Year 4
Autumn 2023 Term
History - Invasion
This project teaches children about life in Britain after the Roman withdrawal. Children will learn about Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions up to the Norman conquest.
Art - Warp and Weft
This project teaches children about the artform of weaving and how it has developed over time, including the materials and techniques required to create woven patterns and products.
Warp and Weft Knowledge Organiser
Art - Contrast and Complement
This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork.
Contrast and Complement Knowledge Organiser
PE
Hockey, Tag Rugby, Tennis, Yoga, Gymnastics and Dance.
Maths
Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Measurement, Multiplication and Division
Reading
Eric the Viking by Terry Jones
Cracking Comprehension
English Writing
Narrative, Playscript, Balanced Argument, Explanation, Poem (linked to history)
RE
Beliefs and Practices - Judaism
Understanding Christianity - People of God Christmas
Science - Food and Digestive System
This project teaches children about the human digestive system. They explore the main parts, starting with the mouth and teeth, identifying teeth types and their functions. They link this learning to animals' diets and construct food chains to show the flow of energy.
Animals and Digestive System Knowledge Organiser
Science - Sound
This project teaches children about sound, how sound is made and how sound travels as vibrations through a medium to the ear. They learn about pitch and volume and find out how both can be changed.
PSHE
Being Me, Celebrating Diversity
Spanish
Revision of animals and classroom instructions, Parts of the body, Colours, Food, Opinions about
food, Christmas
DT - Fresh Food/Good Food
This project teaches children about food decay and preservation. They discover key inventions in food preservation and packaging, then make examples. The children prepare, package and evaluate a healthy snack.
Fresh Food/Good Food Knowledge Organiser
Music
Charanga SOW - Recorders
Geography - Interconnected World
This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about compass points and four and six-figure grid references. They learn about the tropics and the countries, climates and culture of North and South America. Children identify physical features in the United Kingdom and learn about the National Rail and canal networks. They conduct an enquiry to prove a hypothesis, gathering data from maps and surveys before drawing conclusions.
Interconnected World knowledge organiser
White Rose Homework
TT Rockstars Parent Guide
Spring 2024
Misty Mountain, Winding River
Art - Vista
This project teaches children about the techniques that artists use when composing landscape images, such as colour and atmosphere.
Vista Knowledge Organiser
Art - Animal
This project teaches children about the historical and cultural portrayal of animals in art. They study the visual qualities of animals through sketching, printmaking and clay modelling.
Animal Knowledge Organiser
PE
PE Knowledge Organiser
In the Spring Term we will be learning Dance - OOA and Cricket skills and knowledge.
Maths
Multiplication and Division, Measurement - length and perimeter, Fractions, Decimals
Maths Knowledge Organiser
Reading
Our Class Text is 'King of the Cloud Forest' by Michael Morpurgo
Cracking Comprehension
English Writing
Narrative, Persuasion and Poems.
RE
Incarnation - The Trinity
Salvation - Easter
Science - States of Matter
This project teaches children about solids, liquids and gases and their characteristic properties. They observe how materials change state as they are heated and cooled, and learn key terminology associated with these processes.
States of Matter Knowledge Orgainser
Science - Grouping and Classifying
This project teaches children about grouping living things, known as classification. They study the animal and plant kingdoms and use and create classification keys to identify living things.
Grouping and Classifying Knowledge Orgainser
PSHE
Dreams and Goals
Healthy Me
Music
Charanga SOW
Heather Ward Recorders
Spanish
Names of body parts
Counting
Colours
Greetings
Summer Term
History - Ancient Civilisations
This project teaches children about the history of three of the world’s first ancient civilisations: ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley civilisation. Children will learn about the rise, life, achievements and eventual end of each civilisation.
Ancient Civilisation Knowledge Organiser
Art - Statues and Statuettes
This project teaches children about the 3-D representation of the human form, including statues, statuettes and figurines. They study examples from ancient civilisations, and use their clay skills to create a Sumer-style figurine.
Statues and Statuettes Knowledge Organiser
Art - Islamic Art
This project teaches children about the features of Islamic art. They make geometric patterns and motifs on paper, with fabric and in clay. They use their learning to create a high relief clay tile, decorated with geometric patterns.
Islamic Art Knowledge Organiser
Design and Technology
This project teaches children about simple machines, including wheels, axles, inclined planes, pulleys and levers, exploring how they helped ancient builders to lift and move heavy loads.
PE
Cricket, Dodgeball and Althetics
Maths
Decimals, Money, Time, Shape, Statistics, Position and Direction
Reading
Secrets of a Sun King
Cracking Comprehension
English Writing
Narrative, Diary, Poem, Independent Writing
RE
Rites of Passage - Judaism and Understanding Christianity - Penecost
Science - Electrical Circuits
This project teaches children about electrical appliances and safety. They construct simple series circuits and name their parts and functions, including switches, wires and cells. They investigate electrical conductors and insulators and identify common features of conductors. It also teaches children about programmable devices. They combine their learning to design and make a nightlight.
Electrical circuits Knowledge Organiser
PSHE
Relationships and Changing Me
Spanish
Revision of animals and classroom instructions, Parts of the body, Colours, Food, Opinions about
food, Christmas, Clothing vocabulary
Spanish Knowledge Organiser
Music
Charanga SOW - Recorders
White Rose Homework
TT Rockstars Parent Guide