NORTHERN PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM MAP OVERVIEW 2019-20
Year group 4
| Autumn 1 Are you a bright spark?
| Autumn 2 Could you survive The Great Plague? | Spring 1 How does your body use food? | Spring 2 Is your passport ready? | Summer 1 Where does water come from? | Summer 2 Who are the world’s greatest hunters? | |||
English
| Roald Dahl week – focus on George’s Marvelous Medicine. Stories with fantasy settings Explanations Film & playscripts Explanations – explaining how a circuit works. | Fairy Tales Classic poetry Recount/newspapers Newspaper on events of Great Plague in Eyam. | Stories with dilemmas Persuasion Persuasion piece on the importance of brushing teeth. | Novel as a theme Non chronological reports Using Tuscany as the setting for a novel with a theme, including key vocab Non-chronological report on Florence | Stories with a theme Information booklets Poetry with a structure Information booklet on River Nile/Pyramids Haikus using key vocabulary from Ancient Egypt topic | Folk tales Debate Debate on hunting | |||
Mathematics
| Place value Decimals Written addition & subtraction (Problems and inverse) 2D shape Time Measuring current Problem solving skills in circuit design | Mental multiplication including 6x and 9x tables Mental division Written multiplication Length including perimeter Statistics Great Plague creating graphs based on data from Bills of Mortality | Place values Roman numerals Counting including negative numbers Fractions Decimals Division Position & direction Area Multiplication (statistics measure, money) Timing how long teeth need to be brushed for. | Mental multiplication & written division including 7x and 11x tables. Place value Written multiplication 2shape & position Addition & subtraction(statistics) Calculating distances and areas Measurement of populations including growth | Counting & sequences(statistics) Fractions & decimals ( measures) Fractions & written division Measures Volume/capacity/mass Position & area Multiplication facts including 12x table and time. Measuring lengths of rivers and comparing, creating timelines contrasting ancient civilisations | Place value Statistics Addition & subtraction Multiplication & division Shape | |||
Science
| Electricity - series circuits, switches, conductors, insulators |
| Teeth and the digestive system | Sound Instruments invented in Italy and how they produce sound | States of matter | Habitats - grouping and classifying plants and animals | |||
Computing
| Coding Coding simulated electric designs e.g. coding traffic light timings | Online safety
| Spreadsheets Collating data on class teeth brushing | Writing for different audiences | Logo Drawing hieroglyphics with logo commands | Coding Coding an animation telling the story of Beowulf
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RE
| Hindu dharma What might a Hindu learn through celebrating Diwali?
| Christianity (God) How and why might Christians use the Bible?
| Sikhism How do Sikhs express their beliefs and values?
| Christianity (Jesus) Is sacrifice an important part of religious life?
| Islam Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan?
| Christianity (Church) What does ‘love your neighbour’ really mean?
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Design & Technology
| ICT & electrical systems Building a design which incorporates a circuit. |
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| Textiles / seams, stiffening, fastenings
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| Food- simple cooking techniques.
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Art & design
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| Drawing, rotating & translating images
| Drawing & painting/still life into 3D sculpture Still life and sculptures of food | Collages and 3D techniques Collages of Tuscan landscape, 3D techniques of cylinders (Pisa) and cuboids (San Gimignano) | Painting with acrylic and watercolour Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings | Abstract painting/relief paintings, scale, charcoal Aboriginal and Polynesian style artwork of animals | |||
History
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| The Great Plague |
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| Ancient Egypt The importance of the Nile, its uses and how it is still used today | Anglo-Saxons How the Anglo-Saxons sourced food
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Geography
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| Rubbish & recycling Learning how pollution effects human and animal health |
| Contrasting region in European country | Key aspects of rivers Water cycles as they apply to the River Nile |
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PSHE
| Feelings and emotions: Recognising and managing different feelings Healthy Relationships: recognising aspects of healthy relationships; physical boundaries | Healthy Lifestyles: making informed choices; balanced diet; hygiene Why good hygiene is important in preventing the spread of disease | Growing and changing: aspirations and goals; recognising and managing feelings; change, loss and grief Keeping Safe: risk, danger and hazard; pressures on behaviour
| Valuing Difference: Recognising stereotypes; different types of relationships; respecting similarities and differences; bullying and discrimination; respecting others' feeling and opinions
| Rights and responsibilities: issues concerning health and wellbeing; the purpose of rules and laws Taking care of the environment: taking care of the environment; our responsibilities towards our environment
| Money Matters: the role that money play in their lives; borrowing money | |||
French
| Healthy Foods and Drinks Simple statements about diets Likes and Dislikes |
| Weather Describing the weather Where is French spoken? Days of the week Alphabet |
| Healthy activities Sports Likes and dislikes | Animals Making simple Descriptions about animals and their movement | |||
Music
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PE
| Dance Interpretive dance based on the journey of an electron around a circuit. | Gymnastics | Invasion Net / wall | Invasion Net / wall | Athletics Strike / field | Athletics Strike / field | |||
ONGOING
| Online Safety: reinforce safety and responsibility English: spellings and handwriting taught discretely. | ||||||||