English
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Curriculum Focus
Curriculum Focus
Curriculum Focus
Africa
Castles
Ancient Egypt - Pyramids
Fairy tales/Folk tales
Issues and Dilemmas –
Novel as a theme – The
Recounts: Newspapers –
Non-chronological
Persuasion sales
– African tales
Journey to Jo’burg
Hagstone by David
The Battle of Hastings
report – discovery of
pitch/article – Egypt
Tutankhamen’s tomb
brochure
Oakden?
ongoing
English
Information booklet
Classic Poetry – shape
with collection of non-
of animals
Myths – Greek myths.
Imaginary Worlds Castles/ dragons – create
Explanation text –
Film and Playscript –
fiction text types –
Creating image –
Linked to legends -
own world
How to build pyramids.
The Lost Scroll
animal booklet
Winter
George and the Dragon
(assessed write
Storm Man by Grace
Discussion
Classic Poems e.g.
before booklets)
Nichols and shape
debate/report – RE
Kennings, Cinquain,
poems.Outdoor
betrayal of Jesus - to be
Tanka – papyrus
learning opportunity
done in RE?
poems
(DH script?)
Handwriting
Grammar
Spelling
Pupils should be taught to:
- use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are
needed to join letters and understand which letters,
when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined
- increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their
handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the
downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant;
that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the
ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch].
Pupils should be taught to:
• develop their understanding of the concepts set out in
English Appendix 2 by:
- extending the range of sentences with more than one
clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when,
if, because, although,
- using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the
past tense
- choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and
cohesion and to avoid repetition
- using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express
time and cause
- using fronted adverbials
- learning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in English
Appendix 2
• indicate grammatical and other features by:
- using commas after fronted adverbials
- indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe
with plural nouns
- using and punctuating direct speech
• use and understand the grammatical terminology in
English Appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when
discussing their writing and reading
Pupils should be taught to:
- use further prefixes and suffixes and understand
how to add them (English Appendix 1)
- spell further homophones
- spell words that are often misspelt (English
Appendix 1)
- place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words
with regular plurals [for example, girls’, boys’] and in
words with irregular plurals [for example, children’s]
- use the first two or three letters of a word to check
its spelling in a dictionary
- write from memory simple sentences, dictated by
the teacher, that include words and punctuation
taught so far.
Mathematics
Place value
Mental division
Place value
Place value
Place value
Statistics
Decimals
Written multiplication
Roman numerals
Written multiplication
Counting and sequences
Addition and subtraction
Written addition and
Length including
Counting including negative
2D shape and position
(statistics)
(statistics)
subtraction (including
perimeter
numbers
Addition and subtraction
Fractions and decimals
Multiplication
problems and inverse)
Statistics
Fractions and decimals
(statistics)
(measures)
Division
2D shape
Weekly mental maths
Position and direction
Position and area
Fractions and written
Shape
Time
challenges including 6x,
Area
Weekly mental maths
division
Weekly mental maths
Weekly mental maths
7x, 8x and 9x
Multiplication (statistics,
challenges including 6x, 7x,
Measures Volume/
challenges including 6x,
challenges including 6x,
measures, money)
8x 9x and 11x
capacity and mass
7x, 8x 9x, 11x and 12x
7x and 9x
Weekly mental maths
Multiplication
challenges including 6x, 7x,
Division
8x and 9x
Weekly mental maths
challenges including 6x,
7x, 8x 9x, 11x and 12x
History
Non – European society that provides a contrast with
Anglo Saxons (Normans and Middle Ages)
Where and when the first civilizations appeared.
British history. Benin (West Africa)
(Local history opportunities) - Lancaster/Clitheroe Castle
Achievements of the earliest civilisations.
c. AD 900 – 1300. Cause and change.
Fortified settlements. Britain’s settlement by Anglo-
Understanding the connections between cultural,
Cultural influences.
Saxons.
economic, political and religious aspects.
Chronological understanding and comparisons. Post 1900
Know how the past is constructed from a range of sources.
Identify ways in which the past is represented.
through figures such as Nelson Mandela. (apartheid)
Castles – Medieval. Comparison with Anglo Saxon
Compare and contrast life through gods and kings.
Characteristic features of a past non-European society.
fortifications. Continuity, change and contrasts over time.
Similarities/differences.
The first Norman King – William the Conqueror (HH).
Class divide – rich and poor – lifestyles (food and drink)
Geography
Locate the world’s countries using maps, globes, atlases
Name and locate counties and cities of the UK, geographical
Human geography – types of settlements and land use,
and digital/computer mapping
regions and human and physical characteristics and land use
and the distribution of natural resources including
Non-European Countries
patterns
energy, food, minerals and water.
Physical geography – climate zones and biomes.
Similarities and differences - region of the United Kingdom,
The vitality of the Nile.
how it has changed over time.
Physical geography – climate zones and biomes
Route of William the Conqueror to Britain.
Computing
Creating and publishing-create a website based on a
topic, area of interest or event (for example using
goggle sites) which incorporates hyperlinks, images and
embedded media/documents.
Communicating and collaborating-understand how emails work, and send e-mails.
School email addresses/PurpleMash email to
characters - advice
ongoing
Computing
Science
Programming and control-use templates on a computer to
create a game, which can be controlled by external inputs,
changing parameters and algorithms and investigating the
effect this has on the response. (link to Literacy – create
George and Dragon game).
PurpleMash 2Code or 2DIY 3D
Using the Internet- use search engine tools for
different types of media, use more advanced search
engine features e.g keywords
Digital media- Create and plan film trailers
incorporating a range of different scenes and effects –
Photo story – Egyptian adverts (persuasive texts)
Modelling and simulations -Begin to use software to
represent 3D objects or items.
(Linked to DT castle making)
(linked to Numeracy - nets).
Using data- Plan and create their own database,
creating fields and applying simple data validation.
Begin to use a spread sheet to enter data and create
graphs. Linked to maths and stats. PurpleMash 2Graph
and 2Investigate
Using technology:

