Year 4
Skylark Class Teachers - Maddy and Katy Teaching Assistant - |
Starling Class Teacher - Sumra Teaching Assistant - |
Skylark Class Teacher - Ilka Teaching Assistant - |
Skylark
Starling
Wagtail
Year 4 Curriculum Coverage
Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Topic |
Myths and Monsters |
Festival of lights
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Sound of Music |
Mystery |
Blue Planet |
Wonderful Walthamstow |
Art and Design |
Ceramics |
Light installation & digital media |
Sound installation |
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Mixed media |
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Computing |
Presentations & Ebook creation radio show |
Coding & programming game making in Scratch |
Computer networks, presentations & Ebook creation |
Presentations & Ebook creation, animation |
Video creation, word processing green screen |
Data handling, word processing online questionnaire and report |
Design Technology |
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Construction & mechanics - pyramids |
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Food & nutrition - local cuisine |
French |
Phonetics lesson 2 (C) & Days of the Week (E) |
Little Red Riding Hood (E) |
Musical instruments (E) |
I can (E) |
The Weather (I) |
My home (I) |
Geography |
Similarities and differences between living in the UK and a Mediterranean country |
Locate countries of the world, including significant physical and human features |
Mapping to locate countries and describe features |
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Physical geography (climate zones, biomes, vegetation belts, rivers and the water cycle) |
Study of human and physical geography of Walthamstow |
History |
Ancient Greece |
Inventors |
Significant individuals in the past |
Ancient Egypt |
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Local history study |
PE |
Ball games |
Gymnastics |
Games |
Dance |
Athletics |
Striking & Fielding |
PSHE |
Feelings & emotions |
Valuing differences |
Safe & respectful relationships |
Physical & mental wellbeing |
Citizenship & environment |
Growing & changing |
RE |
Why are festivals important to religious communities? |
The Festival of Lights |
Why do some people think that life is like a journey and what significant experiences mark this? |
Christianity: Why is Jesus inspiring to some people? |
Hinduism: What does it mean to be a Hindu? |
Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism: What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong? |
Science |
Animals including humans - digestion and food chains |
Electricity - conductors and insulators & simple circuits |
Sound - volume, vibration, pitch |
States of matter - changes of state |
Living things and their habitats - human influence and classification |
Living things and their habitats - local habitats |
Year 4 Topic Overviews
Year 4 Autumn 1 Topic Overview - Myths and Monsters
Year 4 Autumn 2 Topic Overview - Festival of Lights
Year 4 Spring 1 Topic Overview - Sound of Music
Year 4 Spring 2 Topic Overview - Mystery
Year 4 Summer 1 Topic Overview - Blue Planet
Year 4 Summer 2 Topic Overview - Wonderful Walthamstow