Curriculum Map Year 4
Theme Focus
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Rainforests/Endang
Stories that raise
ered
issues – Wallace
species/habitats
and Grommit - A
(Science)
Spring 1
WW2
(History)
Spring 2
Summer 2
Roald Dahl – Charlie and the
Macavity –
Recycling
Chocolate Factory.
The Mystery
(Geography)
(Literacy/Science)
matter of Loaf and
Summer 1
Cat (Literacy)
Wombles and
The Journey of
death.
a Plastic Bottle.
(Literacy)
Literacy +
S&L/reading &
writing skills
Stories from other
cultures – butterfly
lovers.(4weeks)
Key Skills Writing:
Using capital letters
and full stops
correctly
Simple compound
sentences using
conjunctions and so
but because
Starting sentences
with when, if.
Stories that raise
issues.(3 weeks)
Key skills
Using capital
letters and full
stops correctly
Simple compound
sentences using
connectives and so
but because
Starting sentences
with when, if
Adverbial
Historical
settings
(3weeks)
Key skills
Inverted
commas –
direct speech.
Adverbs
At the start
and in the
middle of
Story in an imaginary world
(3-4 weeks)
Key skills:
Adjectives to have impact
upon the reader.
Developing settings and
characterisation using
vocabulary
to create emphasis, humour,
atmosphere, suspense
Reading:
Non-Fiction
texts (3-4
weeks)
Non-fiction
texts (3-4
weeks)
Key skills:
Key Skills:
Technical
vocabulary
Short
succinct and
informative
sentences.
Using the
correct tense.
Technical
vocabulary
Group ideas into
paragraphs
Linking
paragraphs
Using persuasive
language
Adverbial phrases:
How/when/where/w
hy in a sentence.
Adverbs
At the start and in
the middle of
sentences
Precise nouns
PARAGRAPHS
Reading:
Drawing inferences
around characters’
thoughts, feelings,
actions and
motives, and justify
with evidence from
the text using point
and evidence
Explaining how
paragraphs are used
to order or build up
ideas, and how
they are linked
Speaking and
listening
Language of
Prediction
phrases:
How/when/where/
why in a sentence.
Adverbs
At the start and in
the middle of
sentences
Precise nouns
Reading:
Drawing
inferences around
characters’
thoughts, feelings,
actions and
motives, and
justify with
evidence from the
text using point
and evidence
Speaking and
listening
Language of retelling
sentences
Simple,
compound and
complex
sentences
- Drop
in
clause
.
Sentence
tenses
Reading:
Making
predictions
based on
information
stated and
implied
Speaking and
Listening
Language of
Prediction
Analysing and evaluate texts
looking at language,
structure – linked to
creating atmosphere.
Speaking and listening
Language of
hypothesis/deduction/expla
nation – linked to Science –
Electricity.
Using full
stops and
capital letters
correctly.
Write a
playscript.
Reading:
Analysing and
evaluate texts
– which is the
best layout
for a nonfiction
(information)
text and
discuss
reasons why
How does this
layout help
the reader?
Speaking and
listening
Using
technical
vocabulary
Language of
opinion
Fronted
adverbials and
adverbial
phrases:
How, when,
where and why
in a sentence.
Reading:
Identifying,
analysing and
discussing
themes Why it
is important to
recycle? What is
the purpose of
recycling? What
can be recycled?
Speaking and
Listening:
Language of
evaluation and
persuasion.
Key Skills:
Technical
vocabulary
Group ideas into
paragraphs
Linking
Language of
deduction.
paragraphs
Reading:
Identifying,
analysing and
discussing
themes e.g. safe
and dangerous,
just
and unjust,
origins of the
earth, its people
and animals
Literacy +
S&L/reading &
writing skills
Persuasive writing
(2 weeks – stop
deforestation)
Key Skills Writing
Openers related to
the language of
persuasion
Conjunctions related
to cause and effect
Reading:
Explanation texts.
Key skills
Writing:
Time connectives
Conjunctions at
the start and in
the middle linked
to the language of
sequencing.
Reading:
Newspaper
Report based
on WW2
(3weeks)
Key skills
Writing:
Simple,
compound and
complex
sentences
- Drop
in
Playscript (turn imaginary
story into a playscript 2
weeks)
Poetry –
Macavity –
The Mystery
Cat by T.S.
Eliot
Key Skills:
Adverbs
Powerful verbs
Short sentences
Punctuation
Language of
opinion
Poetry –
listening to
the rhythm
Speaking and
Listening:
Language of
evaluation.
Persuasive
writing (2
weeks writing
parguments/lett
ers to
persuade)
Key skills
Writing:
Language of
persuasion.
Using formal
Participate in
discussion taking
turns and listening
to what others say –
debate link to
speaking and
listening.
