Year Group: 4 Curriculum Overview 2017-2018 Class Name: Dungeness
Term -Weeks / Term 1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4 / Term 5 / Term 6
Topic / Roman Britain / American Road Trip / The Egyptians / Animals / Living Things / Change
Trips/Visitors / Roman Painted House / Dover Museum / Wingham? / RSPB reserve Dungeness
Book corner ideas / Roman Book Corner / Tipi / Pyramid / Wildlife / Wildlife / Ice Palace
Class texts / Romans on the Rampage
Jeremy Strong / Phillip Pullman
The Firework Maker’s Daughter / Geraldine McCaughrean
Casting The Gods Adrift / Hacker
Malone Blackman / Water Horse
Dick King Smith / Journey to Jo’Burg
Beverley Nairdo
Special Events / Christmas / Easter / SATS / End of Year Celebrations
English / FICTION:
Escape from Pompeii
Christina Balit
Myths and Legends. Romulus and Remus- link to playscripts
NON-FICTION
Recount of a journey (walking to Dover Museum)
POETRY
Kennings (using a Roman as an example) / FICTION:
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble
Buffalo Nation
NON-FICTION
Persuasive writing
Visit chosen American city/state
POETRY:
Calligram / FICTION:
Pie Corbett’s Scarab Story
NON-FICTION:
News recount- Tutankhamun
Instructions- How to build a pyramid and mummify a body
POETRY:
River Journey by Moria Andrews / FICTION:
The Wolves in the Wall- Neil Gaiman
NON-FICTION
Explanation text- Digestive systemPOETRY:
Similes and Metaphors / FICTION
Butterfly Lion- Michael Morpurgo
NON-FICTION
Non-chronological reports on animal from RSPB reserve
POETRY:
The Crocodile- Lewis Carroll / FICTION:
The Ice Palace- Robert Swindells
NON-FICTION: Information texts POETRY:
Learning poetry off by heart
Odes and Insults
Maths / Number and Place Value
Roman Numerals
Geometry Shape
Properties / Addition and subtraction Measure: linear and perimeter / Multiplication and
division Statistics / Fractions including
decimals
Geometry: position and
direction / Number and place value:
decimals
Measure: area and money / Number maths and calculations
Measure: Time
Science / Electricity: how electricity works; investigating electrical circuits.
Roman Lighthouse
Dungeness Lighthouse / Sound: how sounds are heard and sent.
Link to Hollywood-films? / Water cycle- states of matter / Animals including
Humans: Digestion and Teeth. How teeth grow and wear and how animals digest food. / Living things & their Habitats: how animals live; where they live - what are their environments like? / States of Matter:
Reversible and
Irreversible changes in different liquids and solids.
Term / Term 1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4 / Term 5 / Term 6
Computer Science / E-safety, research & comics: using the
internet safely, researching
effectively; creating a comic (link to English) / Travel Brochure / Research Ancient Egypt / Games Designer:
creating own computer game. Games and information: learning how computer
games are constructed through the use of coding. / Coding: developing understanding of coding and programming. / E-Safety & comics: review being safe on
line; creating comics using coding understanding.
Art / Sculpture and Paint (Dover Museum)
Pottery- ceramics with narrative paintings / Tipi
Tribal Weaving and Design- Dream Catchers? / Hieroglyphics and papyrus
Coptic Jars / Sketching tones and shades / Exploring the work of significant artists
DT / Electrical Circuits: linked to science
Design and make a lighthouse / Totem Pole / Egyptian Bread
Mummifying a tomato
Canopic jar / Understanding the phrase:
We are what we eat.
Cooking and Nutrition / Levers and Pivots: linked to science
Geography / Italy
Rome
Roman Roads
Identify local area features & the Romans
impact on transport
routes / Can you come on an American Road trip?
Compare North and
South America climates.
Locate the Tropics and their climate. / River Nile
Egypt
Uses of a River / Locating where animals live
Name /locate places &
physical features in the
UK / Road Trip of the UK
To name, locate & identify the human and physical characteristics of geographical regions of the United Kingdom
To use maps, atlases and globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries & describe features of countries studied.
To use maps, atlases and globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries & describe features of countries studied. / Can you come on a great American road trip? + Is climate cool?
