Combe Martin Primary School
Class 4 Spring Term 2015 Curriculum Overview
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TOPIC
(Literacy/
History/RE)
LITERACY
DIARY
Write diary
entries for
Christmas
Day and
New Years
Day.
NUMBER &
ROMAN
NUMERALS
Explain &
show how &
when
counting is
useful for
addition &
subtraction,
including in
Roman
Numerals.
SCIENCE
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INVASION – Romans and their influence on Modern Britain
Understand
format of
diaries and
writing in the
first person.
MATHS
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CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT
Exploring what the Romans
did for us.
To begin to understand that the
Roman Empire influenced and
changed Britain
Assessment
Week
NON CHRONOLOGICAL
REPORT
Exploring how the Romans
influenced the food we eat.
To recognise that communities
respond to and can influence
change.
To understand (using the
example of food) that
immigration has brought
diversity to our lives, and
enriched our lives
NUMBER
SENSE
FRACTIONS
ADDITIVE REASONING
Building on
week 1, count
in 10ths,
recognise that
10ths arise
from dividing
objects into 10
equal parts &
in dividing
one-digit
numbers or
quantities by
10.
Understand
half, quarter,
third, tenth,
etc.
Solve practical
problems (Link
to 3-D images).
Connect 10ths
to place value
& to division by
10.
Add & Subtract 3-digit numbers
mentally.
Estimate answers using
rounding.
Solve problems including length,
mass, capacity and money.
Interpret and present data using
bar charts, pictograms and
tables
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Being British
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Easter
EXPLANATION
Exploring what it means to be
British
MYTHS
Romulus &
Remus
To describe their identities and
the groups they feel they belong
to.
To recognise different identities
and experiences.
To appreciate that identity
consists of many factors.
To recognise that each person's
identity is unique and can change.
To begin to understand the idea
of 'stereotypes'
To
understand
‘myth’ and
recount this
Roman myth.
MULTIPLICATIVE REASONING
Explain & represent multiplication as both
repeated addition and scaling, and division
as both sharing and grouping.
Use this to derive facts and solve problems.
Use multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 50 & 100.
Through doubling they connect 2, 4 & 8 x tables.
Solve problems in contexts, deciding which of the
4 operations to use and why, including
measuring and scaling contexts.
N/A
SOUND
Plants & Animals
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FORCES
Plants & Animals
RECOUNT
The Easter Story
To understand the
‘mystery’ of the death of
Jesus and the
Resurrection.
Recount Holy week
beginning with Palm
Sunday.
GEOMETRIC
REASONING
Explain and show
angle as a measure of
turn, and can draw,
make and identify
shapes with rightangles.
Identify right angles,
recognise that 2 rightangles make a half turn,
3 make 3-quarters of a
turn and 4 make a whole
turn.
Identify whether angles
are greater or less than a
right-angle.
ART/DT
Mosaics
Sketching (Roman artefacts)
Current popular British Art/sculpture: Banksy, Damian
Hirst, etc
GEOGRAPHY
Identify Key locations in UK
(Link to how far the Roman invasion went)
Visit Roman Baths (Big Experience)
Why do people choose to live/immigrate here from
other countries?
What has been their influence on British
life/culture/traditions, etc?
(other than the Romans)
DATES
5th – Nonpupil day
Y6 London Trip
Parent
Consultation
week
Poetry Week
Easter
Service
in
church