Elm Class (Year 3/4) Two Year Curriculum Overview
Cycle A
Autumn
Literacy
Numeracy
Science
ICT
History
Geography
DT
Art
Music
RE
French
PSHE
PE
Authors and
Letters.
Recounts –
Newspapers
and
Magazines.
Explanation
Texts.
Light
Sound
Manipulating
Sound.
Exploring
simulations.
Egyptians
Villages and
Settlements
Death
Masks.
Torches
Viewpoints
Animal
Magic.
The Bible –
The word of
God.
Hinduism.
Christmas –
Light.
Daily
greeting s.
Numbers
to thirty.
New
Beginnings.
Getting on
and falling
out.
Anti Bullying
Week.
Dance
Gym
Invasion
Multi
skills
Spring
Stories set
in Imaginary
Worlds.
Stories that
raise issues
or
dilemmas.
Poems to
perform.
Counting,
partioning and
calculating.
Securing
number facts.
Understanding
shape.
Handling data
and measures.
Calculating,
measuring and
understanding
shape.
Securing
number facts,
calculating and
identifying
relationships.
Problem
solving.
Mental maths.
Counting,
partioning and
calculating.
Securing
number facts.
Understanding
shape.
Handling data
and measures.
Calculating,
measuring and
understanding
shape.
Securing
number facts,
calculating and
identifying
relationships.
Problem
solving.
Mental maths.
Materials –
thermal
Parts of the
body
Combining text
and graphics.
Email
Romans
Smuggling
Does this
game
stop you
from
being
bored?
Take a seat.
Can we
change
places?
Salt,
pepper,
vinegar
and
mustard
Images of
Jesus.
Easter.
Parts of
the body
Colours
Going for
Goals.
Good to be
me.
Key steps
Swimming
Hockey
Tennis
Elm Class (Year 3/4) Two Year Curriculum Overview
Summer
Poetry –
creating
form.
Adventure
and Mystery
stories.
Persuasion
Texts.
Counting,
partioning and
calculating.
Securing
number facts.
Understanding
shape.
Handling data
and measures.
Calculating,
measuring and
understanding
shape.
Securing
number facts,
calculating and
identifying
relationships.
Problem
solving.
Mental maths.
Green
Plants.
Mission
incredible –
an
investigatio
n unit.
Collecting and
presenting
information:
questionnaire and
pie charts.
Vikings
About our
environment
Will this
story
surprise
you?
What
shape will
your
pastry
be?
Investigating
pattern.
Journeys
The class
orchestra.
The Church at
Worship.
Hinduism –
The Temple
Days/Mon
ths
Where we
live
Community
Changes.
Netwall
Rounders
Strike/
field
Athletics
Elm Class (Year 3/4) Two Year Curriculum Overview
Cycle B
Autumn
Literacy
Numeracy
Science
ICT
History
Geography
DT
Art
Music
RE
French
PSHE
PE
Autobiograp
hies.
Stories with
an historical
setting.
Myths and
Legends.
Adventure
and
mystery.
Counting,
partioning
and
calculating.
Securing
number facts.
Understandin
g shape.
Handling data
and
measures.
Calculating,
measuring
and
understandin
g shape.
Securing
number facts,
calculating
and
identifying
relationships.
Problem
solving.
Mental
maths.
Micro
organisms
Rocks and
minerals
Introducti
on to
databases
Branching
databases
Tudors
Weather
around the
world.
Design
and make
a throne.
Block
printing
Play it
again
Old
Testament
Heroes
Judaism
Christmas –
Journeys
Classroom
objects
Weeks and
Months
Cafe vocab
and dialogue
Christmas
greetings in
French.
New
Beginnings.
Getting on
and falling
out.
Anti
Bullying
Week.
Gym
Multi – skills
Dance
Hockey
Elm Class (Year 3/4) Two Year Curriculum Overview
Spring
Reports
Information
texts
Dialogue
and plays
Shape
poetry and
calligrams
Counting,
partioning
and
calculating.
Securing
number facts.
Understandin
g shape.
Handling data
and
measures.
Calculating,
measuring
and
understandin
g shape.
Securing
number facts,
calculating
and
identifying
relationships.
Problem
solving.
Mental
maths.
Electricity
Forces
Writing
for
different
audiences
Modelling
effects on
screen.
Victorians
Changes to
locality
Design
and make
a
Victorian
toy
theatre
Can we
change
places?
Dragon
scales.
What did
Jesus teach?
Easter
Review places
in a village
and saying
where you
live/asking
where
someone
lives;
Weather
Time
Easter in
France
Going for
Goals.
Good to be
me.
Gym
Key steps
Swimming
Football
Rugby
Summer
Stories
from other
cultures.
Stories with
a familiar
setting.
Persuasive
texts.
Language
play.
Counting,
partioning
and
calculating.
Securing
number facts.
Understandin
g shape.
Handling data
and
measures.
Calculating,
measuring
and
understandin
g shape.
Securing
Forces
About our
environm
ent.
Developin
g images
using
repeating
patterns.
Passage
to India
Mapping the
world
Money
containers
Journeys
Painting
with
sound
The Church
calendar
Judaism –
The
Synagogue
Geography of
Francephysical
comparisons
and
researching
regional
economies
Holidays in
France
Community
Changes.
Tennis
Multi skills
Dance
Athletics
Elm Class (Year 3/4) Two Year Curriculum Overview
number facts,
calculating
and
identifying
relationships.
Problem
solving.
Mental
maths.