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Trinity C E Primary School – Our Curriculum – Year 4 The national curriculum 2014 sets out the following aims:

3.1 The national curriculum provides pupils with an introduction to the essential knowledge that they need to be educated citizens. It introduces pupils to the best that has been thought and said; and helps engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.

3.2 The national curriculum provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills as part of the wider school curriculum.

The following curriculum planning document aims to give parents and carers a general overview of what teachers have planned for each year group. By using planning principles, alongside schemes and programmes and through outstanding delivery, the statutory aims of the National Curriculum are met. We also aim to embrace our school’s aims and ethos as well as our wider school curriculum beliefs.

Trinity teachers follow the ‘Wordsmith Programme’, alongside national curriculum programmes of study for the teaching of English. Read Write Inc is used to support the teaching of phonics. Maths teaching follows the programmes of study in the National Curriculum. RE teaching follows the Wolverhampton Syllabus for RE. Science, Geography, History and Art units are taught using prime learning challenges and key questions from the ‘Focus in Education’ programme. Specialist music and dance teachers follow humanities / science themes in order to teach national curriculum programmes of study. Computing teaching follows National Curriculum programmes of study. In PE, the LCP Resource File is used to support teaching and learning. MFL teaching follows the programmes of study in the National Curriculum.


Trinity C E Primary School - Year 4 curriculum

Autumn Term 1

Literacy

Non-fiction

Text: Wanted space explorer

Non-fiction


Non-fiction


Fiction

Text: Chrispohe’s story

Fiction


Fiction


Assessment Week

Numeracy Place Value Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and Division

Fractions Measures Geometry Statistics

Science

Living things and their habitats

Which wild animals and plants thrive in your locality?

LC1 – Which wild flowers will we find within a km of our school?

LC2 – How would Georgia O’Keefe have painted these flowers?

LC3 – Would dinosaurs have roamed around your locality in the past?

LC4 – Why did dinosaurs die out?

LC5 – Why are there large animals like the tiger in danger of extinction today?

LC8 – Can you create a documentary saving a species of your choice?

Astra Zeneca and Rising Stars test

Geography / History

Local history study

Where is Wolverhampton?

Looking at famous people and why they’re famous?

Why do so many people live in Wolverhampton?

What are the famous landmarks in Wolverhampton?

Can you paint a picture from photographs of one of your favourite places in Wolverhampton?

Can they identify different ethnicities and their origins within the city?

Can create a presentation

about Wolverhampton?

Presentation to parents

Building Learning power

Reflectiveness Resilience Reciprocity Reciprocity Resourcefulness


Focus

Art / DT

Take a seat

Take a seat Take a seat Take a seat Take a seat Take a seat Take a seat

Dance/Gym

Introduction to electricity unit. Electrical flashcards – what actions/dynamics can we use to represent electricity? Pupils to experiment

Introduction to electricity unit. Electrical flashcards – what actions/dynamics can we use to represent electricity? Pupils to experiment

Electric boogaloo. Pupils to watch video performance. Pupils to recreate a small extract.

Electric boogaloo. Pupils to watch video performance. Pupils to recreate a small extract.

Pupils to create their own dance using electricity as their stimulus - using actions and dynamics based on electricity

Pupils to create their own dance using electricity as their stimulus - using actions and dynamics based on electricity

Pupils to perform their dance for an audience – filmed for class website

Games Invasion Games Invasion Games Invasion Games Invasion Games Invasion Games Invasion Games Invasion Games

Music

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.

To learn that music

can describe images

and moods.

Subject Link:

Geography.


Music Topic: Timbre.







Computing

I can follow the school internet safety rules

I can use safe search on an engine

I understand that I must tell an appropriate adult if I see something inappropriate.

I can program an on screen object using a simple code

I can use 90 degree and 45 degree turns

I can review images on a camera and delete unwanted images

I can repeat instructions to draw regular shapes on screen, using commands

can experiment to control models

I can capture images using webcams, screen capture and internet

RE

Harvest

What is harvest and who celebrates it?

Harvest

How is harvest celebrated and why?

Harvest

What does celebrating harvest tell us about being a good person?

