Peter Hills with St Mary’s & St Paul’s CE Primary School
LONG TERM CURRICULUM PLAN BY YEAR GROUP
Year 4
Spring
Autumn
1
Topic
English
Maths
2
Raiders from the lost past: Saxons &
Vikings
Persuasion
Narrative
Number, place value,
decimals, addition,
subtraction, shapes,
angles, multiplication,
division.
Narrative
Explanation
Fractions, money,
time, length,
perimeter, addition,
subtraction, data
handling,
multiplication,
division.
Electricity
Science
Animals including
humans
Computing
Multimedia and word processing, graphing &
branching databases, gaming, search engines
Saxons
Vikings
History
Geog
DT
Long term plan by year group
Summer
1
2
1
2
“Truth alone
triumphs”
(India)
Medieval madness
(middle ages)
Home and Away
(City and country)
Sound of music
(sound)
Narrative
Poetry
Number, place value,
negative numbers,
roman numerals,
addition, subtraction,
shape, positon and
direction,
multiplication, division
States of matter
Poetry
Instructions
Fractions, decimals,
time, perimeter, area,
addition, subtraction
Information/persuasions
Narrative
Number, place value,
decimals, addition,
subtraction, shape,
position, direction,
multiplication, division.
Newspaper reports
Diaries
Fractions, decimals,
time, data handling,
perimeter, area,
multiplication,
division, length, mass,
capacity.
Living things and
their habitats
Sound
Investigations based
on selected topic
Medieval times
Links with city and
country
India
City and country
Skills based
Mechanisms:
Food tech: Seasonal
catapults
Art
Music
Mamma mia
Textiles – telling a
story
Cyclical patterns
PE
Indoor athletics
Tennis
Bench ball
RE
Passover
Christmas journeys
Muslim way of life
PHSE
Healthy lifestyles
Achievements and
goals
Teasing and bullying
MFL
Revision of year 3.
‘Where are you
going?’
The weather.
Food.
Trips
Saxon visitors
Revision of year 3 +
‘Where are you
going?’
Maritime museum
Southwark cathedral
& regents park
mosque
Catford synagogue &
church
Emergency services
visitor
Tower of London
PGL
Country village (visit
Kent to compare –
Brenchley & Matfield is
good, train direct from
London Bridge
Long term plan by year group
Clay sculpture based
on Indian art
Glockenspiel 2
goods; Soup or similar
from country farm shop.
Landscape drawing and
painting
Lean on me
English folk songs
Benjamin Britten –
cuckoo
Dragons
Dance
Peace (Gandhi &
Luther King)
School rules and
safety
Reflect, rewind,
replay
Rounders
(and outdoor and
adventurous – PGL trip)
Jewish festivals
Cross
country/athletics
Feelings and actions
SRE
Resolving differences
and explaining choices
SRE
Food.
Creation
Horniman museum
(music section)