Year 4 Curriculum Long Term Plan 2016-2017
Autumn 1
Anglo-Saxons
Topic
(History based)
Visits and
trips
Writing
outcome
Guided
reading
Books
used
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Time-slip
Narrative
 Angles, Saxons and
Celts Diary
Cracking
Comprehension
Raiders (Timeslip
narrative)
POW
Raiders (Timeslip
narrative)
Rising
Stars
SPAG
Tests
coverage
Word families
Questions marks
Subordinate clauses
Verbs
Tense agreement
Full stops
Suffixes
Adverbs
Questions/commands
Capital letters
Nouns
Commas in lists
Subordinating
conjunctions
Prepositions
Prefixes
Inverted commas
Autumn 2
Titanic/Winter
Wonderland
(Science based)
SeaCity Museum –
Titanic
Fantastic Mr Fox –
whole school trip 8th
December
 Newspaper
 Diary
 Setting – Winter
Wonderland
I survived the sinking
of the titanic (Diary)
Polar Express
I survived the sinking
of the titanic (Diary)
Polar Express
Tense agreement
Apostrophes
Adverbials
Nouns
Inverted commas
Prepositions
Subordinating
conjunctions
Verbs
Nouns/verbs
Adjectives
Prefixes
Commas in lists
Pronouns
Question marks
Capital letters
Spring 1
Spring 2
Wonderful Wales
(Geography based)
Shakespeare
production in school

Narrative - Story in
the style of Roald
Dahl characters

Persuasive text
Summer 1
Summer 2
Tudors in
Southampton
(History based)
Tudor House Museum
Space
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Non-chronological
reports
Letters
(Science based)
Winchester Science
Museum to visit
Planetarium

Sci-fi Narratives
Captain Gamma
Boy
Danny the Champion
of the world
Captain Gamma
Wreck of the Zanzbar
Boy
Danny the Champion
of the world
Captain Gamma
Wreck of the Zanzbar
Commas to clarify
meaning
Tense agreement
Nouns
Apostrophes
Adjectives
Determiners
Question marks
Statements/command
s
Nouns/verbs/adjectiv
es
Pronouns
Subordinate clauses
Present and past
progressive
continuous
Adjectives
Determiners
Present and past
progressive
continuous
Adverbs
Inverted commas
Prefixes
Apostrophes
Prepositions
Suffixes
Question marks/
exclamation marks
Adverbials
Tense agreement
Commas to clarify
meaning
Capital letters/ full
stops
Co-ordinating
conjunctions
Word families
Apostrophes
Questions
Commas in lists
Subordinating
conjunctions
Prepositions
Inverted commas
Verbs
Commas after fronted
adverbials
Tense agreement
Nouns/verbs/
Tense agreement
Question marks
Subordinating
conjunctions
Apostrophes
Noun phrases
Adjectives
Present and past
progressive
continuous
Nouns/verbs/ coordinating
conjunctions
Adverbs
Suffixes
Prepositions
Commas after fronted
Year 4 Curriculum Long Term Plan 2016-2017
Present and past
progressive
continuous
Apostrophes
Determiners
Verbs/Adverbs
SPAG
Conjunctions: when, if,
covered
in English because, although
Spellings
for year
Spellings
broken
Past Tense
Connectives/conjuncti
ons
Formal/informal
First person
Adjectives
adverbs
Inverted commas
(dialogue)
ISPACED
Adjectives
Paragraphs
Similes/metaphors
personification
 Year 3 review of spellings
 Apostrophes for missing letters
 Suffixes (vowel letters)
 -sion, -tion, -ssion and –cian endings
 plurals and possessive apostrophes
 -ation suffix
 -ous endings
 -sure and –ture endings
 ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’
 ‘s’ sound spelt ‘c’
 -ough words
 unstressed vowels
 ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘ch’
 -gue and –que endings
 ‘s’ sound spelt ‘sc’
 homophones and near-homophones
 un-, dis-, mis- and re- words
 words from across the curriculum
Inverted commas
Subordinating
conjunctions
Capital letters
Suffixes
prepositions
Pronouns
Subordinating
conjunctions
adjectives
Pronouns
Prefixes
adverbials
Prefixes
Adverbials
Capital letters
Inverted commas
Past tense
Present perfect tense
Simile/metaphor
Figurative language
5 Ws
Chronological order
Nouns
Apostrophes
Irregular past tense
Alliteration
Rhyme
Imperative verbs
Personal pronouns
Emotive language
Boastful language
Exclamation marks
Question marks
Rhetorical questions
Present Perfect Tense
Fact/opinion
Paragraphs
Note taking
3rd person
Past tense
Fronted adverbials
Formal adjectives
Rhetorical questions
Complex sentences
Compound sentences
Stanzas
Figurative language
Year 4 Curriculum Long Term Plan 2016-2017
down by
term
Maths
Science

