Year group 3/4
Topic
Title
Term
Possible
WOWs/trips
Literacy
Writing Genre
SPAG
Handwriting
Maths
Science
ICT
Geography
Healthy
Lifestyle
Autumn 1
PGL
Cooking at NCS
Traditional Tale (3)
Report (2)
Nouns and pronouns
Conjunctions for
cause
Verb inflections
Picklenash Junior School
Tudors
Autumn 2
Tudors - Rich
and Poor
Spring 1
Christmas Play
Gloucester
Cathedral
Book (2)
Poetry (2-vocab)
Poetry (2 –riddles)
Story setting (3)
Persuasion (3)
Wider range of
conjunctions
Prepositions for time
and cause
Direct speech
punctuation
Using horizontal and diagonal strokes to join letters and to decide
which letters are best left unjoined
Number
Multiplication and
Number
Add and subtract
division
Add and subtract
Fractions
Multiplication and
Measurement
division
Geometry
Animals – digestion, Sound
States of matter
teeth
Word processing
Conjunctions for
time
Fronted adverbials
Internet searching
Scratch
Settlement
Outline plans for the year 15-16
Rivers
Spring 2
Animals
Summer 1
Ancient Egypt
Summer 2
Bristol Zoo
Play (2)
Poetry (1 – vocab)
Poetry (1 – narrative)
Book (2)
Present perfect tense
contrasting with past
tense
Possessive
apostrophes
Story with a theme
Poetry (1-vocab)
(4)
Poetry (2 - poet
Discussion (2)
focus)
Explanation (2)
Book (2)
Conjunctions for cause
Prepositions and adverbs for time and cause
Increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry
States of matter
Scratch
Rivers
Fieldwork
Number
Multiplication and
division
Fractions
Geometry
Animals – food
chains
Living Things –
grouping and
classifying
E-safety
Study region of UK
Measurement
Statistics
Electricity
Presentation
History
Tudors – Henry VIII
and local history
Tudors – Local
History
Ancient Egypt –
Importance of river
Nile
Art
Sketching
D&T
Cookery
Music
Drumming
African drumming
Christmas
Tudor song (Music
Express)
Play
Composition
RE
Islam
What is the Qur’an
and why is it
important to
Muslims?
What do stories from
the life of
Mohammad tell
Muslims about
Allah?
How do Muslims
describe Allah?
Where, how and why
do Muslims
worship?
(Harvest – aspects of
how world resources
are shared and
divided –
inequalities that
exist between haves
and have-nots)
Swimming/OAA
Christmas –
Journeys
Who was Jesus and
why do people follow
him?
Easter - failure and
forgiveness
Peter at the Last
supper
Gethsemane
Peter denying Jesus
Jesus talking to Peter
after the resurrection
Christianity with
references to other
religions
Gymnastics
Gymnastics/Dance
Dance
Gymnastics
Football/OAA (PGL)
Rugby
Tennis
Lacrosse
Rounders/Netball
Personal
responsibility
Kindness and
bullying
Keeping Safe
Citizenship and
British values
Internet safety and
media influence
PE
Games
PSCHE
Painting
Artist study
Sculpture/printing
Books with moving
parts
Journey of Mary and
Joseph to Bethlehem
Then to Jerusalem
after the birth
How do religious
families practise
their faith and how
does it influence
their life?
Light up pyramid?
Burglar alarm for
pyramid?
Egyptian song
(Music Express)
Christianity with
references to other
religions
How do religious
families practise
their faith and how
does it influence
their life?
Dance/ Sports Day
Practice
Athletics
Growing up