Year Group: 4 Curriculum Overview Class Name: Dungeness

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1 - Weeks 1 2 Topic Roman Britain American Road Trip The Egyptians Animals Living Things Change Trips/Visitors Book corner ideas Class texts Special Events English Roman Painted House Dover Museum Wingham? RSPB reserve Dungeness Roman Book Corner Tipi Pyramid Wildlife Wildlife Ice Palace Romans on the Rampage Jeremy Strong Escape from Pompeii Christina Balit Myths and Legends. Romulus and Remuslink to playscripts Recount of a journey (walking to Dover Museum) POETRY Kennings (using a Roman as an example) Phillip Pullman The Firework Maker s Daughter Geraldine McCaughrean Casting The Gods Adrift Hacker Malone Blackman Water Horse Dick King Smith Christmas Easter SATS The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble Buffalo Nation Persuasive writing Visit chosen American city/state Sound collector T4W Pie Corbett s Scarab Story NON- News recount- Tutankhamun Instructions- How to build a pyramid and mummify a body River Journey by Moria Andrews The Wolves in the Wall- Neil Gaiman Explanation text- Digestive system Similes and Metaphors FICTION Butterfly Lion- Michael Morpurgo Non-chronological reports on animal from RSPB reserve The Crocodile- Lewis Carroll Journey to Jo Burg Beverley Nairdo End of Year Celebrations The Ice Palace- Robert Swindells NON- Information texts Learning poetry off by heart Odes and Insults

2 Maths Science Number and Place Value Roman Numerals Geometry Shape Properties Electricity: how electricity works; investigating electrical circuits. Roman Lighthouse Dungeness Lighthouse Addition and subtraction Measure: linear and perimeter Sound: how sounds are heard and sent. Link to Hollywood-films? Multiplication and division Statistics Water cycle- states of matter Fractions including decimals Geometry: position and direction Animals including Humans: Digestion and Teeth. How teeth grow and wear and how animals digest food. Number and place value: decimals Measure: area and money Living things & their Habitats: how animals live; where they live - what are their environments like? Number maths and calculations Measure: Time States of Matter: Reversible and Irreversible changes in different liquids and solids Computer Science Art E-safety, research & comics: using the internet safely, researching effectively; creating a comic (link to English) Sculpture and Paint (Dover Museum) Pottery- ceramics with narrative paintings Travel Brochure Tipi Tribal Weaving and Design- Dream Catchers? Research Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics and papyrus Games Designer: creating own computer game. Games and information: learning how computer games are constructed through the use of coding. Sketching tones and shades Coding: developing understanding of coding and programming. Exploring the work of significant artists E-Safety & comics: review being safe on line; creating comics using coding understanding.

3 DT Electrical Circuits: linked to science Design and make a lighthouse Totem Pole net/iheartgsu29/totempole-powerpoint com/post_printabletotem-poletemplates_383637/ 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 features of countries To use maps, atlases and globes and features of countries 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; To name, locate & identify the human and physical characteristics of geographical regions of the United Kingdom To use maps, atlases and globes and Types of settlement and land use. Rivers. To use maps, atlases and globes and To use maps, atlases and globes and 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. 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: technologies

4 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 History Romans Was it better to be a child in the past or today? Roman / Modern Comparisons To use maps, atlases and globes and Iroquois Native American Tribe Ancient Egyptians teracy.co.uk/egyptiancinderella.html Animal Conservation Is it better to be a child now or in the past?

5 History Key assessment criteria What happened when the Romans came? To learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. This could include: attempted invasion in BC (this could include your local history study). the power of its army. and conquest, including Hadrian s Wall.. 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 1 2 Christianity: Worship in the Church: different denominations 3 Christianity: life of a vicar, Easter 4 Christianity: Pentecost 5 Christianity: Living a Christian Life: Values 6

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 PSHE MFL Outdoor Learning Expose children to Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Williams SEAL New Beginnings Singing from memory: Christmas Carols Link to Science Topic Sound SEAL Getting on and falling out/say no to bullying Greetings; how you feel; name; France; Traditional French tales; classroom instructions; numbers; ages; Christmas 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? Research SEAL Going for Goals Animals outside where do they go? Observe the changes in the garden. Why are there different types of music? Investigate music genres; developing awareness of significant composers Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Williams SEAL Good to be me Fete des Rois; numbers; colours; materials and shape; parts of the body; transport; Easter Position, time and climate Music to accompany The Butterfly Lion SEAL Relationships Can you find the rhythm? Creating music with notation SEAL Changes Numbers/time; pets; ice-creams; likes and dislikes; holidays; cafes Art: sketch pond and surrounding areas Music compositions blending with the environment. English word of the day Topic words Year ¾ words

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