Year 4
TERM |
AUTUMN 1 |
AUTUMN 2 |
SPRING 1 |
SPRING 2 |
SUMMER 1 |
SUMMER 2 |
TOPIC |
Chocolate
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Extreme Earth |
Ancient Greece |
The Romans |
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English |
Stories by the same author, persuasive writing, inverted commas and letter writing.
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Explanation texts, biographies, adventure stories. |
Myths and legends, creating own myths. |
Shape poetry and non-chronological reports. |
Recounts – newspapers. |
Stories from other cultures, traditional poems. |
Maths |
Number – place value. Number – addition and subtraction. Measurement- length and perimeter. Number – multiplication and division. |
Number – multiplication and division. Measurement – area. Number – fractions. Number – decimals. |
Number – decimals. Measurement – money. Measurement – time. Statistics. Geometry – properties of shape. Geometry – position and direction.
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PE |
Dance – water. |
Gymnastics |
Athletics
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Hockey |
Tag Rugby |
Invasion Games |
Computing |
Word processing. |
We are meteorologists. |
Programming – Turtle Logo. |
Scratch Questions and Quizzes.
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Photostories. |
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Science |
States of matter. |
Sound.
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Electricity |
Animals including humans. |
Living things and their habitats. |
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Art |
Ancient Mayan art, masks, frescoes, fairtrade and chocolate wrapper designs. |
Extreme Earth sculptures. |
Designing Greek hoplite armour. |
Ancient Greek pottery. |
Roman mosaics and shields. |
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DT |
Food – chocolates.
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Food – Traditional Greek. |
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Structures – Roman architecture. |
Geography |
Rainforests – cocoa beans. |
How can extreme weather affect human habitation? What can extreme weather do to the environment? How does extreme weather form?
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Use maps, atlases and globes to locate countries in the UK and Europe. Think about the location of Greece in Europe. |
Locate Italy on a map of Europe and think about the location and expansion of the Roman Empire. Find the features of Italy and Rome.
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Local fieldwork – observe and record human and physical features in local area. Use and sketch maps and plans of the area. |
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History |
History of chocolate and the cocoa bean. |
Famous volcanoes in history. |
Greek life and achievements. Ancient Greek influence in the Western World. |
Roman impact on Britain – roman soldier formation, Boudicca’s rebellion and how Romans transformed British Life.
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French |
Numbers to 20, greetings, names.
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Family, plurals. |
Numbers to 31. |
Animals. |
Parts of the body. |
Months, days, the date, birthdays. |
Music |
Performing and composing.
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Performing production songs.
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Recorders. |
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PSHCE |
Democracy.
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Making choices.
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What is important to me?
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Playing safe. |
Growing up and changing. |
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RE |
What's it like to follow God? |
What happens in Advent? |
What are the deeper meanings of festivals?
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Why do Christians remember the events of Holy Week each year? |
What is the Trinity? |
Why is pilgrimage important to some believers? |