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Year 4 Knowledge Organisers

Autumn 1

Knowledge Organisers in SRS

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are currently in the process of reviewing the content of our curriculum to ensure there is a much greater emphasis on the ‘sticky knowledge’ (knowledge that we want children to remember) that children need in order to not only truly understand concepts, but also to enable them to apply the knowledge, offer informed explanations, make links and spot patterns.

We have looked at each subject and identified the essential knowledge that we feel the children need to know. Following this we have produced ‘Knowledge Organisers’ which are ‘go-to’ documents outlining the essential knowledge that teachers will be covering across a unit of work; including dates, key vocabulary, definitions, diagrams and other key information.

These ‘Knowledge Organisers’ will be shared with pupils and parents with the aim that everyone knows exactly what is being taught, and what the children need to learn.

Attached to this letter is the ‘Knowledge Organiser’ for the Autumn 1 scheme of work for Topic, Maths and Science which the Year 4 pupils are covering this term. If you are a parent of a child in Year 4, please feel free to use these as reference guides for what your child is learning, and as an opportunity to discuss the facts about the topics and how much they have learned. They can also be used to see if they are able to start making links or offer explanations about the world around them.

We will continue to develop the use of Knowledge Organisers and the plan is to produce them for all of our subjects. We welcome your views and any suggestions you may have on this initiative.

Kind Regards,

The Year 4 Team

منظمات المعرفة في مدرسة البحث العلمي

أولياء األمور األعزاء،

المعرفة التي نريد أن يتذكرها " )المعرفة الالصقة"نحن اآلن بصدد مراجعة محتوى مناهجنا الدراسية للتأكد من وجود تركيز أكبر على ة وإنشاء والتي يحتاجها األطفال ليس فقط لفهم المفاهيم حًقا ، ولكن أيًضا لتمكينهم من تطبيق المعرفة وتقديم تفسيرات مستنير( األطفال

.روابط وأنماط موضعية

" منظمات المعرفة"بعد ذلك ، أصدرنا . لقد بحثنا في كل موضوع وحددنا المعرفة األساسية التي نشعر أن األطفال بحاجة إلى معرفتهاتوضح المعرفة األساسية التي سيغطيها المعلمون عبر وحدة العمل ؛ بما في ذلك التواريخ " مختصرة"وهي عبارة عن مستندات

.والمفردات الرئيسية ، والتعاريف ، والرسوم البيانية وغيرها من المعلومات األساسية

مع التالميذ وأولياء األمور بهدف أن يعرف الجميع بالضبط ما يتم تدريسه وما يحتاج األطفال إلى " منظمات المعرفة"سيتم مشاركة .تعلمه

الذي يغطيه تالميذ " العلوم"و " الرياضيات"لموضوعي ( 1)لمخطط العمل لفصل الخريف " منظمات المعرفة"مرفق بهذه الرسالة فال تتردد في استخدام هذه كدليل مرجعي لما يتعلمه طفلك ، وكفرصة ، الصف الرابعإذا كان طفلك في . من هذا المصطلحرابعالالصف

يمكن أيًضا استخدامها لمعرفة ما إذا كان بإمكانهم بدء إنشاء روابط أو تقديم . لمناقشة الحقائق المتعلقة بالموضوعات وكم تعلموه.توضيحات حول العالم من حولهم

نرحب بآرائكم وأي (. لكل فصل2)سوف نستمر في تطوير استخدام منظمات المعرفة والخطة هي االنتاج لجميع المواد الدراسية .اقتراحات قد تكون لديكم بشأن هذه المبادرة

تفضلو بقبول فائق االحترام،،

Top Tips on how to use your Knowledge Organisers to help you learn!

Get out your knowledge organiser when completing

your homework. The key words and information will

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For videos, tips and flash card

templates, please scan me.

Use small pieces of card to write or draw your information or

words.

Write the answers or definition on the back.

Ask a parent, friend to test you or even test yourself by

reading and looking at your cards.

Look

I look at the word I want to learn and its meaning.

Say Cover Write Check

I say that word in my head or out loud.

I cover the meaning of the word I’m learning.

I write the word down or even try it in a sentence.

I check the spelling and the meaning of the word to see if I’m correct.

Flash cards

Topic Knowledge Organiser

Autumn 1

Key Vocabulary

eruption An explosion of steam or lava

from a volcano.

aftershock A shaking event that follows an

earthquake.

magma Hot fluid or semi-fluid material

below or within the Earth’s crust

from which lava is formed.

lava Hot, molten or semi-fluid rock

erupted from a volcano, or solid

rock resulting from cooling of

this.

dormant A dormant volcano is an active

volcano that has not erupted in

the past 10,000 years.

fault Fractures in Earth's crust where

rocks on either side of the crack

have slid past each other.

magnitude If you talk about the magnitude

of something, you are talking

about its great size

landslide A collapse of a mass of earth or

rock from a mountain or cliff

Tectonic

plates

The Earth’s outer shell is made

up of huge slabs of moving rock

called tectonic plates.

