Curriculum Overview for Year 4 - ‘Rumble in the Rainforest and Journeys!’
Mathematics
Money
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Solve simple measure and money
problems involving fractions and
decimals
Estimate, compare and calculate
measures, inc. money
Four Rules
 Addition
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Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Inverse
Estimation and solve questions
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Compare and classify geometric shapes
Complete a simple symmetric figure
Identify lines of symmetry in 2D shapes
Describe positions on a 2d grid as
coordinates
Plot specified points and draw sides to
complete a given polygon
Time
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Read, write and convert between times, analoguedigital, 12-24hr
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Solve problems involving time (hours and weeks)
Art & Design
 To investigate the use of symbols in Aboriginal Art
 To be able to create a piece of artwork in the style of
an Aboriginal journey
 To identify different ways of representing objects and
features relating to maps and journeys
 To investigate the work of Paul Klee
 To be able to use gathered ideas to create a piece of
‘journey’ artwork
Angles
 Identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and
Computing
 Coding and programming.
 Designing presentations – using
Microsoft PowerPoint.
 E-Safety – using the internet
Safely and keeping
ourselves safe.
order angles up to 2 right angles
Measures
 Convert between different measures
(mm,cm,m,km / ml,l / hours,mins)
Shape
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Literacy
Non-Fiction
Poetry
 The Great Kapok Tree
 Poems based on the
- Persuasion write a letter to the
sounds and life in the rainforest
woodcutter in the story to stop him
 Use videos and music to create a
cutting down the trees.
poem on Rainforest life
 Until I met Dudley – Roger McGough
 Poems on conservation
- Explanation (Link to Electricity)
 Leaf poetry (Vanishing Rainforest Reading – Word Reading/Comprehension
– figurative language
 Guided Reading – a variety of topics
 The Highwayman
 Comprehension Variety of texts.
Fiction
Respond to questions using evidence
 The Vanishing Rainforest
to support answers.
Writing – GPS
- Debates
 Use conjunctions/use nouns/pronouns.
- Social issues (deforestation)
- Animal and tribes
 Use fronted adverbials
 Wordless Picture Trilogy, Aaron Spoken Language
Becker (Journey, Quest and
 Listen and respond appropriately.
Return)
 Ask and answer questions
 Build vocabulary.
Science
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We’re roaming in the rainforest (BOOK)
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Writing – transcription
 Use prefixes and suffixes.
 Spell further homophones
and words that are often
misspelt.
 Use the possessive
apostrophe accurately in
words.
 Use the first two/three
letters of a word to check
its spelling in a dictionary.
Writing - Handwriting
 Handwriting
use the Cursive
style of
handwriting
in all work.
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Rainforest Dioramas (3D models)
Apply layers knowledge
Research plants and animals
Use a range of materials
Work collaboratively
French
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Understand and read out familiar phrases
Understanding Reading, Speaking and Writing
vocabulary related to families, Pets, Hobbies and
Numbers
French Grammar.
Living Things
Identify and name
a variety of living things
(plants and
animals) in the local and
wider environment,
using classification keys to
assign them to groups.
Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.
Recognise that environments can change and that this can
sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the
water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature.
Electricity
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Design & Technology
Identify common
appliances that run on electricity.
Construct a simple series electrical circuit identifying and naming its
basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit
based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a
battery.
Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this
with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit.
Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate
metals with being good conductors.
Geography
Rainforests:
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Music
 To listen with
attention to detail.
 To perform in solo
and
ensemble contexts developing
understanding of performance
techniques.
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Physical Education
Dance
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To learn where Rio is
located and explore the
environment and culture
of Brazil.
To describe a piece of music
and identify different sounds
used in it.
To learn seven Rio 2 movements mirroring shapes, levels and
pathways.
To recap dance moves learned during previous lesson
To practise the seven core dance movements
To create a dance routine to reflect Blu entering the rainforest for
the first time
To match our Rio 2 movements to our music
To demonstrate our routine for our Rio 2 group dance
To peer assess each other’s dance performances using our success
criteria
Where in the world?
The Four Layers
Animals
Birds
Plants
Tribes
Deforestation
Modern explorers
To sing confidently with
increasing accuracy, fluency, control and
expression.
To play a variety of percussion instruments with
accuracy and control.
To use and understand staff notation.
Religious Education
 Story of Moses, Exodus
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Commandments.
and The Ten
Curriculum Overview for Year 4 - ‘Rumble in the Rainforest and Journeys!’