Subject
Numeracy
Literacy
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Number place value
and money
Mental addition or
subtraction
Written addition
and subtraction
Shape
Mental
multiplication and
division
Number, place value
and money
Mental addition and
subtraction
Written addition
and subtraction
Measures/Data –
Time, bar charts
and pictograms
Mental
multiplication and
division
Number, place value
and money
Written addition
and subtraction
Written addition
and mental
subtraction
Measures/Data –
length, weight and
bar charts
Fractions
Number, place value
and money
Guided Reading
and Writing
Sessions:
Stories Set in
Imaginary Worlds:
Adventure Stories.
Grammar For
Writing Units:
20; checking
writing for
grammatical sense
21; Verb tenses
22; Powerful Verbs
23; Adverbs
Support for
Spelling:
Y4, T1 (i);
Homophones
Guided Reading and
Writing Sessions:
Stories with
historical setting
and Information
Texts
Grammar For
Writing Units:
24; Using commas to
mark grammatical
boundaries
26; Revising work on
adjectives
Support for
Spelling:
Y4, T1 (ii); To
investigate, collect
and classify spelling
patterns related to
the formation of
plurals.
Guided Reading
and Writing
Sessions:
Stories from other
cultures
Grammar For
Writing Units:
25; Using
paragraphs in story
writing
28; Significance of
word order and how
commas,
connectives and full
stops can be used in
clauses
Support for
Spelling:
Y4 T2 (i); Common
letter Strings
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Written addition
and mental
subtraction
Measures/Shape –
time, position and
direction
Mental
multiplication and
division
Written
multiplication and
division
Number and place
value
Mental and written
subtraction
Addition and
subtraction
Shape and measures
Fractions and
decimals
Multiplication or
division and measures
Shape
Measures and data
Fractions and division
Multiplication/division
and addition/
subtraction
Guided Reading and
Writing Sessions:
Explanation texts –
Following and
Writing
Instructions
Grammar For
Writing Units:
30; Understand
that some words
can be changed in
particular ways and
others cannot.
31; Understand how
the grammar of a
sentence alters
when the sentence
type is altered
32; The use of
connectives
Support for
Spelling:
Y4 T2 (ii)
Guided Reading and
Writing Sessions:
Dragon description
or poem. Newpaper
article (Linked to
RBWM Y4/5
Transition work!)
Grammar For
Writing Units:
27; Using
apostrophes for
possession
29; Identify how
and why paragraphs
are used
Support for
Spelling:
Year 4 term 3 (i);
To understand the
use of the
apostrophe in
contracted forms
of words
Guided Reading and
Writing Sessions:
Stories that Raise
Dilemmas
Support for spelling:
Year 4 term 3 (ii);
To revise and
investigate links
between meaning and
spelling when using
affixes
To understand how
suffixes change the
function of words
Science
Humanities
Art and
DT
Open Wall
Music
States of matter
Heating, cooling
materials,
measuring temp
Solids, liquids,
gases
Green Team/Local
environment group
planting bulbs and
autumn veg seeds
Autumn Walk
Electricity Circuits
and conductors
Green Team/Local
environment group
Late autumn veg
seed planting,
composting, pruning,
changing
environments
November Walk
Forces Friction and
resistance
Green Team/Local
environment group
Snowdrops, early
bulbs, bird feeders,
changing
environments
January Walk
States of matter
Evaporation,
condensation &
water cycle
Green Team/Local
environment group
Veg seed planting
including potatoes,
onions, carrots,
salad
April Walk
Sound vibration
sound proofing
Green Team/Local
environment group
Veg seed planting
including pumpkins,
courgettes,
tomatoes, minibeast
habitats,
classification
May Walk
Animals including
humans – food chains,
teeth, digestive
system
Green Team/Local
environment group
Irrigation,
harvesting, cooking
crops, life cycles
June/July Walk
Use 8 points of
compass, symbols
and keys - Map
work and
orienteering in
school grounds
Remembrance
Tudor History Windsor Castle
changes over time.
Ancient Egypt –
Study of earliest
ancient civilizations.
What was life like
in Ancient Egypt?
How do we know?