Place Values,
including
negative
numbers
 Place Value
 Addition and
subtraction
 Addition and
subtraction(pr
oblems and
inverse)
 Multiplication
& DivisionMental
multiplication
& division.
 Multiplication
and Division
Written
multiplication
Circuits and
conductors
Prediction and
evaluation
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Multiplication
and Division
Geometry 2D
shape and
position
Multiplication
and Division
Statistics
Consolidate
and Assets
Art
Angles, Scots and Celts
Every day life
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Changing states –
icebergs
Prediction and
evaluation
Geograph
y
History

Fractions and
decimals
Fractions and
decimals(using
measures)
Fractions and
written
division
Fractions
Measures
Volume,
capacity and
mass
Multiplication
& Division
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
Measures
Volume,
capacity and
mass.
Measures Time
Statistics
Place Value,
Addition and
subtraction
Geometry
position and
direction
Multiplication
divisionMental
multiplication
& written
division.
Animals including
humans
Factfile
Materials
Sound
Write up investigation
Comparing Wales with
Norway
Persuasive Text
Location knowledge
Wales – mountain and
climate zones
Map skills
Angles, Scots and Celts
King Alfred fact file
Emotions – linked with
Titanic

Design a Roald Dahl
Character – Quentin
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Place Value
Counting and
sequences
Multiplication
and
Division(using
measures and
money)
Fractions,
decimals and
division.
Measures
Length,
including
perimeter.
Measures Area
Geometry
Position and
area.
Living things:
adaptation/habitats
Classification
paragraph
Tudors in
Southampton:
settlement and trading
(wider world)
Diary of a merchant
trader
Holbein: Tudor
portrait sketches
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Place Value
Place Value,
including
Roman
numerals.
Addition and
subtraction(
using
statistics)
Fractions
and
Decimals
Geometry
Shape
Consolidate
and Assets.
Solar System
Heliocentric model
Make a planet for
story/solar system
Year 4 Curriculum Long Term Plan 2016-2017
Blake
DT
Light up book cover
Evaluation
Lighthouse Keeper
series
ICT
Network
Welsh Cakes
Planning and
evaluation
Block
Block
Block
We are Opinion
Pollsters
Collecting and
analysing data
Switched On ICT
– We are coauthors
Creating a Wiki
(linked to topic
work)
Parts of the body
Healthy food
Restaurant and market
ordering
In2Music
REAL PE
Parts of the body
Healthy food
Restaurant and market
ordering
In2Music
REAL PE
Numbers 21-100
Hour
Travel
Weather
In2Music
REAL Gymnastics
Numbers 21-100
Hour
Travel
Weather
In2Music
REAL Dance
Rights and
responsibilities
Prophecy: The Magi
and the Christmas
Story - Judeo/Christian
Being Healthy
Relationships
Peace - Buddhism
Paschal Candle –
Easter Story
Developing school
grounds
Stories with messages
- Sikhism
Numbers 21-100
Hour
Travel
Weather
In2Music
Athletics
Fitness Assessment
Emotional Health
Using the network
– saving and
opening programs
/ work
Spanish
Music
PE
PSHE
RE
Parts of the body
Healthy food
Restaurant and market
ordering
In2Music
Fitness baseline
REAL PE
Staying Safe
Salvation: Noah’s Ark Christian
Plan/write/edit
Make a planet for
story/solar system –
paper mache
Ritual – Islam –
fasting and praying