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Year 4 Curriculum Overview

Subject

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Theme

It sounds electric!

A State of Matter

The Revolting Romans

Lead subject/s

Science

Science

History

Volcanoes and
Earthquakes
Geography

Roman Day

Making volcanoes

Stories with historical

settings
Recounts: Newspapers

Creating images
Explanation texts

Wow start Hook

English

Science Museum/ Science Investigations Day

Stories set in
imaginary words
Information texts

Maths
Art/ DT

Information Texts
Stories with raise
issues/dilemmas

Summer Term 2

An exploration of Egypt
History

Geography
A taste of Egypt

Stories from Other

Cultures
Plays

Exploring form
Persuasive texts

We are following the Collins Scheme of Work Units 1 12 for the New National Curriculum 2014

Mechanical systems

Detail paintings (Da

Vinci Mona Lisa)

Geography

Cooking (Easter Food)

Observational
Drawings

Volcanoes and
Earthquakes

History
MFL French
(Bucks SOW)

Summer Term 1

Romans
(M1) Siblings and
Numbers to 69
(M2) Birthdays

(M3) Clothes
(M5) Christmas

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(M4) Mr Wolfs Week

(M6) Pets and family

Sculpture

Rivers

Egypt
(M7) Monsters
(M8) Ice Creams

(M9) Adjectives
(M10) Music

(M11) Little Red Riding

Hood

Music
Computing
PSHE (Go Givers
SOW)

Robots theme in the chop shop, stomp compose

world junior pattern
We are software
developers
Roots and Wings
The Golden Rule

RE (Bucks SOW)
Science
Gym/Dance
Games

Holst planet suite

Ocarinas notes and stave intro

We are toy designers

We are musicians

Resolving conflict
Scapegoat
Keeping Safe in
Cyberspace

Our Most Precious

Resource
Have a Banana
Conscience Corridor

Symbolism

We are HMTL editors

Where do you stand?
Quick Quest
Identities

Blue Danube, handels water music, trout quartet

(planet plenty) record composition.
We are co-authors

We are meteorologists

The Grey Years

The gift of Sight
Chopsticks

Charitable Giving
Through History
Emergency
Coming to Britain

Place of worship

Electricity
Sound

Sound
States of Matter

Balance

Dance

Receiving body weight

Balance leading into

change of front and
direction

Net/Wall games

Netball

Problem solving and

inventing games
(Invasion focus)

Invasion games

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The Natural World

Living things and
habitats

Animals including
humans

Dance

Gym - Rolling

Striking and fielding

games

Athletics