Year 4 Knowledge Organiser – Seconds to Disaster

Sticky Knowledge The Earth has 4 layers: The Crust, The Mantle, The Outer

Core and the Inner Core.

Volcanoes are caused when magma rises to the surface of the Earth, which causes bubbles of gas. This gas causes pressure in the mountain, and it eventually explodes.

Volcanoes have a magma chamber, conduit, sill, vent, throat, crater, lava, ash, ash cloud and parasitic cones.

Volcanoes are classified as active, dormant or extinct.

The soil near volcanoes is said to be rich and fertile.

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.

The biggest volcano on Earth

• The largest volcano on

Earth is Mauna Loa in

Hawaii.

Pompeii

Maths Knowledge Organiser

Autumn 1

Counting

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000

Key VocabularyCounting Moving up or down numbers.

Order To arrange numbers by

ascending or descending.

Compare To examine the difference

between one or two things.

Round To make numbers simpler and

easier to use.

Digit Used to represent a number in a

specific position.

Estimate To make an approximate guess.

Patterns Is something repeated or do you

notice a trend?

Year 4 – Maths Knowledge Organiser – Numbers to 10,000

Sticky Knowledge❑Rounding numbers makes them simpler and easier to use.

Instead of saying exact numbers such as 158, we could

round this to the nearest ten and say 160.

❑When we put numbers in order, we need to compare the value of their digits.

❑When comparing numbers we always use these symbols. Greater than is > Less than is < Equal To is =

❑ If you count backwards from zero, you reach negative numbers. Positive numbers are any numbers more than zero e.g. 1, 2, 3. Negative numbers are any numbers less than zero e.g. –1, -2, -3.

Place ValueIn the place value chart, the 4 digit is in the thousands place so it really

means 4000. The 8 digit is in the hundreds place so it really means 800. The 2 digit is in the tens place

so it really means 20. The 5 digit is in the ones place so it means 5.

Rounding

Place ValueSet out column addition and subtraction

questions carefully so that digits are in the correct columns.

Key VocabularyEstimate To roughly calculate or guess the

answer.

Subtraction To find the difference between two numbers‘minus’, ‘take away’, ‘subtract’

Place value The names of the columns that show the value of each digit.

Regrouping Rearranging groups in place value.EG 10 10s are 100.

Addition To find the total, or sum, of two or more numbers. ‘add’, ‘plus’, ‘sum’

Year 4 – Maths Knowledge Organiser – Addition and Subtraction

Sticky Knowledge❑I know how to set out column addition and subtraction questions

so that the place value columns are correct.

❑When the sum of a place value column is greater than nine, the next column must be regrouped into the next place. For example, if the ones place totals 13, three is recorded in the ones place and 10 is renamed as one in the tens place.

❑We can check answers by estimating then using the inverse operations to make sure our calculation is correct.

❑When solving two-step word problems, decide carefully which

operation you are going to use (+, -, x or ÷)

Regrouping

Word Problems

Science Knowledge Organiser

Autumn 1

Key Vocabulary

Matter Objects that take up space and have mass.

Solid A solid holds its shape and has a fixed volume.

Liquid Fills up the shape of the bottom of a container.

Gas A gas can escape from an unsealed container. It fills up the space it is in.

Celsius Is a temperature scale. It is used to tell how hot or cold something is. It is

written as °C.

Particles All materials are made of tiny particles.

Temperature The degree of heat present in a substance or object,shown on a thermometer

Reversible A physical change that can be undone.

Irreversible Not able to be undone – a chemical change has occurred

Year 4 - Science Knowledge Organiser – States of Matter

Sticky Knowledge

Matter (solid, liquid and gas) can change from one state to another if heated or cooled. This is the change of state.

The water cycle is the complete journey that water makes, from one place to the other, and from one state to the other.

The water from a puddle evaporates when it is a hot day and the sun is shining. The liquid turns into vapour as its heated.

When water vapour in the air rises, it cools down. It cools enough for the water vapour to condense and form droplets of water. This is known as condensation.

Rain falls from clouds in the sky in the form of water droplets, this is called precipitation.

Oceans and lakes collect water that has fallen.

The Water Cycle

Particle Properties

PE Knowledge Organiser

Autumn 1

Year 4 Team Building

Key Vocabulary

Seek To look hard for something

LeadershipPart of a group that makes

important decisions about how the group will work together.

OpinionWhat you might think about a

certain subject. Everybody has one!

