Year 4

Autumn 2023 Term

History - Invasion

This project teaches children about life in Britain after the Roman withdrawal. Children will learn about Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions up to the Norman conquest.

Invasion Knowledge Organiser

Art - Warp and Weft

This project teaches children about the artform of weaving and how it has developed over time, including the materials and techniques required to create woven patterns and products.

Warp and Weft Knowledge Organiser

Art - Contrast and Complement

This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork.

Contrast and Complement Knowledge Organiser

PE

Hockey, Tag Rugby, Tennis, Yoga, Gymnastics and Dance.

Maths

Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Measurement, Multiplication and Division

Reading

Eric the Viking by Terry Jones

Cracking Comprehension

English Writing

Narrative, Playscript, Balanced Argument, Explanation, Poem (linked to history)

RE

Beliefs and Practices - Judaism

Understanding Christianity - People of God Christmas 

Science - Food and Digestive System

This project teaches children about the human digestive system. They explore the main parts, starting with the mouth and teeth, identifying teeth types and their functions. They link this learning to animals' diets and construct food chains to show the flow of energy.

Animals and Digestive System Knowledge Organiser

Science - Sound

This project teaches children about sound, how sound is made and how sound travels as vibrations through a medium to the ear. They learn about pitch and volume and find out how both can be changed.

Sound Knowledge Organiser

PSHE

Being Me, Celebrating Diversity

Spanish

Revision of animals and classroom instructions, Parts of the body, Colours, Food, Opinions about 
food, Christmas 

Spanish Knowledge Organiser

DT - Fresh Food/Good Food

This project teaches children about food decay and preservation. They discover key inventions in food preservation and packaging, then make examples. The children prepare, package and evaluate a healthy snack.

Fresh Food/Good Food Knowledge Organiser

Music

Charanga SOW - Recorders

Geography - Interconnected World

This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about compass points and four and six-figure grid references. They learn about the tropics and the countries, climates and culture of North and South America. Children identify physical features in the United Kingdom and learn about the National Rail and canal networks. They conduct an enquiry to prove a hypothesis, gathering data from maps and surveys before drawing conclusions.

Interconnected World knowledge organiser

White Rose Homework 

 

TT Rockstars Parent Guide

 

Spring 2024

Misty Mountain, Winding River

Art - Vista

This project teaches children about the techniques that artists use when composing landscape images, such as colour and atmosphere.

Vista Knowledge Organiser

Art - Animal

This project teaches children about the historical and cultural portrayal of animals in art. They study the visual qualities of animals through sketching, printmaking and clay modelling.

Animal Knowledge Organiser

PE

PE Knowledge Organiser

In the Spring Term we will be learning Dance - OOA and Cricket skills and knowledge.

Maths

Multiplication and Division, Measurement - length and perimeter, Fractions, Decimals

Maths Knowledge Organiser

Reading

Our Class Text is 'King of the Cloud Forest' by Michael Morpurgo

Cracking Comprehension

English Writing

Narrative, Persuasion and Poems.

RE

Incarnation - The Trinity

Salvation - Easter

Science - States of Matter

This project teaches children about solids, liquids and gases and their characteristic properties. They observe how materials change state as they are heated and cooled, and learn key terminology associated with these processes.

States of Matter Knowledge Orgainser

Science - Grouping and Classifying


This project teaches children about grouping living things, known as classification. They study the animal and plant kingdoms and use and create classification keys to identify living things.

Grouping and Classifying Knowledge Orgainser

PSHE

Dreams and Goals

Healthy Me

Music

 Charanga SOW

Heather Ward Recorders

 

Spanish

Names of body parts

Counting

Colours

 Greetings

 

Summer Term


History - Ancient Civilisations
This project teaches children about the history of three of the world’s first ancient civilisations: ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley civilisation. Children will learn about the rise, life, achievements and eventual end of each civilisation.

Ancient Civilisation Knowledge Organiser

Art - Statues and Statuettes
This project teaches children about the 3-D representation of the human form, including statues, statuettes and figurines. They study examples from ancient civilisations, and use their clay skills to create a Sumer-style figurine.

Statues and Statuettes Knowledge Organiser

Art - Islamic Art
This project teaches children about the features of Islamic art. They make geometric patterns and motifs on paper, with fabric and in clay. They use their learning to create a high relief clay tile, decorated with geometric patterns.

Islamic Art Knowledge Organiser

Design and Technology

This project teaches children about simple machines, including wheels, axles, inclined planes, pulleys and levers, exploring how they helped ancient builders to lift and move heavy loads.

PE
Cricket, Dodgeball and Althetics

Maths
Decimals, Money, Time, Shape, Statistics, Position and Direction

Reading
Secrets of a Sun King

Cracking Comprehension

English Writing
Narrative, Diary, Poem, Independent Writing

RE

Rites of Passage - Judaism and Understanding Christianity - Penecost

Science - Electrical Circuits
This project teaches children about electrical appliances and safety. They construct simple series circuits and name their parts and functions, including switches, wires and cells. They investigate electrical conductors and insulators and identify common features of conductors. It also teaches children about programmable devices. They combine their learning to design and make a nightlight.

Electrical circuits Knowledge Organiser

 

PSHE
Relationships and Changing Me

Spanish
Revision of animals and classroom instructions, Parts of the body, Colours, Food, Opinions about 
food, Christmas, Clothing vocabulary

Spanish Knowledge Organiser

 

Music
Charanga SOW - Recorders

 

White Rose Homework 

TT Rockstars Parent Guide