You can download a copy of the Year 4 curriculum plan.
Terms 1 and 2
Class texts
Elephant Dance by Theresa Heine
Amazing China (WAGOLL)
The Jungle Book (extracts) by Rudyard Kipling
Jungle description (WAGOLL)
English
Poetry:
vocabulary building through descriptive poems
Reading: exploring setting in the Elephant Dance
Writing: descriptive poem using the Elephant Dance with a focus on adjective and adverbs
Writing to inform
Reports – country information texts
Reading: retrieval questions to explore Amazing
China text
Writing: information text about their own country
Poetry – structure
Writing: Haikus and Kennings about animals
Writing to entertain:
Story settings
Reading: exploring setting descriptions in the Jungle
Book
Writing: contrasting setting descriptions with a focus on subordinating conjuctions (Jungle description)
Maths
Number:
- place Value
- addition and Subtraction
- multiplication and Division
Measurement:
- length and perimeter
Science
Skills focus on planning an investigation.
Geography
The learning focuses in the following questions:
- What is it like in India?
- What physical and human features will you find?
- How does it differ from where we live?
History
Roman Britain
What was the ‘Romanisation’ of Britain?
Art
We use Kapow Primary scheme of work for art. This unit involves:
- exploring the features of portrait including their scale and position.
- exploring and emulating the work of a famous artist, the Indian painter Jamini Roy
Design Technology
We use Kapow Primary scheme of work for design technology.
Adapting a recipe unit includes:
- Exploring products
- Making a recipe
- Changing a recipe
Music
Mamma Mia
Learning about:
- ABBA
- structure of songs
- musical styles of the 70’s and 80’s
The great big Christmas sing
Learning about:
- Christmas songs
- how to perform
- Carol Service preparation
PE
Games activities:
- A variety of invasion games
Gymnastics activities:
- balance
- jumps
- rolling
- sequences
Spanish
Children learn:
- greetings
- numbers
- colours
RE
- What do Hindus believe?
- Diwali
- How and why do faith groups celebrate?
- Annunciation
- Advent
- contrasting St Nicolas Church with churches around the world
PSHE (Personal, social and health education)
We follow the Jigsaw scheme of work.
Being me in my world:
- becoming a class ‘team’
- being a school citizen,
- rights, responsibilities and democracy
- rewards and consequences
- learning charters
Celebrating differences:
- judging by appearances
- understanding influences
- problem-solving
Visits and events
Indian food tasting
Big Sing
Terms 3 and 4
Class texts
Willow Pattern by Tony Mitton
Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton
Norse Mythology (extracts) by Neil Gaiman
King Alfred by Christina Dugan
Battle recount (WAGOLL)
English
Poetry – structure
Reading: performing narrative poems aloud and exploring their structure (Willow Pattern poem)
Writing: narrative poems about how Thor got his
hammer back
Writing to entertain:
Reading: exploring character and making predicitons (Arthur and the Golden Rope)
Writing: Viking myths with a focus on pargraphs (extracts from Norse Mytholog)
Vocabulary building
Writing to inform:
Recounts
Writing: recount of the battle between King Alfred and Guthrum)
Maths
Number:
- multiplication and division
- decimals
- fractions
Measurement:
- area
- time
Science
States of matter:
- skills focus on collecting data
Geography
Mountains:
- What are the advantages/disadvantages of living on a mountain?
History
Anglo-Saxon Britain:
How did the Anglo-Saxons impact life in Britain?
How did Britain convert to Christianity?
Art
- Design: optical illusions, willow pattern
- Craft: soap sculptures
- Painting: Paul Cezanne
- Drawing: still life
- Learning about the work of a curator
Design Technology
Textiles - fastenings
- evaluating fastenings
- designing
- mocking up and making a product (a book sleeve)
Music
Glockenspiel stage 3
Learning about:
- instrumental skills
- using notation
Lean on me
Gospel and historical context from:
- Beethoven to slavery
- Elvis to Beyonce
- Gospel choirs
PE
Gymnastics
Children practise:
- sequences
- partner work
- using apparatus
Spanish
Children learn to read, write and talk about:
- animals
- my name is
- how are you?
RE
What are sacred texts?
- Bible
- Vedas
- Qu’ran,
Prophecy
Why do Christians call it Good Friday?
- Atonement
PSHE - Jigsaw
Dreams and goals:
- hopes and dreams
- broken dreams
- overcoming disappointment
- creating new dreams
- achieving goals
Healthy me:
- my friends and me
- group dynamics
- smoking
- alcohol
- healthy friendships
Visits and events
King Alfred and King Guthrum re-enactment express event.
Terms 5 and 6
Class texts
Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick
Sam’s Duck by Michael Morpurgo
English
Writing to inform:
Explanations and instructions
- the water cycle
- rivers
Poetry structure:
- Writing animal riddles with a focus on rhyming vocabulary.
Writing to entertain:
- suspense stories focusing on speech
Maths
Number:
- decimals
Measurement:
- money
- time
Statistics
Geometry:
- Properties of Shape
- Position and Direction
Science
- skills focus on evaluating an investigation
Geography
Is water a friend or foe?
A comparison of case studies including one from the local area.
History
Why was there a struggle for power following the death of Edward the Confessor?
Art
Every picture tells a story
Exploring artworks:
- David Hockney’s ‘My Parents’
- Paula Rego’s ‘The Dance’
- Edward Hopper’s ‘Table for Ladies’
- Bruegel’s Children’s games
- Fiona Rae
Explore the story of these artworks and the messages the artists wanted to convey
Sculpture
- Making objects from recycled materials
- Turning objects into something new
- Becoming a part of our own sculptures
Design Technology
Structure: Pavilions
- Exploring structures
- Designing a building (a pavilion)
- Thinking about the different elements (frame and cladding)
Music
Learning about:
- The Beatles
- texture
- historical context
- musical influence
Reflect, rewind, replay:
- revisiting learning from across the year
- preparing a song from performance
PE
Athletics activities:
- running
- jumping
- throwing
Striking and fielding activities:
- rounders
RE
Two questions are explored:
- What was the purpose of Pentecost?
- Who lived their faith well?
We also learn about:
- St. Paul
- obedience
PSHE
Relationships:
- relationship web
- love and loss
- memories
- animals and pets
Changing me:
- unique me
- RSE (relationships and sex education)
Visits and events
Mallydams Woods visit