Curriculum Overview – Year 4

English

Reading

• Secure decoding of unfamiliar words
• Read for a range of purposes
• Retell some stories orally
• Discuss words & phrases that capture the imagination
• Identify themes & conventions
• Retrieve and record information
• Make inferences & justify predictions
• Recognise a variety of forms of poetry
• Identify & summarise ideas

 Writing

• Correctly spell common homophones
• Increase regularity of handwriting
• Plan writing based on familiar forms
• Organise writing into paragraphs
• Use simple organisational devices
• Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors
• Evaluate own and others' writing
• Read own writing aloud

 Grammar

• Use wider range of conjunctions
• Use perfect tense appropriately
• Select pronouns and nouns for clarity
• Use & punctuate direct speech
• Use commas after front adverbials

 Speaking and Listening

• Articulate & justify opinions
• Speak audibly in Standard English
• Gain, maintain & monitor interest of listeners

Mathematics

Number and Calculation

• Know all tables to 12 x 12
• Secure place value to 1000
• Use negative whole numbers
• Round numbers to nearest 10, 100 or 1000
• Use Roman numerals to 100 (C)
• Column addition & subtraction up to 4 digits
• Multiply & divide mentally
• Use standard short multiplication

 Geometry and Measures

• Geometry & Measures
• Compare 2-d shapes. Including quadrilaterals & triangles
• Find area by counting squares
• Calculate rectangle perimeters
• Estimate & calculate measures
• Identify acute, obtuse & right angles
• Identify symmetry
• Use first quadrant co-ordinates
• Introduce simple translations

 Fractions

• Recognise tenths & hundredths
• Identify equivalent fractions
• Add & subtract fractions with common denominators
• Recognise common equivalents
• Round decimals to whole numbers
• Solve money problems

 Data

• Use bar charts, pictograms and line graphs

Science

 Biology

• Classify living things
• Digestive system & teeth
• Food chains

 Chemistry

• Changes of state
• The water cycle

 Physics

• Sound as vibrations
• Electricity: simple circuits & conductors

History

 British History (taught chronologically)

• British History (taught chronologically)
• Roman Empire & impact on Britain:

- Julius Caesar's attempted invasion

- Roman Empire & successful invasion

- British resistance, e.g. Boudicca

- Romanisation of Britain

 Broader Study

• Earliest ancient civilisations, i.e.:

- Ancient Sumer

- Indus Valley

- Ancient Egypt; or

- Shang Dynasty of Ancient China

 Art and Design

• Use sketchbooks to collect, record and evaluate ideas
• Improve mastery of techniques such as drawing, painting and sculpture with varied materials
• Learn about a range of artists, craftsmen and designers

Computing

• Design and write computer programs to achieve specific goals, including problem solving
• Use logical reasoning
• Understand computer networks
• Safe and appropriate use of the Internet and World Wide Web
• Organise, store, retrieve and manipulate data
• Collect and present data appropriately

 Design and Technology

• Use research criteria to develop products which are fit for purpose
• Use annotated sketches and prototypes to explain ideas
• Evaluate existing products and improve own work
• Use mechanical systems in own work
• Understand seasonality, prepare and cook mainly savoury dishes

Modern Languages

• Listen and engage
• Ask and answer questions
• Speak in sentences using familiar vocabulary
• Develop appropriate pronunciation
• Show understanding of words and phrases
• Appreciate songs, poems and rhymes
• Broaden vocabulary

Geography

• Locate the world’s countries, focussing on Europe and the Americas. Focus of key physical and human features
• Study a region of the UK(not local area)
• Use eight points of the compass, symbols and keys
• Describe and understand climates, rivers, mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, settlements, trade links etc.
• Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record

Music

• Use voice and instruments with increasing accuracy, control and expression
• Improvise and compose music
• Listen with attention to detail
• Appreciate wide range of live and recorded music

Physical Education

• Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
• Play competitive games, modified as appropriate
• Develop flexibility and control in gym, dance and athletics
• Compare performances to achieve personal bests
• Swimming proficiency at 25m

Religious Education

• Continue to follow the locally-agreed syllabus for RE