Harvest

Production Practise

Harvest

Production Practise

Harvest

Production Practise

Harvest

Performance

MFL Revision of colours

Parts of the body greetings greetings About myself About myself About myself


Autumn 2

Literacy

Fiction

Text: sounds spooky

Fiction

Text: sounds spooky

Fiction

Text: sounds spooky

Poetry Instructions

How to keep a puppy happy.

Instructions

How to keep a puppy happy.

Assessment week

Numeracy

Place Value Addition and Subtraction



Science

Electricity

How could we cope without electricity for one day?

LC1 – Why have we become so dependent on electricity?

LC2 – How can you create an electrical circuit that has a buzzer or a switch?

LC3 – What are conductors and insulators and how are they associated with electricity?

LC4 – What! No TV or PlayStation? What shall we do?

LC5 – Could you create a meal that has not required electricity to prepare it?

LC6 – How is electricity generated and what do we mean by alternative sources?

LC7 – Reflection: Working as a team, can you put together a presentation which tells us about electricity?

Geography / History

Pre learning challenge

What would you have done after school a 100 years ago?

LC1 – How would you have coped without TV and the iPad?

LC2 – How was leisure and entertainment different for rich and poor chn 100 years ago?

Trip to Black country museum or blist hill.

LC5 – How could you create your

own silent movie?

Planning

LC5 - How could you create your own silent movie?

Chn to record their silent movies.

Post learning challenge (presentations)

What have chn found out about what it was like in school a 100 years ago


Building learning power (R Focus)

Reflectiveness Reflectiveness Reciprocity Resilience Resilience Reciprocity

Art / DT

Take a seat DT focus







Dance/Gym

Gymnastics

Pupils to learn floor and vault techniques

Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Games Swimming

Swimming Swimming Swimming Swimming Swimming swimming

Music

To learn about

rhythmic patterns.

Subject Link: Science.

Music Topic:

Rhythmic Patterns.

To learn about

rhythmic patterns.


Music Topic:

Rhythmic Patterns.

To learn about

rhythmic patterns.


Music Topic:

Rhythmic Patterns.

To learn that

repeated patterns are

often used in music.


Music Topic:

Rhythmic Patterns.

To learn how to

compose music using

repeated patterns.


Music Topic:

Rhythmic Patterns.

To learn how to

perform a song with

awareness of

different parts.

Subject Link:

Science. Music

Topic: Rhythmic

Patterns.

To learn how to rehearse

different songs with

accompanying rhythmic

patterns.


Music Topic: Rhythmic

Patterns.

Computing

E-Safety

I can send and

receive an email

Data retrieving

and organising

I can capture

images or videos

Data retrieving

and organising

I can use a

website to find

Data retrieving

and organising

I can enter

information into

Data retrieving

and organising

I can identify links

in a website and

Data retrieving

and organising

I can

experiment

E-Safety

I can send and

receive an email


safely.

I know when an

email should not

be opened and

when

attachments

aren’t safe.

using a camera. information

a template to

create a graph.

navigate to a new

page.

with pictures

shapes and

animation in a

simple slide

show.

safely.

I know when an

email should not be

opened and when

attachments aren’t

safe.

RE

What is it like to be Jewish?

Where, how and why do Jewish people worship?


Where, how and why do Jewish people worship?

Places in a synagogue


Why do Jewish people treat the Jewish scrolls with respect?


Why is Shebat a special time for Jewish people


Why is Moses important to Jewish people today and what did they learn from him?


Why is pesach (Passover) important to Jewish people?


RE Assessment

MFL

Parts of the body Parts of the body Christmas theme Revision of parts of the body

Phrases and vocabulary for work on snowman theme: Un bonhomme de neige.

Christmas theme

Two expressions:

Oh là là, j’aime ça



Spring Term 1

Literacy

Non-fiction

Text: The Most Incredible Sport

Exploring Poetic Form

Assessment Week

Numeracy

Number and

place value

Addition and

Subtraction

Multiplication

and division

Fractions Measure Geometry

Science

States of

Matter

How would

we survive

without

water?

