Cross-Curricular Planning
Year 4 2015
English
Terms: 1 and 2
Topic
RE
Fiction:
-What is important to
-Book Studies (Ramoses, The
me?
Egyptian Cinderella)
-Christianity
-Egyptian Myths and Legends
-Egyptian Gods
-Character analysis, settings,
adventure story writing
Non-Fiction:
-Instructions (How to make a
mummy)
-Newspaper report (Howard Carter
Theme: Ancient Egyptians
PSHE
-New Beginnings
-Getting on and falling
out
Maths
-Ancient Egyptian timelines
-Place Value (to 10,000)
-Hierarchical ruling system, Pharaohs
-Ordering and comparing numbers
and Pyramids
-Multiples of 100 to 1000
-Mummies and the Afterlife
-Partitioning numbers to 1000
-Howard Carter and Tutankhamun
-Understanding decimals to 1 decimal place
-Egyptian everyday life
-Mental methods of calculation
-Modern/Ancient Egypt comparison
-Written methods of addition and
-Map skills (North America, Europe and a
subtraction
focus on Egypt)
-Solving 1 and 2 step problems
-The River Nile
-Identifying triangles and quadrilaterals
-Perimeter of a rectangle
and the discovery of Tutankhamun,
-Identifying common fractions
book study)
-Non chronological report (Egypt)
-Language of direction and compass points
Poetry:
Epic
-The River (Valerie Bloom)
-Choral performance
Art & Design / Design & Technology
-Mark making (North America theme)
-Using mixed media (Egyptian Gods)
Egyptians!
Handwriting
-Hieroglyphics
-Making a cartouche
-Making papyrus paper
Science
Music
French
Computing
PE
-The Digestive System (basic parts and
-Raise the Roof
-Greetings
performance
-Logo programming
-Invasion Games
functions)
-Numbers
(football, hockey)
-Identifying types of teeth in humans
-Singing
-Using and programming a floor
-Countries and cities
robot
and their simple functions
-Mexican songs
in Europe
-Modifying photos and using video
-Interpreting food chains (including
producers, predators and prey)
(linked to North
America theme)
-Dance (Egyptian
theme)
-Famous landmarks
animations
-Simple
-E-Safety (private and personal
information)
conversations