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Year 4

Terms 1 and 2

Art and Design/Design technology

Term 1

  • Landscapes

Term 2

  • Vikings

 

Computing

Term 1

  • Google Classroom

Term 2

  • Emails 

 

English

Terms 1 and 2

Narrative

  • Fronted adverbials
  • Word class
  • Story Writing
  • Recounts
  • Setting & Character
  • Nouns or pronouns
  • Punctuating dialogue; role play and retelling
  • Editing and improving
  • Reading comprehension

Non-Fiction

  • Persuasive Writing - Letter Writing

Poetry

  • Acrostic Poems
  • Sensory Poems

Class Reader 

  • Gorilla
  • Voices in the Park
  • King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
  • The girl who stole an elephant

 

Geography and History

Term 1

  • How and why is my local area changing?

Term 2

  • Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

 

Latin 

 Terms 1 and 2

  • Revision of previous year

Chapter 3

  • Work, Work, Work
  • Minimus Workbook p6-7
  • Song:  Ba La Laniger
  • Story: Rufus et vespa

 

Mathematics

 Terms 1 and 2

  • Number: Place Value
  • Number: Addition and Subtraction
  • Measurement: Length and Perimeter
  • Number: Multiplication and Division

 

Music

Term 1

  • Mamma Mia

Term 2

  • Glockenspiel Stage 2

 

Physical Education

Term 1

  • Cricket
  • Football / swimming

Term 2

  • Gymnastics
  • Handball / swimming

 

Religious Education

Term 1

  • Tribes
  • Buddhism 

Term 2

  • Paganism 
  • People of faith

 

Science 

Term 1

  • States of Matter

Term 2

  • Sound

 

Personal, Social and Health Education (S.P.H.E.R.E.)

Term 1

  • Think positive
  • Growth mind set, resilience, mindfulness
  • My feelings
  • Emotions and empathy

Term 2

  • Respecting Rights
  • R & R Respecting school
  • Digital Wellbeing
  • Body parts and appropriate touch
  • My body

 

Terms 3 and 4

Art and Design/Design Technology

Term 3

  • Georgia O’Keefe

Term 4

  • Pop up books

 

Computing

Term 3

  • Programming – Repetition in Shapes

Term 4

  • Data and Information – Data Logging

 

English

Terms 3 and 4

Narrative

  • Apostrophes & Determiners
  • Pronouns
  • Editing and improving

Non-fiction

  • Newspaper report – Viking invasion
  • News report – Water Buffalo Days

Poetry

  • Poetry Anthology: Haiku conversation, acrostic and simile

Class Reader

  • Beowolf
  • How to Train your Dragon
  • Water Buffalo Days

 

History and Geography

Term 3

  • Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
  • What did the Vikings want and how did Alfred help to stop them getting it?

Term 4

  • What did the Vikings want and how did Alfred help to stop them getting it?
  • ​​​​​Why do some earthquakes cause more damage than others?

 

Latin 

Terms 3 and 4

Chapter 4

  • School
  • Minimus Workbook p8-9
  • Song
  • Story: Corinthus et fabula

 

Mathematics 

Terms 3 and 4

  • Number: Multiplication and Division
  • Measurement: Area
  • Number: Fractions
  • Number Decimals

 

Music

Term 3

  • Glockenspiel Stage 2

Term 4 

  • ​​Lean on Me
  • Blackbird

 

Physical Education

Term 3

  • Dance
  • Hockey/Swimming

Term 4

  • Gymnastics
  • Netball

 

Religious Education

Term 3

  • Food and Fasting

Term 4

  • Christianity

 

Science

Terms 3 and 4

  • Electricity 

 

Personal, Social & Health Education (S.P.H.E.R.E.)

Term 3

  • One World
  • Human rights, inequality, climate change, charity
  • My relationships

Term 4

  • VIPs
  • Making friends and falling out
  • My beliefs - similar, different, identity

 

Terms 5 and 6

Art & Design/Design Technology

 Terms 5 and 6

  • Bayeux Tapestry

 

Computing

Term 5

  • Creating Media 2 – Photo Editing

Term 6

  • Programming – Repetition in Games

 

English

Terms 5 and 6

Narrative

  • Fronted adverbials
  • Conjunctions
  • Descriptive devices
  • Retelling
  • Reading comprehension
  • Recount
  • Similes, metaphors and alliteration
  • Diary entry
  • Plan and write Alternative ending to Kensuke’s Kingdom

Non-fiction

  • Battle of Hastings drama

Class Reader

  • Kensuke Kingdom

 

 Geography and History

Term 5 

  • Why do some earthquakes cause more damage than others? 
  • What happened at the Battle of Hastings? 
  • Trip to Battle Abbey

Term 6

  • How can we live more sustainably?

 

Latin

Terms 5 and 6

Chapter 6

  • Off to Town
  • Minimus Workbook p12-13
  • Song: Ardet Roma
  • Play: Shopping in York

 

Mathematics

 Terms 5 and 6

  • Number: Decimals
  • Measurement: Money
  • Measurement: Time
  • Statistics
  • Geometry: Properties of Shape
  • Geometry: Position and Direction

 

Music

Term 5

  • Stop!

Term 6

  • Reflect, Rewind and Replay

 

Physical Education

Term 5

  • Athletics
  • Tennis

Term 6

  • Outdoor and Adventurous Activities (OAA)
  • Rounders

 

Religious Education

Term 5

  • Pilgrimages

Term 6

  • Signs and symbols

 

Science

Term 5

  • Living things and their habitats

Term 6

  • Animals including humans

 

Personal, Social & Health Education (S.P.H.E.R.E.)

Term 5

Growing up

  • Puberty, relationships, families
  • Marriage
  • Arranged marriage
  • Forced marriage

Term 6 

  • Safety First (online safety, road safety, dares and medicine
  • Asking for help
  • Peer pressure