Year 4
| Identity | Rights and Responsibilities | Law and Order | Community | Environment | Celebrating Differences | |||||||||
Topic name |
India and Pakistan |
Food Glorious Food
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The Romans
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The Anglo-Saxons |
Eureka |
The Vikings | |||||||||
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |||||||||
Topic
| History |
Local history study - population, travel from other countries, jobs
History of British links to India (British Empire) |
| The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain |
Settlement by the Anglo Saxons in Britain | A local study of the origins of place names | Anglo Saxon and Viking struggle | ||||||||
Geography |
Human geography related to India and Asia |
Food miles and origins of produce. |
Human and physical geography related to the Roman Empire
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Human geography related to the Anglo Saxons
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| Human geography related to the Anglo Saxons and Vikings | |||||||||
Science
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Living things and their habitats |
Animals including humans |
States of matter |
Sound
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Electricity |
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Educational Visits / Visitors
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| Yorkshire water |
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| Merton park | |||||||||
English
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Reading |
Short stories from other cultures
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Charlie and the Chocolate factory
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Escape from Pompeii |
Beowulf
(First chapter) |
Ironman
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The Last Viking
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Writing | Outcome
Fiction: Narrative – Creating a chapter story for our time travelling adventure.
Non-Fiction – Instructions (link to recipes) Onion bhajis
Non-Fiction: Biographies – Linked to BHM
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Non-Fiction - Explanation (Linked to science)
Narrative - Continuation of a story
Poetry – Tetractys
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Fiction: Descriptive writing (Pompeii)
Non-Ficton - Newspaper report - Escape from Pompeii
Poetry – Free verse (linked to geography)
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Fiction:Narrative Diary/recount (Link to Beowulf)
Poetry – Kennings (linked to Beowulf)
Non-Fiction - Non-chronological report - History | Outcome
Non-Fiction – Persuasive advert linked to DT
Non-Fiction - Explanation text
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Fiction:Narrative – Norse Mythology (myths & legends)
Fiction: Narrative – continuation of a story (the last viking)
Non-chronological report | |||||||||
Maths
| Place Value
Addition and Subtraction | Area
Multiplication and Division (A) | Multiplication and Division (B)
Length and Perimeter | Fractions
Decimals (A) | Decimals (B)
Money
Time | Shape
Statistics
Position and Direction | |||||||||
RE
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4.1 How are important events remembered in ceremonies? |
4.3 How do the five pillars guide Muslim life? |
4.4 Why are Gurus at the heart of Sikh belief and practice?
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4.2 What faiths are shared in our country? | |||||||||||
PSHE
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Families and Friendships- Positive friendships, Online presence |
Respecting Ourselves & Others- Respecting similarities and differences, Being sensitive |
Safe Relationships - Responding to hurtful behaviour, Managing confidentiality, Recognising online risks
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Belonging to a Community - Protecting the environment, Compassion towards others
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Money & Work - Identifying job interests and aspirations, What influences career choices, Workplace stereo-types |
Media Literacy & Digital Resilience - How information online is targeted, Different media types & their role and impact on us |
Physical Health & Mental Wellbeing - Healthy sleep habits, Sun safety, Medicines, vaccinations, immunisations and allergies
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Growing & Changing - Personal identity, Recognising individuality and different qualities, Mental wellbeing |
Keeping Safe - Keeping safe in different situations, Responding to emergencies, First Aid
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Computing |
Unit 4.8 Hardware investigators (2 weeks)
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Unit 4.3 Spreadsheets (5 weeks linked to food topic) |
Unit 4.5 Logo (4 week) |
Unit 4.7 Effective searching (3 weeks) |
Unit 4.2 Online safety (4weeks) |
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4.6 Animation (3week) Linked to Beowulf)
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Unit 4.1 coding (6week)
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MFL French (Year 3 + 4 content for 2020-21) |
Numbers
Greetings
Classroom instructions
Simple conversation asking and answering simple questions |
Christmas
Colours
Fruit
Food and healthy eating |
Days of the week and months of the year
Parts of the body |
Adjectives
French translations
Zoo animals
Easter
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Poem
Members of family
Revision of pets vocabulary
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Hobbies
Numbers
Travelling | |||||||||
DT
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Cooking – Creating a food product and appropriate packaging - savoury dish (Onion bhaji)
Sewing - Stocking - christmas (embroidery)
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Sewing - Christmas stocking |
Bridge |
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Eureka - Making a Slingshot car
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Healey Tapestry - Bayeux Tapestry | |||||||||
Art
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Self-Portrait using pencil(whole school focus) - identity |
Pointillism - remembrance day
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Mosaics
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Use of charcoal , pencil, ink, wax resist (Beowulf) |
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Clay - make mythical creature | |||||||||
Music (Charanga) |
Mamma Mia Abba’s Music |
Glockenspiel Stage 2 Playing the glockenspiel. The language of music |
Stop! Grime, Classical, Bhangra, Tango, Latin, Fusion |
Lean on Me Gospel/links to religious music |
Blackbird The Beatles the development of pop music. The civil Rights movement
BBC Radio - Anglo Saxons |
Reflect rewind and replay
BBC Radio – Viking Saga (links to writing) | |||||||||
PE
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Tag rugby |
Outdoor challenges |
Dance |
Gymnastics |
Athletics |
Cricket |