Whole School Curriculum Overview Year 4 2014-15
Year
ENG
MATHS
SCIENCE
HISTORY
Autumn 1 (8wk)
Sound - Why is the sound
One Direction makes enjoyed
by so many? (7 weeks)
Why were the Romans so
powerful and what did we
learn from them? (9 weeks)
8+1
Art
PE
ICT
MUSIC
PSHE /
SEAL
Spring 1 (6wk)
Why happens to the food we
eat? (8 weeks)
How could we cope without
electricity for one day? (7
weeks) 6+1
What would you have done
after school 100 years ago?
(7 weeks) 4+2
Why is Manchester such a cool
place to live?(8 weeks)6+2
GEOG
DT
Autumn 2 (7wk)
Spring 2 (6wk)
Summer 1 (6wk)
Summer 2 (6wk)
Historical Stories (3wk) - The Captive Celt by Terry
Issues and Dilemmas (4wk)
Creating Images (2wk)
Deary
Chimney Child by Laurie Sheehan
link with Georgia O’Keefe
Recounts (4wk) Newspapers & Magazines Roman diary Walter Tull
The Outlaw by M. Morpurgo
Roman Invasion My story by Jim Eldridge
Information texts (4wk)
Invasion by J.Crebbin
Explanation texts (3wk) The Magic School Bus:
Water, bridges, Stockport
Plays (2wk) Fantastic Mr Fox
inside the human body by J Cole
Poetry (2wk)
Imaginary Worlds (4wk) Mermaid of Zenor
Stories from other cultures (3wk) Mufaro’s
Persuasive Writing (2wk)
The Green Ship
Beautiful Daughters The Egyptian Cinderella
Persuade people to save electricity
Poetry (2wk)
Poetry (2wk)
Persuade people to save water
Persuasive Writing (2wk) Persuade people to visit castles
Every Half term 1: *Place value, ordering, estimating and rounding *Reading
Every Half term 2: *Place value, ordering, estimating and rounding *Reading
*Understanding + and - * Mental calculations strategies (+ and -)
* Money and real *Understanding + and - * Mental calculations strategies (+ and -)
* Money and
life problems *Making decisions and checking results * Pencil and Paper procedures + real life problems *Making decisions and checking results * Pencil and Paper
and * Measures including problems * Shape and space * Reasoning about
procedures + and * Measures including problems * Shape and space
shapes
* Reasoning about shapes
Design and make a roman
weapon
Food- link with foods in
Manchester- creating a meal
without electricity-savoury
Design a roman pursetextiles
Dance
Invasion games
Dance
Invasion games
Dance
Games
We are musicians –
Producing digital music
We are travel presenters –
trip slideshow
We are historians. Then &
Now database
Music in the class room year 3 term 1
Class Orchestra (Yr 4- 11) Christmas Carols for Service
V J. Henderson –Wild Christmas Festival
Drug, Alcohol & Tobacco
Drug, Alcohol & Tobacco
Education (Spiral
Education (Spiral Curriculum
Curriculum Yr 4)
Yr 4)
Say no to bullying
New Beginnings
How could we survive without
water? (8 weeks) 5+3
Which wild plants survive in our locality? (7weeks) 3+3
Why did dinosaurs die out?
Why were the Norman castles certainly not bouncy?(8 weeks)
2+6 summer 2
Why is the Irwell/Mersey so
important to Manchester/
Stockport? (8 weeks) 4+4
Making bridges-wood,
construction, levers
Brunel
Making a castle- clay
Gym
Games
Flowers-Georgia O’Keefepencil sketches and paint
Gym
Games
We are meteorologists –
Presenting the weather
We are artists – Fusing
geometry and maths
We are co-authors –
Producing a wiki
Gym
Athletics
Music in the class room year 3 term 2
Music in the class room year 3 term 3
SRE – Safety (activities
12 & 13 SRE Spiral
Curriculum)
V Life Caravan
Going for goals
SRE – Feelings,
friendships & feeling
special, growing up
(activities 1 to 8 SRE
Spiral Curriculum)
Relationship
SRE – Safety (activities
12 & 13 SRE Spiral
Curriculum)
It’s good to be me
SRE – Feelings,
friendships & feeling
special, growing up
(activities 1 to 8 SRE
Spiral Curriculum)
Changes
Whole School Curriculum Overview Year 4 2014-15
Year
Autumn 1 (8wk)
RE
Judaism Unit 2
Jewish Family Life
Homework
Make a musical instrument
and a performance for x
factor.
Autumn 2 (7wk)
Christianity Unit 2 Christian
Faith expressed through the
Arts
Christmas – Giving to others
Information text/poster
Predators and prey
Spring 1 (6wk)
Buddhism
Great British bake off- with
instructions/video
Spring 2 (6wk)
Christianity Unit 2
Caring for Creation
Oral/visual presentation
involving water poems
Summer 1 (6wk)
Christianity Islam, Judaism
Unit 2
Specific Focus Religious
Artefacts
Data Handling
Survey
Summer 2 (6wk)
Christianity Unit 2
Parables
The life of a castle eg
timeline of events, family
tree.