Curriculum Overview
Year 4 Curriculum Overview 2022-2023
| Autumn 1 (7 weeks) | Autumn 2 (7 weeks) | Spring 1 (6 weeks) | Spring 2 (6 weeks) | Summer 1 (6 weeks) | Summer 2 (7 weeks) |
English 1 | Entertain: Narrative Adventure A River | Entertain: Narrative Adventure Varjak Paw
| Recount: Indirect Biography Alexander the Great
Persuasive Argument Historical Argument How did Alexander conquer so much? | Entertain: Narrative Classic Literature Novel Study
Socialise: Apology Note
Recount: Diary
Around the World in 80 days
| Entertain Narrative: Classic Literature (Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night | Entertain: Narrative Fantasy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
English 2 | Entertain: Poetry Rhythm of the Rain Once Upon a Raindrop | Describe: Non chronological report Cats
| Describe Menu Instruct Recipe Published menu samples Published recipe examples
| Describe Historical Report How can we tell the stories of Roman Britons? How can we tell the story of the ‘first black people’ to live in Britain? | Persuade Discussion Text (Balanced argument)
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Maths | Number: place value Number: addition and subtraction | Measurement: area Number: multiplication and division | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: length and perimeter Number: fractions | Number: fractions Number: decimals | Number: decimals Measurement: money Measurement: time | Geometry: shape Statistics Geometry: position and direction |
Science | States of Matter Solids, liquids gases
| Living things and their habitats | Sound | Animals, including humans: Teeth & Digestion | Climate Change and Sustainability (Geography/inter disciplinary link) | Electricity |
History |
| Ancient Greece | The Roman Empire How did Rome become so powerful?
Causation enquiry
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| Roman Britain What changed in Roman Britain?
Continuity and change enquiry
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Geography | Water all around us |
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| Trade Positional significance, human geography History link (Silk Roads) |
| Antarctica
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Computing | Computing and Networks The Internet | Creating Media Audio Production
| Programming A Repetition in shapes
| Data and Information Data logging | Creating Media Photo editing | Programming B Repetition in games |
Design and Technology | Mechanical Systems Levers and Linkages Project: story book | Mechanical Systems Levers and Linkages Project: Christmas card | Food Healthy and varied diet Project: sandwich | Food Healthy and varied diet Project: fruit muffin | Electrical Systems Simple programming and control Project: Torch | Electrical Systems Simple programming and control Project: Illuminated sign |
Music | Interesting Time Signatures How does music bring us together?
| Combining Elements to Make Music How does music connect us with our past?
| Developing pulse and groove through improvisation How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? | Creating simple melodies together How Does Music Teach Us About our Community? | Connecting notes and feelings How Does Music Shape our Way of Life? | Purpose, identity and expression in music How Does Music connect Us with the Environment? |
Art | Drawing Respond to a story Linear patterning in natural objects Use own drawings to develop work Landscape as a starting point Fine control with pencil Key artist: John Brunsdon, Bridget Riley | Painting Mix, select and experiment with colour Compare ideas and approaches Respond to key artists: Georgia O’Keefe, JMW Turner | Collage Combine visual qualities Respond to artist’s work Use own images as starting point Compare methods Key artists: Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol | Printmaking African printmaking Monoprints Print relief blocks Collographs
| 3-D/Sculpture Cast forms –gummed tape Investigate designs Select and use appropriate materials Clay coils Fabric forming | Textiles Produce monoprint Dip dye fabric Resist methods Respond to artist’s work Knotting and wrapping Key artist: Michael Brennand-Wood |
PSHE/ safeguarding
| Physical & Mental Health | Keeping Safe | Relationships: Friends & Family | Respectful & safe Relationships | Living in the Wider World: Financial Literacy | Health & Wellbeing: Ourselves- Growing & Changing |
RE | What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong? | What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? (part 2) | What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today? (Part 2) | Why is Jesus inspiring to some people? | Why are festivals important to religious communities? (part 2) | Why do some people think that life is like a journey and what significant experiences mark this? |
PE | Invasion Games Football | Invasion Games Tag Rugby | Gymnastics /Dance | Athletics | Strike and Field Games Cricket | Net and Wall Games Tennis |
French | Half-term 1: Describing me and others Half-term 2: Saying what I and others have Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [a] [o] [e] [i] [u] Silent Final Consonant [SFC] -t, -s, -d Silent Final E [SFe] [an/en] open and closed [eu] [ch] [au/eau/o/ô] [on] [ou] Vocabulary: greetings, adjectives to describe mood and character, days of the week, nouns for possessions, positional prepositions in, on, under, ‘I have a present for’ story Grammar: être (singular) regular adjective agreement (-e) with and without pronunciation change, (-eux, -euse) and adjectives already ending in -e, avoir (singular), singular indefinite articles (un, une), intonation questions (including with quoi, où) | Half-term 1: Saying what I and others do Half-term 2: Saying how many and describing things Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [é/et/ez/er] [è/ê] [oi] [(a)in] [ai] Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe a range of activities, numbers 1-12, à meaning at, in, to Grammar: -ER present tense (singular), singular definite articles (le, la), regular plural marking on nouns (-s), plural indefinite article (des), il y a, intonation question (including with combien) | Half-term 1: Describing things and people Half-term 2: Expressing likes and saying what I and others do Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [SFe] soft [c/ç] [-ien] [qu] [j/soft g] [-tion] Vocabulary: colour and other adjectives to describe animals, story creation, loves and hates, Hungry Caterpillar (rouge), revisit days, Toute une année (jaune) months Grammar: revisit definite articles & adjective agreement, subject pronouns (il/elle) with objects to mean ‘it’, plural definite article (les), using aimer | détester + definite article, revisit intonation questions (including with comment, quand) | |||
School Events | Class Charters Black History Month | Anti Bullying Week Children in Need Winter Festivals
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| Red Nose Day |
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