Year 4 Long Term Curriculum Overview 2016 - 2017
Subject
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Spring Term 2
Summer Term 1
Summer Term 2
Science
States of matter
(the water cycle)
Animals, including
humans (teeth and
digestion)
Multimedia
Electricity
Data Handling
All Living Things
(environment and
habitats)
Visual media strand
Sound
Computing main focus
States of matter
(solids, liquids and
gasses)
Computer Science
Music and sound
Digital literacy
PSHE
RE
Citizenship
Creation
Relationships
Right and Wrong
Economic
Beginnings
Health
Journeys
Identity
Special books
Risk
Places of Worship
PE
Athletics
Football
Athletics
Football
Music
Cross Curricular Title
Singing Spanish
My home in Europe
Gymnastics
OAA/Sports Day
Dance
Tennis
Swimming Girls
Poetry
Environment
How to Train Your Dragon
Chronology
Chronology
Timeline
Timeline
 When did the War begin?
 Why did this happen?
 When did the war end?
Major events during the war.

Why were children evacuated?

How did rationing help people in Britain?

What does Dig for Victory mean?

Who won the Battle of Britain?

What happened during The Blitz?
The war ends

How did people celebrate the end of the
war?
History Focus

Who was here before the Vikings invaded?

When and why did the Vikings invade?
A Viking settlement in York. (Living in a Viking town)

What were the houses like?

What did people do all day?
Rural life. (Living in a Viking farm)

How was this different to living in a town?
Learning from things left behind.
 What did they leave behind? How does
this help us to know how they lived?
Geography Focus
European continent
Concentrating on their
environmental regions,
key physical and
human characteristics
of countries, and
major cities.

Use maps/atlases
to locate the U.K.
and its place in
Understand geographical similarities and
differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region in a European
country.

Locate Scandinavian countries on a map.

Identify physical features – rivers,
mountains, lakes and coasts.

Identify human features – cities.

Recognise how humans impact their
In the past
Gymnastics
Dance
Swimming Boys
Sounds
Blazing Britain
OAA/Sports Day
Tennis
Around the world
Ain’t No Mountain
High Enough
Locate the world’s
countries, using maps,
to focus on their
environmental regions,
key physical and
human characteristics,
countries, and major
cities.

Say what a
mountain is and how
Year 4 Long Term Curriculum Overview 2016 - 2017

Art Focus
DT Focus
the European
continent.
Study a country in
depth, compare to
U.K.
environment.

Use of land (natural resources)

Economic activities and trade links.

Artic/ Antarctica.

8 compass points (? maths link)
it is formed.
Locate mountain
ranges on maps.

Explain changes
that time and
climate have on
mountains.

Describe climate
experienced in
mountainous areas.

Describe how
humans affect and
use the mountain
environment.
The art skill which will

Research and study the
life and works of the
famous Dutch artist, Pieter
Mondrian.
Early abstraction to
Neoplasticism,
Attempt the composition
of paintings based on his
principles of using a white
background and the
primary colours, laid in
both horizontal and
vertical stripes.
We are going to investigate form, shape (in 3D),
We are going to investigate line, texture, shape
pattern, colour and space.
and colour.
be the main focus of
Visit from local sculptor Neil Wood. Children to
Use a variety of pencil techniques produce
the unit will be painting.
make relief mouldings.
observational drawings and viewfinder detailed
Pupils will investigate
drawings of WWII planes.
colour, line, shape and
Produce mix-media silhouettes.
tone.
Measure, cut and join
wood to produce a
frame for a painting
(link to art)
Plan, make and evaluate a pneumatic dragon head.
The Great British
Sandwich!
Children to design and
make a sandwich that
represents Britain as
part of Europe.
Design a dragon!
Landscape paintings
introducing specific
vocabulary of:
foreground, background
and perspective
Use found materials to create a Viking settlement.
Design, make and evaluate tasks.
Possible suggestions, which are based on WWII,
subject to interest of children.
Suitcase for an evacuee.
Model of Dig for Victory garden.
WWII house, complete with electrical lights and
blackout curtains.
Food Tech –
Plan and make a meal with food available during
rationing.
Please be aware that there may be blanks for History, Geography, Art and DT however the coverage over the year is clearly mapped out.