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Year 4

AUTUMN TERM IN YEAR 4

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy

  • Number, place value, addition and subtraction
  • Area
  • Multiplication and division A

Literacy

  • The Baker by the Sea (Tourist Brochure)
  • The Ever Changing Earth (A sequel to Kun's cyclical story)
  • Simile poetry
  • Kennings poetry

Science

  • Eating and Digestion
  • Circuits and Conductors

Geography

  • Why do people live near volcanoes?

History

  • The Anglo-Saxons :  How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?

DT

  • Structures: Design and make an Anglo-Saxon house
  • Electrical systems: Torches.

Art & Design

  •  Painting and Mixed Media: Light and Dark
  • Christmas Crafts
  • Focus artist: Percy Kelly

Computing

  • Online 
  • Programing 1/2 using SCRATCH

RE

  • What makes some texts sacred?

PSHE

  • Relationships
  • Understanding the Law

PE

  • Orienteering
  • Football
  • Dance
  • Hockey

SPAG

  • Sentence length, commas, adverbials, verb forms, prepositions;
  • Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions, conditionals, expanded noun phrases.

Music

  • Body Percussion 
  • Rock and Roll
Spanish
  • Presenting myself;
  • Family.

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Autumn Topic Knowledge Organisers

SPRING TERM IN YEAR 4

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy

  • Multiplication and division B
  • Length and perimeter
  • Decimals and fractions.

Literacy

  • A Winter's Child (Story opening 'Spring's Child')
  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk (Biography of Harvey Milk)
  • Question Poems
  • Narrative poems

Science

  • States of Matter
  • Sounds and Vibration

Geography

  • Where does our food come from?

History

  • The achievements of the Indus Valley Civilisation

DT

  • Textiles: Fastenings;
  • Food: Adapting a recipe.

Art & Design

  • Drawings: Power Prints
  • Sculpture and 3D: Mega Materials
  • Focus artists: Georgia O'Keeffe and Antony Gormley

Computing

  • Handling Data: Investigating the weather
  • Skills Showcase

RE

  • Who was Jesus?

PSHE

  • Well-being
  • Celebrating Difference

PE

  • Tag Rugby
  • Netball
  • Gymnastics
  • Cricket

SPAG

  • Sentence of 3 for action, apostrophe for possession, speech;
  • ‘Ed’ and ‘ing’ clauses as starters, ‘ly’ phrases as starters, drop in ‘ing’ clause.

Music

  • Adapting and Transposing Motifs
  • Haiku: Music in Performance
Spanish 
  • The Weather;
  • My Home.

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Spring Topic Knowledge Organisers

SUMMER TERM IN YEAR 4

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy

  • Decimals B
  • Money
  • Time
  • Shape
  • Statistics
  • Position and Direction

Literacy

  • The Lion and the Unicorn (Evacuee story)
  • The Crown (Information text on the wonders of the natural world)
  • Tanka poems
  • Poems with repeating structures

Science

  • Classification and Changing Habitats
  • Making Connections

Geography

  • What are rivers and how are they used?

History

  • How have the lives of children changed?

DT

  • Mechanical systems: Making a slingshot car
  • Digital world: Mindful moments.

Art & Design

  • The Fabric of Nature
  • Focus artist: William Morris

Computing

  • Computer systems and networks
  • Creating media: Web design

RE

  • Why is the Bible the best-selling book of all time?

PSHE

  • Keeping safe
  • Changing me

PE

  • Athletics 
  • Swimming 
  • Rounders
  • Tennis 

SPAG

  • Start with a simile, comparative and superlative adjectives, difference between plural and possessive-s;
  • Repetition for persuading, pronoun, possessive pronoun, prefixes, suffixes

Music

  • Sambu
  • Carnival
Spanish
  • The Classroom;
  • In The Cafe

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Summer Topic Knowledge Organisers

End of Year Expectations