YEAR 4

AUTUMN TERM IN YEAR 4

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy	Number, place value, addition and subtraction; Multiplication and division.
Literacy	Portal story; Information text.
Science	States of matter; Circuits and conductors.
Geography	Countries of the world.
History	Indus Valley.
DT	Christmas stocking.
Art & Design	Printing.
Computing	Online Safety and effective searching; Coding.
RE	Buddha’s teachings; Christmas.
PSHE	Being me in my world; Celebrating difference.
PE	Tag rugby, football and cross country; Hockey, gymnastics and cross country.
SPAG	Sentence length, commas, adverbials, verb forms, prepositions; Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions, conditionals, expanded noun phrases.
Music	Musical history; Singing and performing.

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	Graphs, fractions and time; Decimals and money.
Literacy	Journey story; Newspaper report.
Science	Living in environments; Eating and digestion.
Geography	Volcanoes.
History	Anglo-Saxons, Picts and Scots.
DT	Torches.
Art & Design	Textiles.
Computing	Spreadsheets; Writing for different audiences.
RE	The 8 fold path; Easter.
PSHE	Dreams and goals; Healthy me.
PE	Dodgeball, golf and netball; Dance, fitness and netball.
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	Basic notation; Let’s compose.

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

SUMMER TERM IN YEAR 4

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy	Graphs, fractions and time; Decimals and money.
Literacy	Suspense story; Persuasive writing.
Science	Sound – changing sound.
Geography	Earning a living.
History	Mayan civilisation.
DT	Storybooks.
Art & Design	3D.
Computing	Spreadsheets; Writing for different audiences.
RE	The 8 fold path; Christian prayer and worship.
PSHE	Relationships; Changing me.
PE	Athletics, tennis and swimming; Cricket and rounders.
SPAG	Start with a simile, comparative and superlative adjectives, difference between plural and possessive-s; Repetition for persuading, pronoun, possessive pronoun, prefixes, suffixes
Music	Listen to music; Perform a music

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