YEAR Four: Outline Curriculum Framework

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Narrative
Write stories set in places pupils have been
Write stories that contain mythical, legendary or
histroical characters or events
Wrtie stories of adventure
Wrtie stories of mystery and suspense
Wrtie letters
Write plays
Write stories, letters, scripts and fictional
biographies inspired by reading across the
curriculum
Non-fiction
Write instructions
Write recounts
Write persuasively
Write explanations
Write non-chronological reports
Write biographies
Write in a journalistic style
Write arguments
Write formally
Poetry
Learn by heart and perform a significant peom
Write haiku
Write cinquain
Write poems that convey an image (smile, word,
play, rhyme and metaphor)

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Stranded! War and Peace

How to survive in
the Arctic
Roman Invasion


Into the Wild The Restaurant
Move to GEM day
and year two
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Kensukes Kingdom
Diary entries








Ladybird Classics







I believe in unicorns






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Lost and Found
Frozen Planet scripts









Julius Caesar

















Into the Forest
Hansel and Gretel
Michael Morpurgo





To be based on key text


Pop Group
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Doe Park? Peace Museum
Eden Camp
Lotherton Hall
X Scape
Castleford
Imax Penguins
Manchester
Castlefied
Nell Bank
Buckden


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Living things, habitat
What lives on
Kensukes island?





Sound





States of matter





Water





Animals, including
humans
Revisit Habitats





Electricity
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Who buried their
treasure on a tropical
island?

WW1 project
War Poetry
D Hulston
A Tooze

What would you done
after school one
hundred years ago?

The Roman Empire and
its impact on Britain
This could include:
Julius Caesars
attempted invasion in
55-54 BC
the Roman Empire by AD
42 and the power of its
army


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Locate worlds countries
Describe and understand
climate, rivers,
mountains, water cycle
Use 8 points of compass,
symbols and keys

Use field work to
observe, measure and
record
Study a region of the UK,
not local area

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How would we survive
without water?

What lives on
Kensukes island?
What did war sound
like?
How did people
communicate in 1914?
Why were the Romans
so powerful and what
can we learn from them?

Where would you
choose to build a Roman
city?
Which wild animals and
plants live in our
locality?

What happens to the
food we eat?
How has electricity
changed the world?

Could you cook a meal
without electricity?

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IPC unit
Explorers and
Adventurers

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Shakespeare and More
unit planning
Animated Shakespeare

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Progranming
Can they experiment with
variables to control models?
Can they write more complex
programs?

Using the internet
Can they find and save relevant
information and images on the
internet? Do they begin to use
note making skills to decide what
text to copy?

Presenting
Can they create a presentation
that moves from slide to slide
and is aimed at a specific
audience?
Can they combine text, images
and sounds and show
awareness of audience?

Communicating Databases
Can they input data into a
prepared database?
Can they sort and search a
database to answer simple
questions?
Can they use a branching
database?

Data retrieval
Can they review images on a
camera and delete unwanted
images?
Can they use photo editing
software?


WWI Exhibition
Sounds of War and
Peace
Letters home

Ed barbecue
Conservation area