Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School Curriculum Framework Overview Year 2017-2018 Year 4

School Global theme / TELLING TALES
(storytelling to engage readers) / REACH FOR THE STARS
(Aspirational – where will our learning take us) / WONDERFUL WORLD
(Caring for the environment and developing a more sustainable future)
National and whole school events / International day of democracy 15th Sept
European Languages day 26th September
Macmillan coffee morning 29th September
Jeans for Genes day – 23 Sept
National poetry day – 28 Sept
Grandparents day – 1st Oct
Fire safety week 9-15 Oct
Walk to school month – Oct
Space week – 4 Oct- 10th
World animal day 4 Oct / Diwali – Oct 30th
Halloween – Oct 31st Remembrance Day 11th November
Anti-bullying week 13-17 November
Children In Need 17 November
Bonfire Night – 5th November
World kindness day Nov 13th
Human rights day 10 Dec
Christmas jumper day 13 Dec
World Maths Day 15 October / National handwriting day 23 January
Chinese New Year – Feb 16th
Safer internet day – Feb 7th
World Book Day Thurs 1st March
British Science Week 9-18 March
Pancake day – Feb 13th
Sport Relief 17-23 March
March 26th Mothers day
Numbers day NSPCC February / Queen’s birthday 21 April
Chelsea flower show WC 22 May
Sports week
Arts week
Tour de France
Assemblies / British Values
Stories with a moral
Bible reading-visitor / Anti-bullying
NSPCC Assembly / Internet safety
Future careers / Open book - Bible stories read by visitors from the community / Bible reading-visitor
Class theme / Being British / Global Goals for the World We Want
Subject area / AUTUMN TERM 1st Half (7 weeks) / AUTUMN TERM 2nd Half (7 weeks) / SPRING TERM 1st Half (7 weeks) / SPRING TERM 2nd Half (5 Weeks) / SUMMER TERM 1st Half (7 weeks) / SUMMER TERM 2nd Half (7 weeks)
ENGLISH
(subject to change) / Narrative
House ‘leaders’
Millions text
Recount
Saint George
Robin Hood
Letters
Formal letter writing- using text Millions / Non chronological reports-
Victorians
Recount-
Diary entry
Poetry
Harvest
Christmas / Stories which raise issues or
dilemmas
Sam’s duck
The dancing bear
Poetry
Recognising and creating different forms of poetry. / Instructions and Explanations
Ancient Greece
Habitats
Play and Dialogue
Ancient Olympics
Pandora’s box
Quality Texts / Millions / Famous Britons research / Ally N. Invasion Space Spy – Steve Lill (author visit)
Sam’s Duck
The Dancing Bear
MATHEMATICS / Place Value
Addition/ Subtraction / Multiplication/ Division
Shape/ symmetry / Fraction
Time
Decimals / Decimals
Money / Perimeter/ Length
Angles
Measurement- area / Position/ direction
Statistics
Area/ perimeter
Addition/ subtraction
SCIENCE / Animals including humans
Food chains, classifying living things, digestive system and teeth / Living things and their habitats
GEOGRAPHY / Studying a region of the UK
Locate world’s countries / Use fieldwork to observe, measure & record / Use fieldwork to observe, measure & record.
Eco garden.
Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries.
Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the Wider world.
HISTORY / British History. Monarchs
Saints- St George / Remembrance Day
Visit Blist hill Victorian town / Ancient Greece
ART AND DESIGN / Using sketch books to collect, record and evaluate / Great artists – British (David Hockney)
Pop art / Ancient Greek art
Pottery
Habitat- Bug hotel
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY / Use research& criteria to develop products which are fit for purpose -Making a container for a watch
Use annotated sketches and prototypes to explain ideas
Evaluate existing products and improve own work / Use research& criteria to develop products which are fit for purpose - Making a container for an Easter egg
Use annotated sketches and prototypes to explain ideas
Evaluate existing products and improve own work
COMPUTING / Logging on
Internet safety
Collect and present data appropriately / Internet safety / Scratch
Algorithms
Programming
Debugging
MUSIC / Music 2 the 4 - Brass / Music 2 the 4 - Brass / Music 2 the 4 - Brass / Music 2 the 4 - Brass / Music 2 the 4 - Brass / Music 2 the 4 - Brass
PHYSICAL EDUCATION / Tag rugby
Hockey / Gymnastics
Netball
SMSC / Being British
British values
Dreams and aspirations
Picture News / Picture news
Chinese new year
Global learning- values and issues
RE / What can we learn from visiting sacred places? / What can we learn from visiting sacred places? / Does a beautiful world mean there is a wonderful God? Learning from Creation Stories
Easter story
French / Colours, birthdays, celebrations
French food / My family
French food / Animals
French food
Healthy Lifestyles / Change for Life club
Healthy eating
Fitness day
Learning in the community / Harvest Festival – Local Foodbank donation / Tesco – Farm to fork