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Year 4 Curriculum Overview

                              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

 

RE

 

Hindu dharma

What might a

Hindu learn

through

celebrating

Diwali?

  • Vishnu
  • Rama and Sita
  • Diwali

Christianity (God)

How and why

might Christians

use the Bible?

  • The Bible
  • Christian life – guided by wisdom, teachings and authority

Sikhism

How do Sikhs

express their

beliefs and

values?

  • the 5 Ks
  • equality
  • the Gurdwara

Christianity (Jesus)

Is sacrifice an

important part

of religious life?

  • Jesus in the wilderness
  • Lent
  • Sacrifice

Islam

Why do

Muslims fast

during

Ramadan?

  • The Five Pillars of Islam
  • Ramadan

Christianity

(Church)

What does

‘love your

neighbour’

really mean?

  • Parables
  • love for all

Design & Technology

 

ICT & electrical systems

Building a design which incorporates a circuit.

 

 

Textiles / seams, stiffening, fastenings

 

 

Food- simple cooking techniques.

 

Art & design

 

 

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

 

 

The Great Plague

 

 

Ancient Egypt

The importance of the Nile, its uses and how it is still used today

Anglo-Saxons

How the Anglo-Saxons sourced food

 

Geography

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

Lancashire Music Hub

Wider ops teacher

Lancashire Music Hub

Wider ops teacher

Lancashire Music Hub

Wider ops teacher

Lancashire Music Hub

Wider ops teacher

Lancashire Music Hub

Wider ops teacher

Lancashire Music Hub

Wider ops teacher

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.

          

 

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