To identify the position and significance of the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
To use maps to locate the world’s countries & locate the countries and major cities of North and South America.
To explore the key physical and human characteristics of North and South America; describe and understand key aspects of economic activity including trade links within North and South America.
To explore the environmental regions of North and South America
To understand & compare geographical similarities and differences of a region of the United Kingdom, and a region within North or South America through the study of; climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers settlement and land use. food.
To use maps, atlases and globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries & describe features of countries studied. / To name, locate & identify the human and physical characteristics of geographical regions of the United Kingdom
To use maps, atlases and globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries & describe features of countries studied.
Types of settlement and land use. Rivers.
To use maps, atlases and globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries & describe features of countries studied. / To use maps, atlases and globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries & describe features of countries studied. / To name and locate countries and cities of the UK; including the location of main islands that surround the UK.
To name, locate & identify the human and physical characteristics of geographical regions of the United Kingdom.
Including: Types of settlement and land use. Rivers. / How is our country changing?
To use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods:
Sketch maps
Plans and graphs
Digital technologies
History / Romans
Was it better to be a child in the past or today?
Roman / Modern Comparisons / Iroquois Native American Tribe / Ancient Egyptians
/ Animal Conservation / Is it better to be a child now or in the past?
History Key assessment criteria / What happened when the Romans came? To learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. This could include: Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC (this could include your local history study).
The Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of its army.
Successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including Hadrian’s Wall.
British resistance, e.g. Boudica.
‘Romanisation’ of Britain: sites such as Caerwent and the impact of technology, culture and beliefs, including early Christianity.
I can explain how historic items and artefacts can be used to help build up a picture of life in the past.
I can explain how an event from the past has shaped our life today. / I can plot events on a timeline using centuries.
I can use my mathematical skills to round up time differences into centuries and decades. / How much did the Ancient Egyptians achieve? To understand the achievements of the earliest civilisations – an overview of where and when the first civilisations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.
I can plot events on a timeline using centuries.
I can use my mathematical skills to round up time differences into centuries and decades. / Is it better to be a child now or in the past?
Local history study
A study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality.
I can explain how the lives of wealthy people were different from the lives of poorer people.
I can research what it was like for children in a given period of history and present my findings to an audience.
I can research two versions of an event and explain how they differ.
RE / Judaism : synagogue,
Rabbi, Prayer clothes, Jerusalem / Christianity: Pilgrimages / Christianity: Worship in the Church: different denominations / Christianity: life of a vicar, Easter / Christianity: Pentecost / Christianity: Living a Christian Life: Values
Term / Term 1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4 / Term 5 / Term 6
PE / Games Skills: catching; throwing; hitting techniques used in a range of games. / Dance: to understand how movement creates a story. / Gym: to understand how to move the body
around, over and under apparatus. / Dance/Gym: tell a story using gym / dance
skills. / Games Skills:
developing team
techniques in a range of games. / Athletics Skills:
developing
understanding of field sports.
Music / Expose children to Bach, Beethoven,
Tchaikovsky, Williams / Singing from memory: Christmas Carols
Link to Science Topic Sound / Research / Why are there different types of music?
Investigate music genres; developing awareness of
significant composers –
Bach, Beethoven,
Tchaikovsky, Williams / Music to accompany The Butterfly Lion / Can you find the rhythm?
Creating music with notation
PSHE / SEAL New Beginnings / SEAL
Getting on and falling out/say no to bullying / SEAL Going for Goals / SEAL Good to be me / SEAL Relationships / SEAL
Changes
MFL / Greetings; how you feel; name; France;
Traditional French tales; classroom instructions; numbers; ages; Christmas / Fete des Rois; numbers; colours; materials and shape; parts of the body; transport; Easter / Numbers/time; pets; ice-creams; likes and dislikes; holidays; cafes
Outdoor Learning / Maths in our environment (observe the garden – what is it like? Compare to
Sandwich Bay / Poetry for Christmas
How can we get along in free time? / Animals outside…where do they go? Observe the changes in the garden. / Position, time and climate / Art: sketch pond and surrounding areas / Music compositions blending with the environment.
English word of the day
Topic words
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Times tables