LC1- How can

you classify solids

Liquids and Gases

LC3- How can

water be a solid,

liquid and gas?

LC2- How is

temperature

measured and

how does it vary

across the globe?

LC4– Which other

materials change

when they are

heated or cooled?

LC5- Where

does water on

the playground

disappear to?

LC8- Reflection –

Can you put

together a

presentation to

show how water

is our life line?

Geography Pre learning

challenge- What

LC2 – Who were

the Romans and

LC7 – Who was

Boudicca and

LC6 – Why did

the Romans need

LC1 – What is it

like to be invaded

LC4 – What did

the Romans do


/ History

do you know

about the

Romans?

What do you

know about the

Romans?

would they have

enjoyed coming

to Britain?

why did she

become so

famous?

to build forts?

and which

countries have

been invaded

recently?

for us?

Building

Learning

power (R

Focus)

Resilience Resilience Resilience Resilience Resilience Resilience

Art / DT

Viewpoints

Games

Striking and Fielding Games

Dance/Gym Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating

dances – pictures,

poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,

Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating


poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,

Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating


poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,

Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating


poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,

Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating


poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,

Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating


poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,

Pupils will look at

various stimuli

used for creating


poems, music,

hobbies,

emotions,


celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

celebrations etc.

They will then

look at ways of

interpreting

these stimuli

through their

dance – different

dynamics,

actions. Pupils to

choose their own

stimulus.

Music To learn about steps,

skips, leaps and

repeated notes in

melodies.

Subject Link: History.

Music Topic:

Melodies and Scales.

To learn that

melodies are made of

intervals that are

steps, leaps and

repeated notes.


Music Topic:


To learn about

melodic phrases.


Music Topic:


To learn about

melodies and scales.


Music Topic:


To learn about

melodies and scales.


Music Topic:


To learn to compose

melodies that fit

together.


Music Topic:


To learn to compose

melodies that fit

together.


Music Topic:


Computing

E-Safety

I can send and

receive an email

safely.

I know when an

email should not

be opened and

when

Data retrieving

and organising

I can capture

images or videos

using a camera.

Data retrieving

and organising

I can use a

website to find

information

Data retrieving

and organising

I can enter

information into

a template to

create a graph.

Data retrieving

and organising

I can identify links

in a website and

navigate to a new

page.

Data retrieving

and organising

I can experiment

with pictures

shapes and

animation in a

simple slide

show.


attachments

aren’t safe.

RE

What do we

do to

celebrate

and why?

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

What is an

inspiring person?

Who is an

inspiring person?

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

Who did Jesus

say he was?

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

What do we

know about

Jesus’ life story

and is it inspiring?

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

What did Jesus

teach and was he

an inspiring

teacher?

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

Who did Jesus

think was

important?

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

What do Jesus’

miracles show

about him?

MFL Body parts-

Children to be able to recognise five

body parts.

Animals-

Children learnt the name of different

zoo animals.

Members of the family


Spring term 2

Literacy

Fiction

Text: The Spiderwick Chronicles

Word detectives

Numeracy

Number and

place value

Addition and

Subtraction

Multiplication

and division

Fractions Measure

Science

Sounds

Why is the sound that “One Direction” make enjoyed by so many?

LC2 - How do your ears work?

LC3 – What do we mean by the pitch and volume of the sound?

LC4 - Does sound have the same intensity the further away you go from the source?

LC6 - What do we know about the way telephones work and how they have changed over time?

LC8 – A performance in the style of an X Factor talent show but with a strong emphasis on why some may prefer one source of music as opposed to another.

Geography / History

Where would you choose to

LC1 What are the common features of Europe’s biggest

LC2 Why do you think rivers were an important feature to a city?

LC7 What are the major differences between a city and a small town

LC4 Why is the transport system important to a city?

LC3 Can you choose a major European city and create a brochure encouraging


build a city? cities? or village someone to visit?


Resilience Resilience Resilience Resilience Resilience

Art / DT

Critical analysis

Dance/Gym

Gymnastics

Pupils to learn more advanced floor and vault techniques

Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Gymnastics


Games

Striking and Fielding Games

Music

To learn about the

context of a song.


