YEAR 4 2014/2015 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW FOR TERMS 1 & 2 ENGLISH Non-Fiction – Information Texts and Newspaper Recounts Poetry – Michael Rosen performance poetry Book Power: We are reading ‘The Ice Palace’ by Robert Swindells which is a quest story set in another time and place. Ivan, the main character goes in search of his brother taken by the mysterious ‘Starjik’. Linked to this book, we are studying a variety of genres of writing such as narrative endings; list poetry; non-chronological reports. MATHEMATICS Mental Maths consists of multiplication tables and their related division facts. Also fact families such as 3x4=12 30x4=120 and 30x40=1200 The Number System & Place Value, including decimals Calculations with whole numbers Shape, measurements and telling the time Fractions, including equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions SCIENCE States of Matter - Comparing and grouping materials according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases. - Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled - The water cycle Animals including Humans Template created by Michael Tidd 2013 COMPUTING We are Programmers The children will be using the Scratch programme to design and programme an educational game. They will learn to write algorithms and debug programs ART & DESIGN Still life – Shading and tone Egyptian Art – Papyrus Pictures DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Making an Egyptian Shaduaf Egyptian Food – Preparing and cooking authentic Egyptian dishes HISTORY GEOGRAPHY The study of the Ancient The physical and human Egyptian civilisations features of Egypt Comparison of Ancient Egypt Naming and locating and Modern Egypt countries in Europe and their capital cities MODERN LANGUAGES MUSIC French: Performing Ostinato - Numbers to 20 Accompaniments - Pets Exploring rhythm - Conversations – asking and Christmas Carol Service answering questions PHYSICAL EDUCATION RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Gymnastics – balances and The Christian Church counter balances Calendar Invasion Games: Netball and The Journey through life Bench ball and Death – including christening, baptism, Dance marriage and burial www.primarycurriculum.me.uk Template created by Michael Tidd 2013 www.primarycurriculum.me.uk