Year 4
Subject |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
English |
The Tear Thief (instructional writing)
Treasure Island (story writing)
The Wolf Wilder (narrative)
A Christmas Carol (character description)
Significant figure: Charles Darwin |
The Wolf Wilder (diary writing)
The Ocean Calls and The Brilliant Deep (setting description)
The Infinite (speech writing)
Until I met Dudley (explanation text)
Significant figure: Helen Keller |
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
Journey and Cinnamon (descriptive writing)
The Tale of the Three Brothers (diary)
Significant figure: Bruce Lee |
Maths |
Place value Addition and subtraction Area Multiplication and division |
Multiplication and division Length and perimeter Fractions Decimals |
Decimals Money Time Shape Statistics Position and direction |
Science |
Living things and their habitats Animals, including humans
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States of matter
Sound |
Electricity |
History |
The Roman Empire
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Roman Britain |
Islamic civilisation |
Geography |
Climate and biomes
Rhine and the Mediterranean
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Earthquakes
Tourism |
Coastal processes
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Religious Education |
Joseph, Moses and the Exodus
The family of Jesus and the birth of Jesus |
The teachings of Jesus and the death of Jesus.
The message of Jesus spreads. |
Living Christian traditions |
Physical Education |
Netball Fitness Fundamentals
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Gymnastics Basketball |
Dodgeball Athletics |
Computing |
Computing systems and networks Programming: Coding with Scratch Creating media: Website design
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Skills showcase: HTML Programming: Computational thinking
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Data handling: Investigating weather Online safety
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Modern Foreign Languages |
Spanish Phonetics
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Spanish Fruits Vegetables |
Spanish Presenting myself My family |
Art |
Story telling through drawing
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Exploring pattern |
Festival feasts |
Design Technology |
Shell structures using CAD |
Pneumatics |
Circuits and switches |
Music |
ABBA: Pop song structure.
Glockenspiel Stage 2.1: Playing and performing whole pieces using 4 or more notes.
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Glockenspiel Stage 2.2: Reading standard notation, playing pieces from stave notation.
Lean on me: Gospel and soul music, black history. |
The Beatles: Rock band instruments. The 1960’s.
Reflect, Rewind and Replay: Pop music. Performance and ensemble skills |
Personal, Social, Health Education |
Being Me in My World Celebrating Difference |
Dreams and Goals Healthy Me |
Relationships Changing Me
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Trips / visits |
Class production |
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Beach trip to Weston-super-Mare
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