Curriculum Overview
Year 4 Curriculum Overview 2021-2022
| Autumn 1 (7 weeks) | Autumn 2 (7 weeks) | Spring 1 (6 weeks) | Spring 2 (6 weeks) | Summer 1 (6weeks) | Summer 2 (7 weeks) |
English | 1.Entertain:Narrative Adventure
2.Entertain Poetry | 1.Entertain:Narrative Adventure
2. Describe Non-chronological Report | 1.Describe Menu Instruct Recipes 2.Persuade Discussion Text (balanced argument) | 1.Socialise Apology note Recount Diary 2.Entertain:Narrative Classic Literature | 1Entertain: Narrative Playscript -Shakespeare
2Recount: Indirect Biography (History link) | 1.Describe Non-chronological Report
2.Entertain:Narrative Fantasy |
Key texts (English) | A River Journey Minnow on the Say
The Rhythm of the Rain Once Upon a Raindrop | Varjak Paw |
| Around the World in 80 Days
| Twelfth Night
| Charlie & the Chocolate Factory |
Maths | Number: place value Number: addition and subtraction | Measurement: length and perimeter Number: multiplication and division | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: area Number: fractions | Number: fractions Number: decimals | Number: decimals Measurement: money Measurement: time | Statistics Geometry: properties of shape Geometry: position and direction |
Science | States of Matter Solids, liquids gases
| Living things and their habitats, incl food chains | Electricity | Animals, including humans: Teeth & Digestion | Climate Change and Sustainability (Geography/inter disciplinary link) | Sound
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History |
| Romans, incl Septimus Severus (BHM) |
| Explorers (Geography link) | Monarchy Queen Elizabeth II Boudica | Mayans |
Geography | Water |
| Fairtrade Positional significance, human geography | Explorers (History link)
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Computing | Online Safety
Computing and Networks | Programming
Computing and Networks | Creating Media Audio editing | 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 | How does music bring us together? Interesting Time Signatures
| How does music connect us with our past? Combining Elements to Make Music | How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? Developing pulse and groove | How Does Music Teach Us About our Community? | How Does Music Shape our Way of Life? | How Does Music connect Us with the Environment? |
Art | Drawing | Painting | Collage | Printmaking | Textiles | 3D Sculpture |
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? Eid focus possibly an RE week | Why do some people think that life is like a journey and what significant experiences mark this? |
PE | Invasion Games Football /Basketball | Invasion Games Tag Rugby / Hockey | Gymnastics /Dance | Athletics | Strike and Field Games Cricket/Rounders | Net and Wall Games Tennis |
French | Vocabulary Colours Numbers to 31 Days/months Grammar Il y a (there are) Date Quelle est..? Culture Christmas traditions Sing a carol | Vocabulary Animals and habitats Sports/hobbies Grammar C’est qui ? (who is it?) Qui habite? (who lives?) Adjectives Je joue au Je fais du/de la Infinitive verbs
| Vocabulary Clothing Food
Grammar Plurals Culture C’est bon pour la sante ?(Is it good for health?) qu'est ce qu'il manque (What’s missing ?)
| Vocabulary Compass points Transport Nursery rhyme Grammar C’est..ou… (Is it or…) Je vais (I go…) Comment vas-tu? (How do you?) Culture Countries where French is spoken Mardi Gras/Easter | Vocabulary Weather Family Grammar Quelle temps fait-il? (what is the weather.?) J’ai /Je n’ai pas (I have/have not)
| Vocabulary Body parts Grammar Translate sentences Montrez-moi (show me) Culture Tour de France Bastille Day |
School Events | Class Charters Black History Month | Anti Bullying Week Children in Need Winter Festivals
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| Red Nose Day | QEII Platinum Jubilee |
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