Year 4
Curriculum Overview
Term: Autumn
Creativity Themes
W.O.W!
Literacy
Numeracy
Autumn HT1
Autumn HT2
Discovering Dahl
(3 weeks)
The Fair Necessities
(3 weeks)
The Money Tree
(1 week)
Role play of a Roald Dahl
character eg The Witches
or Twits
Poetry unit 1- Creating
Images= 2 weeks
Poetry Unit 2- Exploring
Form= 1week
The fair comes to town
Tree with money
‘growing’ on it
Poetry Unit 2- Exploring
Form= 1 week
Narrative unit 1- Stories
with Historical Settings = 2
weeks
Narrative Unit 1- Stories
with Historical Settings = 1
week
Spiritual and cultural
stories.
B1/C1
C1
Counting and currency in
other countries
A1
Science
ICT
Multi-cultural and
spirituality week
(1 week)
Teachers greet children in
cultural robes
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Geography
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Contrasting localitiesBridgwater with China/
Greece
Drawing- In the style of
Quentin Blake
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DT
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Food- Designing Fair Food
*Links to Numeracy
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Unit 1- What is Important to Me?
RE
Narrative Unit 2- Stories Set in
Imaginary Worlds= 2 weeks
Narrative Unit 2- Stories Set in
Imaginary Worlds= 2 weeks
Narrative Unit 5- Playscripts = 2 weeks
D1
History of Bridgwater Carnival
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E1
A2
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Looking at landscapes- Exploring
‘Dream Country’ landscape (BFG) to
compare and contrast with the UK.
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Indoor= Dance
Outdoor= Invasion Games
Chinese/ Greek Symbols
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What is spirituality?
Pattern- carnival lights
Print- Wrapping paper and cards
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Painting- Exploring and developing
ideas- painting a ‘dream’ landscapemixing materials to create texture
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The Christmas story
SEAL Class Assembly
SEAL
Outcome
Christmas grotto/ Winter Wonderland in
Class
Indoor= Dance
Outdoor= Invasion Games
Art
Visits
Peter Kyrke-Smith = Making a musical
in a day
4B- Patterns
WW2- Rationing
* Link to Literacy
Enterprise
Carnival costumes/ Acts (visitor)/
Illuminations
4A- Writing for different audiences
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Music
Christmas Creations (3 weeks)
Circuits and Conductors
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PSHCE
Giants (2 weeks)
Friction
History
PE
Carnival Creations (2 weeks)
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SEAL Class Assembly
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Communities
Feelings and relationships
Anti-bullying week
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Creating and developing
musical ideas to
accompany poems
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Selling Fair foods created
in DT
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Controlling sound through singing and
playing- performance skills= Christmas
Theme
Creating and selling Christmas products
at the Christmas fair
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The Fair
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Children will be inspired to
learn through the creations
of Roald Dahl. Children
will re-create themselves
as Roald Dahl characters.
Children will understand
the culture and traditions of
Bridgwater Fair. Children
will produce a food
product suitable to sell at
the fair.
Children will understand
where money comes from
and the effects it has.
Children will develop an
understanding of an
unfamiliar culture and an
awareness of spirituality.
Children will produce art
work to represent the
specified culture.
Children will develop an understanding
of the history, traditions and values of
Bridgwater Carnival and the significance
it holds to their school town. Children
will produce patterned structures and
images to represent the carnival.
Children will use the theme of Giants
(Selfish Giant and BFG) to explore real
and imaginary landscapes, create
imaginary landscapes and create a
musical in a day.
Children will understand the traditions
of Christmas and create products which
reflect their understanding and own
experiences of Christmas.