Y4 Curriculum Map 2015-16 / Spring
Y4 Autumn
Reading
Computing
The Butterly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
Designing, creating and evaluating our own games through programming.
The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy
Oxford Reading Tree short eBooks
Writing
Character and setting descriptions
Newspaper reports
Diary entries
Great emphasis on planning, drafting, editing and
reviewing.
Grammar
Introduction to Y4
objectives with
children
experimenting
with the use of
expanded noun
phrases, fronted
adverbials and the
subordinate
clause.
History
Crime and Punishment
(British History beyond
1066)
Norman Castles
(British History beyond
1066)
Mathematics
Speaking &
Listening
In order to demonstrate
comprehension skills
across the curriculum and
enhance vocabulary, we
will participate in a variety
of drama sessions
including performing
poetry.
Design
Technology
Designing and creating a
clay poppy based on the
‘Weeping Window’
installation at the Tower
of London.
We are looking to recognise the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number, ordering, comparing and rounding numbers
up to and beyond 1000. We will recall multiplication facts up to x12. Columnar methods will be developed and used for
subtraction and addition. We will compare, classify and identify symmetry in shapes. Year 4 will convert between units of
measure; calculate perimeter; estimate, compare and calculate measures, including money in pounds and pence. We
will work on counting in hundredths; solving problems with increasingly harder fractions and show common equivalent
fractions. Time will be converted between analogue and digital 12- and 24- hour clocks.
Throughout all areas we will be solving 1- and 2- step word problems.
Geography
Geographical skills will be taught throughout
the Spring and Summer term which will be
reinforced with a residential trip to London in
May, 2015.
Art & Design
Science
Colour Theory with
painting
Symmetrical drawings
Sound
Painting clay poppies
Water
Music
We’re fortunate enough to receive
specialist tuition as part of the
Sefton Wider Opportunities
agreement. We will initially practice
the genre of Samba.
Religious
Education
As part of the Liverpool
Archdiocese we will be
following the ‘Come and
See’ Scheme of Work.
We will be looking at;
People, Confirmation,
Hinduism and Gift
(Advent).
Physical
Education
We will keep fit through
enhancing existing
passing and ball control
skills. This will be followed
by developing the use of
our bodies to express
meaning through dance.
Visits/Visitors/Events
* Whole-school visit to Southport Pantomime
Y4 Spring
Reading
We will be reading ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl as a shared and guided text.
We will also be analysing a range of short texts to build comprehension
and analytical reading skills.
Speaking &
Listening
Writing
Report writing
Poetry
Character & setting description
Narrative
Non-Chronological Reporting
Grammar
Conjunctions,
prepositions and
adverbs of time and
cause, fronted
adverbials,
subordinate clauses
and the use of
pronouns for clarity
and cohesion.
Spelling will focus on
prefixes and suffixes.
History
This term we will be
focussing on geography
but recapping key areas
of our Crime and
Punishment and Normans
topic before our London
Residential where we will
contextualise learning
further.
Mathematics
Children will engage in a
variety of drama activities
in character. They will
also debate and recite
poems in front of their
peers. They will listen and
evaluate.
Design
Technology
Children will work with a
variety of materials to
create their own Roman
artefacts, Link knowledge
with Art and Desgin to
create a mosaic pattern
using tiles.
Develop mathematical ffluency using related number facts for the main four rules of
number. To solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which
operations and methods to use and why. To convert between different units of measure.
To measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure in cm and m. To find the
area of rectilinear shapes. To read, write and conver time between analogue and digital.
To identify symmetry in 2D shapes and describe positions on a grid.
Computing
We will participate in activities as part of our eSafety week and using the internet safely.
Children will evaluate sources of specific research when surfing the web , before collating
and presenting their learning.
Geography
We will be conducting a UK City study based
on our capital city, London, asking the
question ‘Why is London such a cool place to
live?’. Residential visit to London to
contextualise this learning.
River Study and City Locations: Where would
you choose to build a city?
Religious
Education
As part of the Liverpool
Archdiocese we will be
following the ‘Come and
See’ Scheme of Work.
We will be looking at;
Community, Giving and
Receiving, Self-discipline.
Art & Design
Science
Will enhance collage
skills to then inform a
mosaic design within
Design and Technology
lessons.
Physical
Education
Electricity: how could
we cope without
electricity for one day?
Gymnastics
Music
We’re fortunate enough to receive
specialist tuition as part of the Sefton
Wider Opportunities agreement. We will
continue to learn ‘Brass’ as a genre
and its instrumental components.
Swimming
Visits/Visitors/Events
* London Residential
Y4 Summer
Reading
We will be reading ‘Billionaire Boy’ by David Walliams as a shared and
guided text analysing the book and comparing it text to film adaptation.
We will also be analysing a range of short texts to build comprehension
and analytical reading skills.
Writing
Writing will be based on a multimedia topic ‘El
Dorado’ where children will be planning, drafting,
editing and revising work to produce their own film.
Report writing
Poetry
Speaking &
Listening
Children will engage in a
variety of drama activities
in character. They will
present, listen and
evaluate spoken writing.
Character & setting description
Computing
We will be using a variety of multimedia to present our work and learning . We will seek to
understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple
services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication.
We will use search technologies effectively, appreciating how results are seleced and
ranked and be discerning in evaluating content.
Geography
Continuum of River Study and City
Locations: Where would you choose to build
a city?
History is our overarching focus for the
summer term.
Narrative
Religious
Education
As part of the Liverpool
Archdiocese we will be
following the ‘Come and
See’ Scheme of Work.
We will be looking at; New
Life, Building Bridges and
God’s People.
Non-Chronological Reporting
Grammar
We will be focussing
on the application of
the Year 4 Curriculum
Objectives within
writing using Drafting,
Editing and Revising
skills.
History
‘Rotten Romans: What
did they do for Britain?
A Study of the Roman
Empire and what they
did for Britain with a
particular focus on the
City of Chester.
Mathematics
Design
Technology
Children will work with a
variety of materials to
create their own Roman
artefacts, Link knowledge
with Art and Desgin to
create a mosaic pattern
using tiles.
We will continue to recap and develop prior learning through the range of Year 4
objectives to solve rich and varied problems using problem solving skills and reasoning.
We will participate in a maths trail around the school grounds.
Art & Design
Will enhance collage
skills to then inform a
Roman mosaic design
within Design and
Technology lessons.
Music
Science
Humans, Animals and
Habitats
We’re fortunate enough to receive
specialist tuition as part of the Sefton
Wider Opportunities agreement. We will
continue to learn ‘Brass’ as a genre
and its instrumental components.
Physical
Education
Ahtletics
Tennis
Rounders
Visits/Visitors/Events
*Visit to the City of Chester
*Performing with Halle Orchestra at
Bridgewater Hall