Year 4

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Reading (including literature)
  • Perseus 

  • Robin Hood - selected chapters/stories

  • The Iron Man

  • Robert Browning, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ (Poem)
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Writing 
  • Writing, punctuation and spelling in Year 4 regularly revisits the coverage from Years 1-3. 

  • Using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although

  • Use of the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past. 

  • Apostrophes - all uses

  • Proofreading for spelling and punctuation errors. . 

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations.

  • Expanded noun phrases. 

  • Complex sentences and subordinate clauses. 

  • Using semicolons. 

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations.

  • Using fronted adverbials. 

  • Developing understanding of simple, compound and complex sentences. 

  • Using dashes and brackets. 

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations.

Maths
  • Place Value

  • Calculation

  • Calculation 

  • Statistics

  • Fractions, Decimal and Percentages

  • Measurement

  • Geometry

  • Place Value

History 
  • The Roman Republic 

  • The Roman Empire

  • Roman Britain

  • The End of the Roman Empire

  • Local study of Norfolk
Geography
  • Arctic

  • Tourism

  • Climate

  • Tectonics

  • Rivers & Settlement

  • Globalisation

RE

New Testament stories

  • Incarnation

  • Gospel 

  • Worship

New Testament stories

  • Ceremony; birth ceremony

  • Baptism, the Trinity

  • Temptation, evil

  • Festival 

  • Resurrection

  • Religion around the World 

  • What is Hinduism?

Science and Computing
  • Physics: Energy Transfers and Electrical Components

  • Computing: Flowcharts and Programming

  • Physics: Waves: Light

  • Physics: Space: Orbits - Part 1

  • Physics: Space: Orbits - Part 2

  • Chemistry: Properties of materials inc. states of matter

Music
  • Superman Theme - John Williams
  • Morning from Peer Gynt - Grieg
  • Toccata & Fugue in D minor (JS Bach)
Art 
  • Drawing

  • Painting

  • Drawing 

  • Printing

  • Sculpture 

  • Mixed Media

PSHE & RSE
  • Thinking positively
  • Respecting rights
  • Relationships
  • One world
  • Growing up
  • Safety first
PE
  • Gymnastics
  • Dodgeball
  • Circuit training
  • Badminton
  • Indoor Cricket
  • Athletics