Speaking and
listening.
Language of
Argument
Recognise
features of an
explanation text
and discuss.
Speaking and
Listening
Language of
explanation
Language of
sequencing
clause
.
Sentence
tenses
Reported
Speech.
Reading:
Listening to,
reading and
discussing
non-fiction in
different
forms e.g.
advertisemen
ts, formal
speeches,
leaflets,
magazines,
electronic
texts
Analyse and
evaluate
texts looking
at language,
structure and
Presentation
Speaking and
Listening:
Language of
Deduction
Reading:
Playscripts to read aloud,
showing understanding
through intonation, tone,
volume and action
Speaking and Listening:
Language of
hypothesis/deduction/expla
nation – linked to Science –
Electricity.
Listening to
the rhyming
words.
Alliteration
Personificatio
n
Similes
Metaphors
Reading:
Poetry to
read aloud,
showing
understanding
through
intonation,
tone, volume
and action
Speaking and
Listening:
Language of
description.
Using
intonation
when speaking
aloud.
language.
Conjunctions
related to cause
and effect.
Sentence
openers related
to the language
of persuasion.
Reading:
Reading printed
adverts. Why
are they
effective?
Reading the
language of
persuasion.
Formal language
and sequencing
of reasons.
Speaking and
Listening:
Language of
explanation
Language of
persuasion.
Use of technical
vocabulary
related to the
Writing
Scaffolded
Scaffolded
Language of
hypothesis –
Linked to the
topic of
Science.
Scaffolded
opportuniti
End of unit write:
Stories from other
cultures
Persuasive piece of
End of unit write:
End of unit
es
writing
Independent
(sustained Write):
Diary entry – T’So
Ling meeting KoongSe.
Character and
setting description
Instructions
Information leaflet
about Brazil or a
rainforest animal.
Story with a
dilemma
Explanation text
Independent
(sustained write)
Story from
another culture
Persuasive
Playscript
Non-chronological
report linked to
Science
Letter to one of
the characters in
the story
explaining feelings
– link to bullying.
topic.
Scaffolded
Scaffolded
Scaffolded
End of unit write:
End of unit
End of Unit
write:
Story in an imaginary world
write:
Write:
Historical
Playscript
Non-fiction
settings
text about
Newspaper
Independent Write
cats
Report
(sustained Write)
Newspaper
*Letter writing a character
report
in the story
Independent
*Diary recount wrting
Independent
Write
Newspaper Report about an
Write
(sustained
exciting part of the class
(sustained
Write)
novel – imaginary worlds.
Write)
*Letter
Explanation text linked to
writing as an
Science.
*Letter
evacuee
writing a
*Diary
character in
recount
the story
writing.
*Diary
War time
recount
story
wrting
Story with a
Character and
dilemma
setting
Persuasive
letter about
recycling
Independent
Write
Playscript
Explanation text
about recycling
Story set in an
imaginary world
Story with a
dilemma
Explanation
descriptions
Linked to
Story set in
Science.
an imaginary
world and to
include
suspense.
Numeracy +
identified links
to topic
Graphs linked to
Measures
temperature of
Decimals
Brazil.
Angles
Data Handling
Money
Time as a
topic.
Recipes
Decimals
Money
Measures
Shape
Geometry
Fractions
Angles
Science:
Forces
Science: Electricity
Science:
States of
Matter
(solids, liquids
and
gases/forencs
ics
Co-ordinates linked
to mapwork.
Our World
(Science,
History,
Geography, R.E.,
P.S.H.E)
Creative &
Expressive
Arts
(Art & Design,
Science : Living
things & habitats
Science: Sound
PHSE:Bullying
Geog: Rainforests –
Brazil.
RE:Christianity
PHSE:New
Beginnings
Batik Art
Carnival mask
Getting on and falling out
Christmas
PHSE:Going
for goals
History:
WW2
Geog: Using
globes and
atlases
Making a
Art/Moving models
swimming
Data handling –
how much
rubbish is
thrown away?
How much is
recycled?
Weigh and
produce a bar
chart.
Science – Keep
Warm.
Recycling
Good to be me
Swimming
Puppetry/Cat
People in Action
spitfire and
masks
swimming
an Anderson
Drama
Shelter.
workshop.
Music, P.E.)
swimming
swimming
Algorithms
Computer
Programming
Drama Workshops
Visit to Fusiliers Museum (Bury)
Visit to global renewable
Sports cool linked to
WW2 Visitor Actor
Drama Workshop
swimming
Technology &
Computing
(Design
Technology,
Computing)
Proposed
Enrichment
Opportunities
Internet Safety
Branching database
linked to Science.
maths
Internet & the
World Wide Web
Whole school trip to the beach.