Year Four Curriculum Overview 2015/16
Topic
RE
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Friend or Foe
Friend or Foe
Pole to Pole
Pole to Pole
Iron Stone
Valley
Lent/Easter –
Self Discipline
Iron Stone
Valley
Reconciliation –
Building Bridges
Pentecost –
New Life
Universal
Church – God’s
People
Domestic Church People
Baptism/Confirmation
– Called
Local Church Community
Baptism/Confirmation
– Called
Advent/Christmas Gift
EucharistGiving and
Receiving
Judaism
English
Lost or Stolen? – A
story with a dilemma
Non-chronological
report
Maths
Problem solving,
reasoning and
algebra, number and
Runaways - A Story
with an Historical
Setting
The Fly and the
Fool - Play
script
The Balloons, My Sari
and At the End of a
School Day – Poetry
Explanation
text
Persuasive Writing
Free Verse
Poem
Problem solving,
reasoning and
algebra, number and
Problem solving,
reasoning and
algebra,
EucharistGiving and
Receiving
Lent/Easter –
Self Discipline
Sikhism
The Bogey Men
and Tolls Next
Door – A story
with a narrative
verse.
First person
narrative with
humour.
Sugarcane Juice
– A story from
another culture.
Biography
Auto-biography
Journalistic
recounts
Kenning Poem
Rap
Problem solving,
reasoning and
algebra,
Problem solving,
reasoning and
algebra,
Problem solving,
reasoning and
algebra, number
place value, Written
addition, subtraction,
multiplication and
division. Fractions,
ratio and proportion.
Decimals,
percentages and
their equivalence to
fractions
Science
Computing
Geography
place value, Written
addition, subtraction,
multiplication and
division. Fractions,
ratio and proportion.
Decimals,
percentages and
their equivalence to
fractions
number and
place value,
Written
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication
and division.
Fractions, ratio
and proportion.
Decimals,
percentages
and their
equivalence to
fractions.
Geometry –
properties of
shapes
number and
place value,
Written
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication
and division.
Fractions, ratio
and proportion.
Decimals,
percentages
and their
equivalence to
fractions
number and
place value,
Written
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication
and division.
Fractions, ratio
and proportion.
Decimals,
percentages
and their
equivalence to
fractions
and place value,
Written
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication
and division.
Fractions, ratio
and proportion.
Decimals,
percentages and
their
equivalence to
fractions
Geometry:
position and
direction.
Statistics.
Our Changing World
Where does all that
And Who Am I?
food go?
Environmental
Healthy Eating
studies
We are software
We are toy designers
developers
Friend or Foe
Describe and understand the key aspects of
human geography including - types of
settlement and land use, economic activity
including trade links, and the distribution of
Switched On –
Electricity
Good Vibrations
– Sound
In A State –
Changing State
– Materials
Human Impact –
Environmental
Studies
We are
We are HTML
musicians
editors
Pole to Pole
Describe and understand key
aspects of physical geography
Identify the position and
significance of Equator, Northern
We are coWe are
authors
meteorologists
Iron Stone Valley
Use field work to observe
measure record and present the
human and physical features in
the local area.
natural resources including energy, food,
minerals and water
History
Hemisphere, Arctic and Antarctic
Circle.
Friend or Foe
Iron Stone Valley
Britain’s settlement by Anglo Saxons and
Scots
The Vikings and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the
Kingdom of England to the time of Edward
the Confessor
A local history study
Use fieldwork to observe,
measure record and present
the human and physical
features in the local area using
a range of methods, including
sketch maps, plans and graphs,
and digital technologies
Name and locate counties and
cities of the United Kingdom,
geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical
characteristics, key
topographical features
(including hills, mountains,
coasts and rivers), and land-use
patterns; and understand how
some of these aspects have
changed over time
Use the 8 points of a compass,
symbols and key (including the
use of Ordnance Survey maps)
to build their knowledge of the
United Kingdom
Art and
Design
Design
Technology
Music
PE
Sculpture
Collage and Textiles
Painting and Drawing
Food
A healthy balanced diet
Electrical systems
Play it again
The Class Orchestra
Dragon Scales
Painting with
Sound
Invasion games
Swimming
Dance
Swimming
Gymnastics
Ball Skills
New Beginnings!
Say No To Bullying
Getting on Falling
Out
It’s Good to Be
Me
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to
locate countries and describe
features studied
Digital Media
Animal Magic
Play leaders
OAA
Salt and Pepper
Vinegar
Mustard
Striking and
Fielding
Relationships
Going for Goals
Changes
Athletics
French
PSHCE