Portswood Primary School- Year 4 Curriculum Map – 2016 -2017
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Skills week – using ‘The
Boy Who Cried Wolf’ –
focusing on sentences
expressing time, place and
cause.
Skills week – using ‘The Fox
and the Crow’ – focusing on
punctuation inverted
commas, direct speech,
indirect speech.
Skills week – using ‘The Lion
and the mouse’ – focusing
on expanded noun phrases,
fronted adverbials, pronouns.
Skills week – using – ‘The
Wolf and the Crane –
focusing on verb inflection,
paragraphs.
Skills week – ‘The Jackdaw
and the pigeons – focusing
on apostrophes, plurals.
Skills week – ‘The Fox and the
Stork – focusing on extending
sentences, using conjuctions.
Narrative – Adventure stories
– Varjak Paw by SF Said.
Understanding characters
and writing character
sketches. Exploring word
choices and authorial intent.
Planning and writing own
adventure story.
Narrative – diaries, letters
and setting descriptions
using Antartica by Helen
Cowcher and Captain Scott:
Journey to the South Pole.
Planning and writing a diary
in role as Scott.
Non chronological reports –
Rivers. Plan, write and
review reports.
Narrative – stories from other
cultures – Fly eagle Fly by
Desmond Tutu, Chri
Gregorowski and Niki Daly.
Reading and understanding the
text. Writing in the style of,
reviewing and editing.
Historical settings – The
Goose Guards by Terry
Deary including diary
writing, story writing and
play scripts
English
Newspapers – exploring
newspapers and
understanding features of
these. Writing a report,
learning to edit and review
writing. Understanding
interviews and asking
questions.
Explanation texts – exploring
the structure and language
features of explanation texts.
Plan and write an
explanation text.
Phonics and
Reading Scheme
Maths
Poetry – Range of poems
about journeys – focusing on
the different forms of poetry
including Haiku, Kenning,
presenting these orally and
having a personal response.
Writing own poems.
Persuasive Writing –
reading and writing a
persuasive text linked to
Antartica.
Explanation – Features of
explanation texts and using
to write about the ear.
Narrative – using River
Story by Meredith Hooper.
Focusing on sentence
construction, planning a
recount and writing one.
Non chronological reports –
understanding structure,
writing a report about
Antartica.
Persuasive writing – talk for
writing, planning and writing
a persuasive piece.
Letters and Sounds
Letters and Sounds
Letters and Sounds
Letters and Sounds
Letters and Sounds
Poetry – Family poems.
Understand poetry structure
and techniques, perform
poems, consider a personal
response.
Letters and Sounds
Bug Club, Oxford Reading
Tree (Biff and Chip and
Project X), Rigby Star,
Collins Big Cat.
Number and place value,
addition, subtraction,
Geometry – properties of
shape, investigations.
Bug Club, Oxford Reading
Tree (Biff and Chip and
Project X), Rigby Star,
Collins Big Cat.
Addition and subtraction,
multiplication, division,
fractions including decimals,
statistics, investigations.
Bug Club, Oxford Reading
Tree (Biff and Chip and
Project X), Rigby Star,
Collins Big Cat.
Number and place value,
multiplication, division.
Fractions including decimals.
Measurement, area and
perimeter.
Geometry – position and
direction, investigations
Bug Club, Oxford Reading
Tree (Biff and Chip and
Project X), Rigby Star,
Collins Big Cat.
Addition and subtraction,
multiplication, division.
Measurement – money and
time. Capacity, mass and
length.
Geometry – properties of
shape. Investigations
Bug Club, Oxford Reading
Tree (Biff and Chip and
Project X), Rigby Star,
Collins Big Cat.
Number and place value,
fractions including decimals
Measurement – money
Investigations
Bug Club, Oxford Reading Tree
(Biff and Chip and Project X),
Rigby Star, Collins Big Cat.
Living things and their
habitats
Living things and their
habitats
Living things and their
habitats
Living things and their
habitats
Living things and their
habitats
Living things and their habitats
Bird nest project
Bird nest project
Bird nest project
Bird nest project
Bird nest project
Electricity
Sound
Sound
States of matter
Geometry – properties of
shape. Number - addition and
subtraction, multiplication,
division. Scaling.
Measurement – time. Statistics.
Geometry – position and
direction, investigations
Bird nest project
Science
Animals , including humans
E safety
Super logo
Scratch Programming
Spreadsheets – graphs
Collage
Super logo – programming
Fragile Earth Antarctica –
global picture
Digital/computer Mapping
Environmental regions –
climate zones/biomes
Latitude/longitude
Fragile Earth Antarctica –
global picture
Digital/computer Mapping
Environmental regions –
climate zones/biomes
Latitude/longitude
Rivers - South America Region
and UK rivers and counties
Digital/computer Mapping
Environmental regions – climate
zones/biomes
Latitude/longitude
Painting
Aboriginal Art – Secret
Journey
Textiles and textile
designers – Purses and
wallets
Rivers - South America
Region and UK rivers and
counties
Digital/computer Mapping
Environmental regions –
climate zones/biomes
Latitude/longitude
Drawing
Word/Publisher
Computing
The editor/ Word
History
Invasion and Settling in
Britain
Invasion and Settling in
Britain
Geography
Art
Printing
Klimt design – Roman
Mosaic
3D Sculpture
Giacometti sculptures
Torches
Purses and Wallets
Collage
Pop up books
DT
Hindu Trimurti
Holy
Madonna and Child
Miracles
Miracles Jesus performed
Sacrifice
Images of Jesus
Ritual
Hinduism Arti ceremony
Trees
Trees
Looking forward
Families
Drug awareness and
assertiveness
Friendships
How we learn - Dweck
Understanding behaviour change
Tennis
Hockey
Football
Netball
Volleyball
Athletics
Team Games
Country Dancing
Antarctic Dance
Gymnastics
Swimming
Swimming
Romans - beat
Chicka Hanka
Rap
In 2 music
Composition - Antarctica
Rivers – composing and
performing
World songs
In 2 music
In 2 music
Clothes, counting, French
towns, questions & answers
In 2 music
What is the date? Happy
birthday
Word classes, dictionary skills
RE
PSHE
PE and Games
Music
MFL
French
In 2 music
In 2 music
Revision greetings,
numbers, colours. Asking
questions.
Masculine animals
Feminine animals
Building sentences, rules for
agreement
Joyeux Noel
Months
Revision making a sentence
New sentence starters
Questions and answers.
Qui?