Beehive Lane Community Primary School – Year 4 Curriculum Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Theme Invade and Raid

Rivers Deep, Mountains High, Stormy Seas

Route to Rio That’s Entertainment Land of the Pharaohs You’re Hired

Debate Were the Vikings the scourge of Europe?

Is Global Warming real?

Was hosting the Olympics a mistake for Rio? Is anyone ever truly evil or truly good?

Has technology improved our lives? Will there still be books in twenty years time?

Does wealth make us happy? Can you be influential in the world without money?

Who holds the power in Macbeth? Does success depend on failure?

Focus texts Beowulf – Micheal Murpurgo

Michael Morpurgo – Wreck of the Zanzibar The Butterfly Lion

The Lion the witch and the wardrobe CS Lewis

Matilda – Roald Dahl Lemony Snicket – A Series of Unfortunate Events

William Shakespeare – Macbeth

Visits

One Man Show – Vikings

West End Theatre Trip – Matilda

British Museum

Numeracy Number and place value Addition and subtraction Measurement

Geometry Multiplication and division Measurement – Time Probability – problem solving

Number and place value Negative numbers Fractions and decimals Addition and subtraction Data handling

Measurement – Time Multiplication Division Measurement – Weight Measurement - Capacity

Roman numerals 2 step word problems – all operations Fractions and decimals Using money

Statistics Co ordinates and symmetry Geometry Fractions and decimals

Literacy Free verse poetry Structured poetry, Myths and legends, Instructional texts, Newspaper reports

Recounts Newspaper reports Explanation texts Diary writing

Structured poetry Free verse poetry Stories from unfamiliar settings

Non chronological reports Newspaper reports

Performance poetry Newspaper reports Discussion texts Explanation texts

Recounts Persuasion texts Diary entries

Science All Living Things

States of Matter Sound Forces Animals including humans

Electricity

Computing Information Technology Research using the internet / Word processing

Information Technology Spreadsheets and formulae – Microsoft Excel

Information Technology Producing Digital Music (O-Generator)

Digital Literacy Presenting – Microsoft Powerpoint using buttons.

Computer Science Developing a simple educational game. Scratch

Computer Science Developing educational games and debugging- Scratch

Geography

Contrasting British locality – rivers, mountains and seas

Contrasting South American locality – Rio De Janeiro

History Anglo Saxons and Vikings

Social changes over the decades in Britain

Ancient Egyptians

Art Mixed media, combining drawing and painting.

Take One Picture Project

Artist Focus - Roy Lichtenstein

Sculpture – Egyptian clay tiles / Egyptian themed portraits

Design Tech Viking Longboats Food-South American Foods

Sculpture Focus: Clay pots/ clay mummies

Games – Loop and Wire electric game.

Music Dragon Scales / Painting with Sound Use picture as stimulus for sounds. Tuned + non-tuned percussion.

Dragon Scales / Painting with Sound Use picture as stimulus for sounds. Tuned + non-tuned percussion.

A Classical Tale Learn about two great composers and their lives.

A Classical Tale Learn about two great composers and their lives.

Recorders Using tuned instruments to play short pieces

Recorders Using tuned instruments to play short pieces

Religious Ed

Christianity Christianity Sikhism Sikhism Hinduism Hinduism

Physical Ed Swimming Games – Hockey

Swimming Gymnastics

Swimming Gymnastics

Swimming Dance

Swimming Athletics

Swimming Games - Cricket

P.S.H.E. and C SEAL

Healthy and safer Lifestyles 11 (managing risk)

Myself and my relationships 11/12 (family and

Healthy and Safer Lifestyles 13/17 (Sex and Relationships

Healthy and safer lifestyles 15 (Drug Education)

Economic Wellbeing 2 (Financial Capability)

Healthy and Safer Lifestyles 13 [Sex and Relationships

Citizenship 6 [Working Together]

friends/anti-bullying) Education) Myself and My Relationships.13 [Managing Change]

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E-Safety E-safety 4a -Games I like – being safe

E-safety 4c-Who are you talking to?

Internet Safety E-Safety-4b-Downloads and viruses

E-safety 4d-Did I say too much?

French Revision: Colours Body parts Etre/Il est

Names of zoo animals Quantifiers: Assez/tres (adjectives)

Letter string-in Family members Possessive adjectives:ma/mon

Easter Week Traditions/topic vocabulary Quantifiers: Assez

Hobbies Classify words: (noun, adjective/verbs)

Weather Quantifiers: Tres, un peu