach our full potential through active engagement in lessons and co-curricular activities 

15.	understand and respect others cultural beliefs and belief structures 

16.	be effective communicators 

17.	experience success and have it recognised 

18.	identify talents through the programme of co-curricular activities and events 

19.	promote a holistic approach to health and well-being 

20.	develop open-minded reflective learners 

21.	promote the principle that differences define, not divide 

22.	take pride in the richness of the Egyptian culture, language and curriculum 

The International Primary Curriculum:
We will be following a unit of work called The Generation Game. 

The big idea

No matter who we are, we all have one thing in common – we are growing older every day. Thanks to advances in health, science and medical care, most people can now expect to live longer than at any time before in history. However, with this comes a great responsibility. Not only must we take better care of ourselves – staying fit and healthy, both physically and mentally – we must also take care of others, ensuring that our society respects and values everyone, regardless of their age.

In History, we’ll be finding out:

• How we remember important moments of our lives

• How we can find out about an important event from the past

• About the jobs that some children did in the past

• About popular games and pastimes from the past

• What school life was like in different periods in history

In Art, we’ll be finding out:

• How we can use art to explore the themes of childhood and old age

• How we can use sculpture to capture the movement and energy of youth

• How we can create a magazine product for a target age group

In Science, we’ll be finding out:

• How to look after a baby’s needs
• How to make a nutritious baby food

• How to stay fit and healthy in old age

• About the effects of ageing on the human body

In Society, we’ll be finding out:

• About how society views the elderly
• What we hope to see happen during our own lifetime

• How we can create a community centre to meet the needs of young and old people
In Technology, we’ll be finding out:

• How to make a pram toy for a baby

• How we can design appropriate clothes for a baby

• How we can design an exercise product for an elderly person

Mission:			

To nurture a globally-minded community of learners working towards fully recognized international standards integrated with the British National Curriculum

Beliefs:

The CES community believes and promotes the principle, “Together Achieving Personal Excellence”.

This policy supports the following guiding statements (bolded). To aim to:

34.	be BETTER THAN BEFORE (BTB) in everything we do and achieve a culture where personal excellence is paramount 

35.	show kindness and respect for others through demonstrating strong ethical values and character 

36.	reach our full potential through active engagement in lessons and co-curricular activities 

37.	understand and respect others cultural beliefs and belief structures 

38.	be effective communicators 

39.	experience success and have it recognised 

40.	identify talents through the programme of co-curricular activities and events 

41.	promote a holistic approach to health and well-being 

42.	develop open-minded reflective learners 

43.	promote the principle that differences define, not divide 

44.	take pride in the richness of the Egyptian culture, language and curriculum 

In International, we’ll be finding out:

• About ‘coming of age’ celebrations from different countries and cultures

• About popular children’s games and pastimes from around the world

In Science we will be focusing on the topic: Living Things and their Habitat
Aims
The National Curriculum for Science aims to ensure that all pupils:
•	develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
•	develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them
•	are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future
Students will learn to:
•	recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
•	explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
•	recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things
•	If your child has some work to research, please help them, but without actually doing the work. If you have the chance to further their interest in the ideas of this theme please take it, but your enthusiasm and interest is most important. By the end of the unit, we hope your child has achieved all of the learning targets. We hope they have had an enjoyable time in the classroom. And we hope you have enjoyed seeing your child work with enthusiasm. If you have any comments about the work your child has done, please get in touch.
•	Anna Robinson- Year 4 Group Leader- arobinson@cesegypt.com
Rich Davis- rdavis@cesegypt.com 	Mark Harding- mharding@cesegypt.com
Laura Romney- lromney@cesegypt.com    Katie Giffen- kgiffen@cesegypt.com
Jacqueline Polychronakis- jpolychronakis@cesegypt.comMission:Mise a globally-minded communi recognized international standards integrated with the British National Curriculum

Beliefs:

The CES community believes and promotes the principle, “Together Achieving Personal Excellence”.

This policy supports the following guiding statements (bolded). To aim to:

34.	be BETTER THAN BEFORE (BTB) in everything we do and achieve a culture where personal excellence is paramount 

35.	show kindness and respect for others through demonstrating strong ethical values and character 

36.	reach our full potehrough active engagement in lessons and co-curricular activities 

37.	understand and respect others cultural beliefs and belief structures 

38.	be effective communicators 

39.	experience success and have it recognised 

40.	identify talents through the programme of co-curricular activities and events 

41.	promote a holistic approach to health and well-being 

42.	develop open-minded reflective learners 

43.	promote the principle that differences define, not divide 

44.	take pride in the richness of the Egyptian culture, language and curriculum