Year 4 curriculum map

English: Our quality text will be ‘The Egyptian Cinderella’. We will be writing our own version of a traditional tale with an Egyptian twist. We will continue to build on our knowledge of expanded noun phrases, similes and fronted adverbials and also develop our understanding of inverted commas. We will be reading a variety of traditional tales to support our writing and will focus on our RE topic about inspirational figures.

Geography: This area of the curriculum is covered in Spring 1 & 2.

We will use maps to locate Egypt linked to our theme about Ancient Egypt.

Maths: This half term we will learn about…

Multiplication and Division - Multiples of 3, 6, 9, 7, 11, 12 - Multiplying and dividing by 1 and 0 - Factor pairs - Formal written methods of multiplication and division We will continue to revise previous times tables through our TT Rockstars sessions.

History: We will study the Ancient Egyptians and how artefacts and discoveries have led to developing our understanding of this period in history. We will learn about life in Ancient Egypt, mummification and the worship of gods and goddesses.

Year 4 Autumn Half-term 2: ‘Pictures in Time’

Science: Sound We will identify how sounds are made and understand that vibrations travel through a medium to the ear. We will be investigating patterns between volumes of sounds and the vibrations that produced it. We will also consider how sound can change with distance from the source.

PE: Pine – Athletics with Miss Rimmer Birch & Maple – Invasion Games with Miss Hesketh

Music: Wider opportunities (instrument focus) Birch will be learning how to play the djembe drums and guitar with Mr Pritchard.

Maple & Pine will be learning to play the trumpet and clarinet with Mr Asbridge and Mrs McCardle.

RE: Life is a Journey We will learn about significant celebrations across a variety of religions including Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism.

Computing: This area of the curriculum is covered in Spring 1 & 2.

Art & Design and Design Technology: Structures: Pavilions We will be investigating and modelling framed structures to improve their stability then apply this research to design and create a stable, decorated pavilion.

Art and Design – This area of the curriculum will be covered in Spring 1.

Year 4 Half-term 2: ‘Pictures in Time’

PSHE: Keeping Safe and Healthy - Cycle safety - Healthy Living - Anti-bullying Week

Spanish: La fecha / The date: We will recall, from memory, the seven days of the week, the twelve months of the year and numbers 1-31 in Spanish. We will also ask and answer what the date is in Spanish.

English: Our quality text will be ‘Stone Age Boy’. We will also be focussing on writing to entertain where we will be writing setting and character descriptions. We will build on our knowledge of grammatical features such as expanded noun phrases, similes and fronted adverbials to add interest and description in our writing. Our reading focus will be linked to our topic about the Stone Age and our Science topic on teeth and digestion.

Geography: This area of the curriculum is covered in Spring 1 & 2.

We will use maps to locate Britain and Europe linked to our theme about the Stone Age.

Maths: This half term we will learn about…

Place Value - Place value of numbers up to 10, 000 - Numbers on a number line - Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000

History: We will study the early civilization periods from the Stone Age to the Iron Age and how artefacts and discoveries have led to developing our understanding of these periods in history. We will develop our chronological understanding using timelines to identify the different periods of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Addition and Subtraction - Add and subtract ones, tens, hundreds and thousands

Year 4 Autumn Half-term 1: ‘Pictures in Time’

Science: Teeth and Digestion First, we will be learning about the different types of teeth and their functions. We will then describe the basic parts of the digestive system in humans and how they work to break down and digest food. Finally, we will be constructing and interpreting a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.

PE: Birch & Maple – Athletics with Miss Rimmer Pine – Invasion Games with Miss Hesketh

Music: Wider opportunities (instrument focus) Birch will be learning how to play the djembe drums and guitar with Mr Pritchard.

Maple & Pine will be learning to play the trumpet and clarinet with Mr Asbridge and Mrs McCardle.

RE: Life is a Journey We will learn about significant celebrations across a variety of religions.

Computing: Collaborative Learning We will be using a variety of online documents to share comments and ideas whilst understanding the need to be thoughtful when working on a collaborative document.

Art & Design and Design Technology: Painting and Mixed Media We will be studying prehistoric art through cave paintings and using charcoal to create tones and textures in our drawings. We will then experiment with natural materials to make paint and apply our painting skills to re-create a prehistoric picture.

Design Technology – This area of the curriculum will be covered in Autumn 2.

Year 4 Half-term 1: ‘Pictures in Time’

PSHE: Feelings and Emotions We will be exploring feelings of jealousy, anger and worry and will develop our skills to manage our emotions positively and understand how and where to seek help if needed.

Spanish: I’m Learning Spanish We will be learning about the culture of Spain including food, traditions and what Spain is well known for. We will be learning how to greet people in Spanish and say goodbye and also review colours and numbers 1 to 20.