Curriculum Overview Year 4

MICHAELMAS

LENT

SUMMER

SCIENCE

Moving and Growing

- focus on bones, muscles and exercise

Friction

- introducing, ways of testing, water resistance,  air resistance

Keeping Warm

Temperature readings – thermometers

Data collection – graph readings

Thermal insulators and conductors

Heat transfer

Solids, liquids and how they can be separated

Identifying and definitions

Measuring volumes

Runniness, flow, shape

Changing state

Separating solids

 

Circuits and Conductors

Electricity in the home – uses

Mains / battery

Creating circuits – switches

Electrical circuit diagrams

Habitats

What are they?

Keys

Fair tests involving environments

Food chains

GEOGRAPHY

Home and India

Where in world is India and how does Kesharpur compare to where we live?

Weather

What is weather? What weather do we look for to go on holiday – types of holidays.

Recording the weather – charts

World climate.

Extreme weather – hurricanes and flooding.

Weather symbols and forecasting.

Improving the Environment

School and local environment issues.

Recycling.

Noise and litter pollution

How can we make ‘our target place’ better?

Water

What pollution happens in the water?

How does this cause concerns for things that use our water / seas?

 

HISTORY

World War 2

How the war began, a timeline of events, The Blitz, being evacuated, rationing, local wartime history of Shoreham, oral history, Anne Frank, preventing another war.

Romans in Britain

Invasion and settlement differences

Who were the Celts?

Why did the Romans come to Britain?

What was life like for a Roman soldier?

Boudicca

Daily life – bathing, entertainment, feasting, schools and living conditions.

Ancient Greece

Who were they?

Athenians and Spartans

Greek Gods

Seas and Wars

The Olympics

Greek Theatre

RS

Creation stories and theories from around the world. These will include religious, secular and scientific view points. Pupils are encouraged to discuss and develop their own thoughts and ideas.

 

Pupils will also prepare for Harvest Remembrance Day & Christmas.

Laws, Rules & Regulations - Why do we have them? An exploration of secular, civil and religious laws,  rules and sanctions.

Focus will be on the pupils first hand experiences e.g. school rules, home rules and the Highway Code.

 

Pupils will also prepare for Easter & link to Passover traditions.

 

FRENCH

Greetings (consolidation and extension)

Colours (consolidation and extension)

How are you?

Number revision

Christmas

Parts of the body

Animals (pets, farm)

Valentine

Days of the week

Easter

I have / I am

Months

The weather

Make up a song (revision of topics)

ICT

Keyboarding – home key typing skills

Technological Awareness

Use of Paint Program

Word Processing

Use of Publisher and Powerpoint

Information systems

Data Handling / Databases

Emails

Word Processing

Skills review

ART & DT

Mark Making – linked to skills and WW2

DT -  constructing and testing Anderson Shelters and making gas mask boxes.

Jam Tart Project

Pointillism

Roman Art - Mosaics

Light boxes

Greek Vases

Weaving

MUSIC

Singing Together (ongoing)

Exploring rhythmic patterns

Instruments in the classroom

Christmas Production

Singing Together

Exploring melodies and scales

Exploring Sound Colours

Singing games

Music notation

Revision

School Concert

 

PE BOYS

Football /

Skills for invasion games

Basketball etc

Net and wall games /

Gymnastics

Athletics /

Swimming

PE GIRLS

Football/

Basketball / Netball

Net & Wall Games/

Gymnastics

Athletics/

Swimming