Year 4 Curriculum Information
Most information that you need to know about our school can be found in your child's Personal Planner which they bring home every night. A Curriculum Subject Map and Guide is available for Year 4 below, giving you the topics covered in each subject.
Click here for the National Curriculum. The Maths Calculation Plolicy is available on the policies page. (4 Documents).
Year 4 Parent Guide
Year 4 Curriculum Map
| Half Term / Subject | Autumn One | Autumn Two | Spring One | Spring Two | Summer One | Summer Two |
| English | DESCRIBE – Characters in settings INFORM – River features/water cycle POETRY – Water poetry |
DESCRIBE – Recount of Howard Carter for magazine EXPLAIN – Mummification for museum exhibits DESCRIBE – Diary entry of Ancient Egyptian person |
INSTRUCT – Linked to sound POETRY – Linked to sound |
DISCUSS – Contrasting location PERSUADE – To visit imaginary place ENTERTAIN – Adventure stories |
FEXPLAIN – Page for information text on living things DESCRIBE – Creature in a habitat |
ENTERTAIN – Traditional tales based on Saxons and Vikings DESCRIBE – Recount of invasion DESCRIBE – Diary entry |
| Maths | NUMBER/PLACE VALUE METHODS ALL 4 RULES FACTORS/MULTIPLES X and ÷ by 10,100 FRACTIONS/DECIMALS MONEY |
NUMBER/METHODS MEASURE – AREA/PERIMETER Egypt tomb SHAPE – symmetry/3D STATISTICS |
NUMBER/METHODS Roman numerals MEASURE – sound/light FRACTIONS/ DECIMALS |
NUMBER/METHODS MEASURE POSITION/DIRECTION – treasure maps SHAPE – angles TIME STATISTICS |
NUMBER/METHODS FRACTIONS/DECIMALS MEASURE - plants STATISTICS - plants FACTORS/MULTIPLES |
NUMBER/METHODS SHAPE – angles/symmetry AREA/PERIMETER TIME – |
| Science | States of matter | Electricity | Sound | Living Things and Habitats | ||
| Computing | Scratch E Safety Google Earth PowerPoint Web research Word processing |
Scratch Web research Word processing Publisher |
Scratch Web research Word processing |
Scratch Google Earth PowerPoint Word processing |
Scratch Branching databases Publisher |
Scratch Web research Word processing |
| History | Ancient Egypt | Saxons and Vikings | ||||
| Geography | Rivers | Contrasting location – Portsmouth | ||||
| Art | Paper and paste containers | Printed wrapping paper | ||||
| DT | Cams moving toy | TBC | ||||
| RE | Symbolism - water Identity |
Holiness | Freedom | Easter | Authority | |
| PHSE | Feeling good | Keeping healthy | Changes | Ups and downs | Keeping safe | Feeling good |
| PE | Dance Games - Football |
Dance Games - Football |
Gymnastics Games – Qwicksticks Hockey |
Gymnastics Games - Basketball |
Athletics Games - Rounders |
Athletics Games – Kwik Cricket |
| Music | Environment | Ancient worlds | Poetry | Sound | ||
| French | Pencil case Items Where we live |
Classroom instructions Directions French Christmas |
Time – hourly Numbers 31 |
Likes & dislikes Healthy eating Easter in France |
Sports & hobbies Instruments |
Shape Whole school topic |
| Project Homework | Free choice | |||||
| Trips out / Visitors in | Gilbert White Field Studies Centre | TBC | TBC |