Problem Solve

A skill that helps you to complete a task.

Achieve To win or to do something special

Identity Your identity is who you are.

PositionWhere a team player stands on their

field

Sticky Knowledge

Communication is important to know how to tell people your ideas.

The best relationships are built on trust.

It’s important to work in a team and help each other.

Challenge is important to learn new skills.

Communication is important to know how to tell people your ideas.

Team Work

Ferrari Formula 1 team

Did you know?A Formula 1 racing team is typically made up of 60-70 people, including:

• Mechanics – These change the tyres, clean radiators and change part of the car:

• Engineers – Work closesly with the driver to make sure that the car is set up perfectly for each race track.

• Management – Make decisions how how the team will work together

• Support – These people do a range of jobs including looking after and training thedriver.

Year 4 Athletics

Key Vocabulary

RelayA team running event consisting

of four athletes.

BatonA long object which is passed

during a relay race.

ExchangePassing the baton from one

athlete to another.

ReleaseLetting go of an object in order

to throw it.

JavelinA stick with a pointed end which

is thrown as an event in athletics.

AngleA mathematical word that

describes direction.

DegreeThe unit of measurement when

measuring angles.

Sticky Knowledge

A skill which will allow an athlete to reach their top speed faster.

How fast you are able to respond to a stimulus (e.g a starting whistle)

Extending a your elbow means reaching out or using it to help you throw over large distances.

To twist. A discus thrower must rotate his body to achieve success.

A type of throw, as used in order to throw a discus.

Lawrence Cheroino

Winner of the Boston Marathon 2019

Did You Know?The 2019 Boston Marathon ended in a sprint finish.

Over the final stretch of the race, Kenya's Lawrence Cherono and Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa were locked in a dead sprint to the finish line.

Cherono edged out Desisa by two-tenths of a second, finishing the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 57 seconds

Year 4 Swimming - Beginners

Key Vocabulary

Sequence When you link different movements and actions together

Treading Using both arms and legs to keep your head above water

Pool floor The bottom of the pool

Backstroke A stoke you do on your back

Front crawl a swimming stroke where arms are moved overhead and a flutter kick is used

Butterfly A stroke you do on your front using both arms at the same time

Sculling quick movements of the handsto keep your head above the water

Sequence When you link different movements and actions together

Kathleen Ledecky

Kathleen is the current world record holder in the women's 400, 800 and 1500meter freestyle . She has won five Olympic gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer

Did you know?

Elephants use their trunks as natural snorkels and can swim as much as 20 miles a day.

The Titanic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool

Sticky Knowledge

A flat position is used in all four strokes

Breaststroke arms is a stretch and pull action

Keeping my fingers close together gives me more push and pull in the water

Sculling can be done in a flat position and upright

The length of the pool is 23 meters long

I have to synchronize my arms and legs to travel forwards and backwards

If I need help I know to call a lifeguard to signal I'm in danger

Year 4 Swimming - Improvers

Key VocabularySequence When you link different

movements and actions together

Treading Using both arms and legs to keep your head above water

Pool floor The bottom of the pool

Backstroke A stoke you do on your back

Front crawl a swimming stroke where arms are moved overhead and a flutter kick is used

Butterfly A stroke you do on your front using both arms at the same time

Sculling quick movements of the handsto keep your head above the water

Michael Phelps

Did you know?

Sticky Knowledge I Know all 4 whistle commands

The breathing I use during front crawl is three strokes and a breath

If I’m assisting someone out of the pool I must be on my knees for balance

Making my body streamlined helps me to travel faster

Treading is a way of staying afloat keeping your head above the water (safety)

The names of the four strokes are front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly

Swimming burns more calories than most other forms of exercise

Swimming Has Been an Olympic Sport Since 1896

Year 4 Swimming - Advanced

Key Vocabulary

Asses To look around and make surethere is no danger

Sink To drop down under the water

Rhythmic breath A pattern of breathing

Individual medley Swimming in one style for a number of lengths

Tumble turn reverse the direction I'm swimming in at the end of a length

movementcoordination

When your swimming movements are sooth

Technique skill or ability in a swimming stroke

Dive To fall or plunge into the water headfirst

Safety

Always listen to the

instructions of your teacher

and lifeguard.

Did you know?

Sticky Knowledge Before I enter the pool I look (asses) that it is safe

When doing backstroke I start on my front and rotate onto my back

If I sink before I push off the pool wall I get more power to travel

Wearing clothes in water makes it harder to swim

When I swim breastwork I complete four strokes and then take a breath

I breath through my mouth in order to take in a large amount of air

An Olympic sized pool can can hold from 700,000 to 850,000 gallons of water

The world record for breath-holding is 22 minutes, which is currently held by StigSeverinsen.