The importance of
the River Nile.
South America Focus on key
physical and human
features – Andes,
Amazon.,
earthquakes
Ancient Greeks –
A study of Greek
life and
achievements and
their influences on
the Western world.
Study of a region of
the UK – Hayling
Island linked to
residential. Travel
Guides, Locating on
Google Earth/Maps,
History of Island.
Art – Creating
maps of ‘adventure
islands’. 3D maps
(mountains etc)
Food – different
European foods
Art - Jack Cornell –
making things from
memory/imagination
– sketch, sculpt and
photograph
Art - Sketching
historical artefacts
DT - Thomas
Heatherwick –
strengthen, stiffen
and reinforce more
complex structures
(link to Egypt)
Art - Beatriz
Milhazes – Collage
using overlapping
and layering (tissue
paper and fabric)
Food – South
American food
Art - Portraits –
colour and tone. For
use in PHSE.
Use clay to make
Greek artefacts.
Food – using the
produce from the
raised beds in
cooking
Food – using the
produce from the
raised beds in cooking
Five Gold Rings –
Tempo, dynamics
and structure.
Glockenspiel 3 –
Performance.
Introduction to the
Benjamin Britten –
Cuckoo! – Timbre,
Texture and
Dragons – Tempo,
dynamics and
structure.
Leavers Play Songs
The Grand Tour –
Study of UK and
Europe
Mamma Mia –
Pulse, rhythm and
pitch. Using the
Religious
Education
pentatonic scale
for improvisation
and composition.
Structure of songs
linked to literacy.
Music and styles of
the 70s and 80s,
analysing
performance,
Sweden as a
country.
Christmas.
language of music,
theory and
composition.
structure.
Literacy and
history,
Britten100.org,
www.friday
afternoons.co.uk.
The historical
context of Jazz
and Folk music.
Is it possible to
hold religious
beliefs without
trying to make the
world a better
place? Christianity,
Harvest, local
charities food
banks.
Does participating
in worship help
people feel closer
to God or their
faith community?
Christianity,
private prayer and
worship
Do sacred texts
have to be ‘true’ to
help people
understand their
religion?
Christianity, Bible
stories, Advent,
Christmas
Hinduism –
believing, sacred
texts, stories from
Hindu traditions
Should religious
people be sad when
someone dies?
Christianity,
Easter, life after
death. Hinduism
funeral mourning
rituals
Can the arts help
communicate
religious beliefs?
Hinduism art and
symbols
Does participating in
worship help people
feel closer to God or
their faith
community?
Christianity, rites of
passage, leavers’
service
We are software
developers Programming
We are toy
designers –
Computational
thinking
We are musicians –
Creativity
Presenting Egypt
research in
different media –
poster, powerpoint,
booklet, video or
other
We are HTML
editors – Computer
networks
We are co-authors
– Communication /
Collaboration
Presenting Greek
research in
different media –
poster, powerpoint,
booklet, video or
other
We are
meteorologists Productivity
Gymnastics and
Invasion Games
(Hockey)
Dance (Tudor) and
Attacking and
defending (Tag
OAA
And Netball
Tennis
Athletics
Throwing and
Catching Skills.
(Kwik Cricket)
Striking and
Fielding. (Rounders
and T-Ball)
Computing
Physical
Education
(may
change)
PHSE
Rugby)
Link to SEAL: New
Beginnings
Classroom hopes
and rules
School Council
elections
Families
Link to SEAL:
Getting on and
Falling Out
How, through sport,
to understand each
other despite any
differences
Notes:
Numeracy – taken from Hamilton Trust
Version 3 Sept 14
Link to SEAL: Say
No to Bullying
Fair play; knowing
one’s own limits; and
taking care of one’s
health and the
environment
Link to SEAL:
Keeping Safe
Consider social and
moral dilemmas.
Realise the nature
and consequences
of behaviours.
Link to SEAL:
Good to be me!
Choices-speaking up
– social /moral
dilemmas-fairness/
dilemmas)
Link to SEAL Going
for Goals
How to give the best
of oneself, on the
field of play or in life;
taking part; and
progressing according
to one’s own
objectives
Changes in the
human body.