PE Science Literacy& Maths Earlsfield Primary School Year Four Curriculum Map Autumn Spring Literacy is taught through the programme of study set out in the National Curriculum 2014 and using The Power of Reading Maths is taught through the programmes of study set out in the National Curriculum 2014 Summer Electricity Animals including Humans – Teeth and Living things and their habitats: Food Digestion chains and classification States of matter Football/Dance Athletics/Gym Sound Basketball Hockey Topic Curriculum Map: Foundation subjects are taught through our enquiry topic approach. Every Topic has a question to answer by the end of the topic Did life in Britain regress under the Did the Vikings deserve their violent What is life like in Brazil? What is happening to our rainforests? Anglo Saxon rule? reputation? ICT & Computing PSHE topic DT Art Geography History Debate Sub Questions Enrichment What is fair trade? How do Museums help us understand the past? What was Britain like before the invasion? Where did Anglo Saxons come from and why? When did the Anglo Saxons Rule and who was Alfred the Great? What were the features of an Anglo Saxon settlement? What were key events recorded in the Anglo Saxon chronicle? Who did more for Britain the Anglo Saxons or the Romans? Debate: “The Romans were more advanced than the Anglo Saxons” Why did the Vikings want to come to England and how did they get here? How can we find out where the Vikings settled? What made the Vikings settle where they did? How did the Viking life differ from the Anglo Saxons? Who kept the peace in Anglo Saxon times? Who was King Canute and what impact did he have on Viking Britain? Where is Brazil: How can I get there? How is Rio different to London? How do the living conditions in Rio differ? In what ways do the Brazilian locals rely upon the Amazon River? How is Brazil raising the profile of South America? What is a rainforest and where in the world do we find them? Who lives in the rainforests? How are the rainforests used? Why is the rainforest threatened? What implication does the destruction of the rainforest have for the world? How can we protect our rainforest? Why was fair trade set up? Which products are traded fairly? How has fair trade impacted lives in India? How aware of fair trade is our community? How do supermarkets exhibit fair trade? Is fair trade important? What is a museum? Why is the role of an archaeologist important for us to learn about the past? Why was Howard Carter such a well‐known archaeologist? What did the Egyptians achieve? What makes a good museum? How can we create our own Egyptian museum? Debate: “ Vikings were not powerful enough to rule” Debate: “The Olympics in 2016 will change Rio for the better” Debate: “Deforestation is essential “
Debate:” Fairtrade farming is fair.” Debate: “It was right to remove items from Tutankhamun’s tomb.” Chronology: Timeline of Anglo Saxon events Famous People: Alfred The Great Sources: artefacts, Anglo‐Saxon Chronicle Chronology: Timeline of Viking events Famous people: King Canute Sources: artefacts, Viking code, runes Locational: UK capitals Place: Saxon settlements Human/physical: settlement patterns Fieldwork: UK mapping, globes Locational: UK capitals Place: Continents and oceans Human/physical: settlement patterns Fieldwork: UK/Europe mapping Locational: South America
Place: Rio De Janerio Human/physical: settlements, road, river, mountains Fieldwork: Different maps of Rio (topography, towns, road) Locational: Rainforests in the world
Place: Amazon Human/physical: Deforestation Fieldwork: Mapping of deforestation trends Anglo Saxon Knotwork patterns Focus: Line Artist: Lindisfarne Gospels Media: Pen/pencil/ink Still life boats Focus: line, shading, tone, perspective Artist: Turner Media: Pencil/Graphite sticks Weaving Focus: pattern and texture Artist: South American tribes Media: Paper/materials Pointillism Focus: Complimentary colour, precision Artist: George Seurat Media: Paint Resourceful products Rainforest Hut
Fairtrade cereal bar  Environment: (local natural , built,) improving harming,  needs, rights and responsibilities  Environment: (local natural , built,) improving harming, careers  identify/respect the differences and similarities between people  share opinions and explain views Office: Data handling enquiry
Animation: iMovie of trip Office: Design packaging labels MSOffice Office: Explain everything
Letters: MSOffice and email Trip: Kew Gardens
Trip: Local Supermarkets Chronology: Famous discoveries
Famous people: Howard Carter Sources: British museum  respect the differences and similarities  identify/respect the differences and  develop/maintain strong relationships similarities between people within social/cultural contexts  share opinions and explain their views  share opinions and explain views  identify/respect the differences and similarities between people Computing and basic skills are taught in isolation. Other ICT and multimedia skills are taught to enrich the Topics above. Office: PowerPoint – info booklet ICT: Data loggers in Science Computing: Lego robots
Animation: iStop motion. A journey on a Animation: Viking ship Computing: Kodu Trip: Museum of Archaeology TBC Trip: Museum of London Docklands Visitor: Brazilian Tourist Board
* PSHE is embedded in our curriculum as well as thoughts for the week – see assembly timetable
Tennis/Gym Locational: Fairtrade countries Place: India Human/physical: Distribution routes and processes Fieldwork: Mapping of import/export routes Fieldwork: Map skills – mapping areas of Africa Hieroglyphics
Focus: printing Artist: Egyptians Media: Ink/paint Trip: British Museum