Year 4
Curriculum Map
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SUBJECT |
AUTUMN 1st |
AUTUMN 2nd |
SPRING 1st |
SPRING 2nd |
SUMMER 1st |
SUMMER 2nd |
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THEME |
Victorians |
Romans |
Dragons and mythical creatures |
Anthony Browne Author study |
South America and the Amazon |
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English
Support for spelling online |
Recounts – Biography
Fiction – Horror Sci-Fi
Origins of fairy tales
Key Texts Street Child Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Diary – Literacy shed |
Diary
Instructions Recipes- Victorian cooking recipes
Games – Victorian games – How to play etc. Poetry Key Texts The Vile Victorians |
Recounts- newspaper report Explanations Letter writing - Formal
Instructions - Directions, Recipes,
Explanations
Poetry
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Descriptive
Fiction- Fantasy, Myths, Legends
Key texts Tell me a dragon – Jackie Morris Zog Harry Potter the Goblet of Fire How to train your dragon |
Creative writing
Fiction
Recounts – diary entries
Play script
Key Texts
Into the forest The tunnel Voices in the park Gorilla Zoo |
Persuasive writing
Non – Chronological reports Poetry
Discussion
Key texts
Where the forest meets the sea |
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Spelling (support for spelling) |
To distinguish between the spelling and meaning of homophones |
To investigate, collect and classify spelling patterns related to the formation of plurals. |
To investigate and learn to spell words with common letter strings |
To understand how suffixes change the function of words. |
To understand the use of the apostrophe in contracted forms of words. |
To revise and investigate links between meaning and spelling when using affixes. |
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Grammar (grammar for writing) |
Verbs powerful verbs adverbs commas to mark
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narrative order story grammatical boundaries paragraphs writing |
Adjectives Apostrophe word order
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Nouns commas, connectives and full stops sequence information, paragraphs |
verb endings altering sentence type connectives, |
Adverbs Changing tenses Adverbial phrases conjunctions |
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Maths
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1 place value, rounding 2. Mental addition and subtraction. 3. multiplication 4. Multiplication and division. 5. Fractions 6. Geometry |
1 mental and written subtraction and addition.. 2. Multiplication. 3 Multiplication and division. 4. Area and perimeter of rectilinear shapes and capacity 5. Geometry 6. measures |
1. mental calculation 2. Written addition and subtraction. 3. Time 4. written multiplication and division 5. 2d shapes and angles 6. Data handling and time |
1. Number and place value. 2. Mental and written addition and subtraction. 3. Mental and written multiplication. 4. Mental and written division. 5. Fractions. 6. Fractions and decimals |
1. Place value ideas. 2. Mental addition and subtraction and measures. 3. Written addition and subtraction. 4. Mental and written multiplication and division. 5. Fractions. 6 Statistics |
1.Mental calculations 2. Measures. 3. Written addition and subtraction. 4. Mental and written multiplication and division. 5. 2d shapes, angles and coordinates. 6. Data handling and measurements. |
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Topic Links |
Area and perimeter |
Measures and conversions |
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Roman numerals Geometry/ symmetry |
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Rainforest Graph work |
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Science
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Animals, including humans. Main body parts, digestion |
Electricity Simple circuits and their components |
Sound Vibrations, pitch, volume |
States of matter Solids, liquids and gases |
Living things and habitats |
Environmental issues |
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History/ Geography |
A local history study. A study of an aspect of history beyond 1066. A significant turning point in British History. Name and locate countries and cities in U.K. Geographical regions and identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features. |
The changing power of monarchs using case studies Queen Victoria.
Land use patterns and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time. |
Human Geography – types of settlement and land use. |
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54BC Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of the army. Successful invasions by Claudius and conquests including Hadrian’s Wall. British resistances – Boudica. Romanisation of Britain – sites, technology, culture and beliefs, early Christianity. |
Place knowledge Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region in a South America. Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. |
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R.E. (Barnet syllabus) |
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Sacred texts |
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ICT |
Programming and Computer Science |
Creative use of ICT |
Creative use of ICT |
E-safety and digital literacy |
Programming and Computer Science |
Creative use of ICT |
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Art |
Silhouettes William Morris Decoupage |
Shape/texture Clay sculpture mosaic |
Collage Henry Rousseau Paint patterns Animal prints |
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D&T |
Cooking and Nutrition: Victorian recipes (Food) Technical Knowledge: Lighting it up street lamps (Electronics) |
Technical Knowledge: Moving dragons (Mechanical components)
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Designing, Making and Evaluating: Bridges (Malleable materials)
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P.E.
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Swimming Tag rugby Multi skills dance |
Invasion games Swimming |
Dance (Lauren) Invasion games (coach) |
Athletics (coach) Gym (Jane) |
Core strength Balance (Lauren) Athletics (coach) |
Striking and fielding (coach) Gym (Jane) |
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Music (Music express) |
Exploring rhythm |
Exploring arrangements |
Exploring sound colour |
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P.S.H.E (Cambridge) |
Unit 4A emotional wellbeing Unit 4 I dealing with bullying |
Unit 4B managing risk Unit 4G safety contexts |
unit 4C managing change unit 4D drugs and their uses |
Unit 4F reducing risk |
Unit 4E keeping healthy
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Unit 4H personal safety |
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French |
Parts of the body |
Our town |
Family |
Pets |
Weather and time |
clothes |
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Trips |
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Harry potter studios |
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London zoo |
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