increasingly develop their independence and confidence in using these devices.

aim to reach 20WPM by the end of Year 4.

make sensible choices about the technology they use to help them work, and to justify their choices
Living things and their habitats - recognise that
Electricity - identify common appliances that run on
States of matter – compare and group materials
living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.
electricity.
together, according to whether they are solids, liquids
Explore and use classification keys to help group,
identify and name a variety of living things in their local
and wider environment.
Recognise that environments can change and that this
can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and
naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches
and buzzers.
Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series
circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a
complete loop with a battery.
Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and
associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple
series circuit.
Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and
associate metals with being good conductors.
or gases.
Teeth and Eating - describe the simple functions of
the basic parts of the digestive system in humans.
Identify the different types of teeth in humans and
their simple functions.
Construct and interpret a variety of food chains,
identifying producers, predators and prey.
Healthy Eating and diet – naming 5 food groups and
categorising food. Understanding what makes a healthy,
balanced meal.
Sound - identify how sounds are made, associating some of
them with something vibrating.
Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a
medium to the ear.
Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of
the object that produced it.
Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the
strength of the vibrations that produced it.
Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the
sound source increases.
Observe that some materials change state when they
are heated or cooled, and measure or research the
temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius
(°C).
Identify the part played by evaporation and
condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate
of evaporation with temperature.
RE
God, David and the Psalms
Jesus the Son of God (Judaism)
The Church (Hinduism)
Christmas - Light
Easter – Betrayal
What is prayer?
PE
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming
Ju-jitsu
Ju-jitsu
Ju-jitsu
Ju-jitsu
Ju-jitsu
Ju-jitsu
Striking and Fielding
Invasion games: Throwing
Gymnastics
Dance – battle dance
Athletics
Invasion games: Rugby
and catching Tactics
Art and
Design
DT
Music
FL
African Woven Mats – weaving with textiles
Drawing/painting/collage – settings
Egyptian landscape – watercolour
Sculpture - Gali masks
Textiles – own Bayeux tapestry wall hanging.
Papyrus paper – cartouche
Stain glass window.
Design and make – African instruments
First Access Programme
All children learn to play
an instrument in year 4.
They develop instrumental
skills and explore
notations
First Access Programme
All children learn to play
an instrument in year 4.
They develop instrumental
skills and explore
notations
Design and make - design and make own (sand) castles
Clay – making sphinx sculptures
Food Technology - Medieval Gingerbread.
Design and Make – Canopic jars
First Access Programme
All children learn to play an
instrument in year 4. They
develop instrumental skills
and explore notations
First Access Programme
All children learn to play
an instrument in year 4.
They develop
instrumental skills and
explore notations
Easter Presentation
Cross curricular opportunity
to organise, promote,
produce, perform and
evaluate a presentation
involving groups and classes
On fait la fete – Birthdays, months, invitations,
Moi – Families and personal information recap.
Quel temps fait- il?
hobbies, likes/dislikes.
Instructions and directions.
Weather.
Les animaux d’Afrique.
First Access Programme
All children learn to play
an instrument in year 4.
They develop instrumental
skills and explore notations
Notre Ecole –Our school routine.