Music Topic:

Performing Together.

To learn about the

context of a song.


Music Topic:


To learn how to

practise individually

and as a class.


Music Topic:


To learn how to


and as a class.


Music Topic:


To learn how to


and as a class.


Music Topic:


To learn how to


and as a class.


Music Topic:

Performing

To learn how to


and as a class.


Music Topic:

Performing


Together.

Together.

Computing

E-safety

I can make safe choices using technology.

Communicating

I can recognise, send and reply to an email.

Communicating

I can word process using a keyboard.

Communicating

I can highlight, change text to bold, italics and underline.

Communicating

I can enter information into a template to create a graph and discuss the results.

Programming

All children:

I can give an on screen robot specific directional instructions that takes them from X to Y. I can make accurate predictions about the outcome of a program I have written. Data retrieving and organising

All children:

I can manipulate a simple sound recording. Using the internet

All children:

I can open a link to a new window.

RE

An enquiry into visiting places of worship.

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

Is Jesus still

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

What kind of

Why do some

people think

Jesus is

inspirational?

How and why are

Easter traditions

Why do Christians celebrate Easter?

Easter traditions

How do Christians celebrate Easter

Easter traditions

Christianity Assessment


important today?

image of Jesus

for the 21st

Century would

we like to create?

holy week and

Easter an

expression of

Christian beliefs?

MFL

Revision of last term.

Ask and answer questions about family members

Leisure activities Hobbies Weather expressions


Summer Term 1

Literacy The Iron man, fiction unit.

The Iron man, fiction unit.



Shang Dynasty, non-fiction unit

Shang Dynasty, non-fiction unit

Poetry




Science

Animals and humans

What happens to the food we eat?

Digestive System

Digestive System Digestive System Digestive System Teeth Teeth Teeth


Geography / History

LC1 Why did the Normans build so many castles?

Take home task Build your own model castle

LC2 Who was William the Conqueror and why is 1066 a famous date in British history?

LC2 William the Conqueror.

Extended piece of writing – Character description of William the Conqueror

LC7 What changed in Britain as a result of the Norman conquest?

Warwick Castle Visit

LC4 What do you know about Motte and Bailey castle and can you design one?

LC8 reflection – recreate a battle of a siege of a castle and film it?

LC8 reflection – recreate a battle of a siege of a castle and film it?

Presenting to parents

Building Learning power (R Focus)

Building Learning power (R Focus)

Resourcefulness: Develop activities that require students to make creative use of resources (take home task).

Reciprocity:

Class divided into research teams.

Resourcefulness:

Use ‘could be language’ to link Domesday book to today.

Reflectiveness:

Give chn practice at drawing out the essence of the experience.

Resourcefulness: Develop activities that require students to make creative use of resources

Reciprocity:

Encourage good conduct for working in groups

Art / DT Investigating journeys in art

Investigating journeys in art

Investigating materials and making a journey picture

Investigating materials and making a journey picture

Studying and creating art

Studying and creating art

(continued)

Evaluate and develop work

Dance/Gym

Introduction to new unit. Pupils to learn a basic dance sequence to the gospel song ‘rivers’. Working in groups pupils to

Introduction to new unit. Pupils to learn a basic dance sequence to the gospel song ‘rivers’. Working in groups pupils to discuss actions they could

Can pupils discuss, using dance vocabulary, the different stimuli used for dance? Can they identify various starting

Can pupils discuss, using dance vocabulary, the different stimuli used for dance? Can they identify various starting points for


Can pupils discuss, using dance vocabulary, the different stimuli used for dance? Can they identify various starting points for



discuss actions they could use to represent rivers – flowing, fluid, rippling etc. Pupils to create a small sequence using these ideas.

use to represent rivers – flowing, fluid, rippling etc. Pupils to create a small sequence using these ideas.

points for their dance?

their dance? points for their dance?

their dance? points for their dance?

Games Invasion games, football

Invasion games, football






Music

To learn to identify how music can be used descriptively.

Subject Link: Science. Music Topic: Exploring Descriptive Music.

To learn to use musical elements to describe different animals.


To learn how to match sounds and movement descriptively.


