English - Reading Theme The Ridge Primary School Curriculum Map (Long Term Planning) Year 4 Autumn Spring Summer Out of Africa Vikings and Saxons The Tudors Journey to Jo Burg by Beverley Naidoo The Butterfly Lion by Micheal Morpurgo Where Do I Fit In? By Leon Rosselson Dreaming of Home by Leon Rosselson The Story Thief by Andrew Fusek Peters The Hunter by Paul Geraghty Beowolf Raiders! By Lynne Benton (Essential fiction) The Thief, the Fool and the Big Fat King by Terry Deary Terrible Tudors by Terry Deary The Stove Haunting (Essential Fiction) Not Always a Perfect Place (Essential Fiction)
English _ Writing African landscapes (using figurative language) Comparative writing (similarities and differences in culture) Poems showing empathy (link to The Hunter by Paul Geraghty) Role on the Wall (link to The Hunter by Paul Geraghty) Comprehension (link to The Hunter by Paul Geraghty) Narrative writing (Link to Journey to Jo burg) Recounts/diary entries (Link to Journey to Jo burg) Persuasion texts Instructions texts Letters from Anne Boleyn (persuasive) Battle of Bosworth (recounts) Diary of Henry VIII (narrative) Life of a rich/poor tudor (narrative stories with historical settings) Death from incurable diseases (the plague stories with historical settings) Non-chronological reports (Henry VIII)
D & T Computing Science Mathematics African measurements Planning a journey through Africa (compass points) Map work Area and distance Tudor measurements (measuring clothes from Tudor times) Time/chronology Tudor diaries Biology Teeth and Digestion The Circulatory System Classify living things Food chains Chemistry Changes of state Water Cycle Physics Sound as vibrations Electricity: simple circuits and conductors Developing a simple education game in Scratch Introducing advanced programming techniques such as variables Producing appropriate digital music for a video clip Editing and writing HTML Cryptography Babbington Plot topic link Producing a Wiki Textiles African money containers Mechanical Components and stiff and Flexible Materials Pop Up Books
Music Art R.E. History Geography Investigating Africa (countries, towns etc) Trade Links (Fair Trade) Mount Kilimanjaro River Nile Eight compass points Drought (Water cycle link) chronology interpret the past overview of world history Investigating places (human and physical features) Volcanoes and earthquakes linked to Vikings and Saxons settlements and land use chronology investigate and interpret the past overview of world history TBC Investigating places (human and physical features) explain own views about locations linked to Tudors use maps to describe features Noah s Ark People of Faith (Desmond Tutu) Harvest Christmas (Time of peace) Mainstream Christian View: Jesus was God living on earth Sikhism Easter: Last Supper and Betrayal The Prodigal Son People of Faith (St Francis of Assisi) The Feeding of the 5000 Sculpture (clay) African masks Ethiopian art Batik Printing Norse Patterns, Viking Jewellery Painting (portraits/iconography) Hans Holbein, Issac Oliver, Carravaggio, Jan Vermeer Christmas carol service KS2 end of year production
P.S.H.E. M.F.L. P.E. Games Netball Swimming Animals Numbers 1-40 Gymnastics Sequencing Dance-Shadow dances Swimming Telling the time Numbers 41-60 Happy birthday Games- Batting and fielding games including Cricket. Athletics Running Throwing Countries Compass points SRE- growing and changing Mutual respect and tolerance getting on and falling out (bullying, qualities of friendship, peer mediation) Healthy Lifestyle and individual liberty-being healthy and staying healthy, medicines and drugs / Safety - drugs SRE- What is puberty Careers and business advertising and publicity, mini-enterprise / Financial capability Worldwide community- traffic and parking surveys, looking after the environment Safety road safety SRE- Puberty changes and reproduction The role of democracy local councils, people in the community (visit from mayor/councillor) The rule of law good neighbours, the police, tolerance m( Visit Police station) Safety Link to Try New Things, Work Hard (Autumn 1) and Making Mistakes (Autumn 2) - Secrets of Success Link to Improve, Push Yourself and Understanding Others - Secrets of Success Link to Concentrate and Imagine - Secrets of Success