To learn how to create music to describe an imaginary animal.


To rehearse and perform a presentation to describe an imaginary animal.


To compose, rehearse and perform sounds to describe certain animals.


To compose, rehearse and perform sounds to describe certain animals.


Computing

E -saftey Communicating: Pupils can recognise, send and reply to an email

Pupils can word process a piece of work using keypad (spacebar, text,

Pupils can highlight and change text to bold, underlined and italics

Pupils can copy, paste and save images or text from the internet

Pupils can input data into a simple database

Pupils can sort and search data to answer a question


number functions)

RE


Why does the Prophet matter to Muslims?

What do the stories of the prophet Mohammed teach us?


Why are some books special? How can you show respect for a book?


What can we find out about the story of Mohammed at the gates of Mecca?


What can we learn from the story of Bilal; the slave who would not be quiet.


What can we do with the story to help us learn from Muslims?


What does Islam teach us about leaders and followers?


Is the Prophet Mohammed still important him today?

MFL Parts of the body Colours Numbers Animals Receptive

vocabulary only

from song

– Meunier tu

dors

Family members Ask and answer questions about family members


Summer 2

Literacy

The Grand Tour, non-fiction unit



Creative writing

Range of topics

Creative writing

Range of topics

Creative writing

Range of topics

Assessment week




Science Classifying living things in habitats

Predators and prey

Food Chains Adaptation Dependency (how some living things depend on each other to survive)

Creative independent recap/retell of living things topic

Assessment week

Geography / History

Who were the early law makers in London?

LC1 Why do we need laws and who thought of them in the first place?

Stunning Start

Visit from a community police officer

London Trip LC3 What is a parliament and what is its connection to laws?

LC4 Who created the first British Parliament and how did it work?

LC5 Who makes our laws today and who upholds them?

LC6 What were punishments like 750 years ago?

Extended writing: Students given a title and introduction and are required to continue a story about a criminal 750 years ago.

Fabulous Finish

Tea party – showcase of chn’s work


Reciprocity:

Pupils show good listening skills

Reflectiveness:

Students practice drawing out the essence of an

Resourcefulness:

Create scenarios for students to visualise or

Reflectiveness:

Students set their own success criteria and check their own work

Resilience:

Students thought shower ideas about rules in the school and

Reflectiveness:

Students set their own success criteria and check their own work

Reciprocity:

Discuss how we soak up other people’s skills and


experience mentally rehearse against it. classroom against it. ideas

Art / DT London topic London topic London topic London topic London topic London topic London topic

Dance/Gym

Collaboration with music/Mr Chance. Pupils to create choreography to James bay ‘Hold back the river’. Pupils will record their song in music and dance to their own accompaniment during their dance lesson. Group choreography – develop their dance using choreographic devices – unison, canon etc







Games








Music

To analyse features

within different

pieces of music.


Music Topic:

To learn that different

forms of notation

serve different

purposes.


To compose a piece

of music including a

melody and chords.


Music Topic:

To compose a piece


melody and chords.


Music Topic:

To compose a piece


melody and chords.


Music Topic:

To compose a piece


melody and chords.


Music Topic:

To compose a piece


melody and chords.


Music Topic:


Composition. Music Topic:

Composition.

Composition. Composition. Composition. Composition. Composition.

Computing

E -saftey Pupils can sort and search data to answer a question

I can insert sounds into a presentation

I can video chat and instant message safely (using a school safe program).

I can open and send an attachment with an email

I can use an automatic spell checker

Assessment week

RE

Why do some people think Jesus is inspirational ?

What can we learn from visiting sacred places?

What makes a place special?


What can we learn from visiting a place of worship?


What makes a church sacred for Christian believers?


Why is a mosque a special place for Muslims?


What makes a Gurdwara holy for Sikhs?


Investigate why Hindus have sacred places at home as well as in the mosque?


Can any place be spiritual? What is a spiritual place for me?

MFL

Review: Ask and answer questions about family members

Hobbies Follow a text as read aloud

Follow a French story and join in reading

Compare simple rules for converting singular to plural

Read a text aloud Write a short text and read a text aloud

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