Y4 Long Term Plan

Autumn 1

(8 weeks) Sep-Oct

Autumn 2

(7 weeks)

Nov-Dec

Spring 1

(6 weeks) Jan-Feb

Spring 2

(5 weeks)

Feb-Mar

Summer 1

(6 weeks)

Apr-May

Summer 2

(7 weeks)

June-July

Tropical Butterfly House

EVENTS/TRIPS/VISIT ORS

Viking visitor – Bjorn (artefacts, games and facts)

EVENTS/TRIPS/VISIT ORS

Castleton Youth Hostel residential (2 nights)

EVENTS/TRIPS/VISIT ORS

Reading poems and instructions to visitors

MATHS

Number – Place Value (3 weeks) Number – Addition and

Subtraction (5 weeks)

MATHS

Addition and subtraction Length and Perimeter

Multiplication and Division

MATHS Area and Perimeter

Multiplication and Division Fractions MATHS Fractions Decimals MATHS Decimals Measure: Money Measure: Time Statistics MATHS Geometry: Properties of shape Geometry: Positions and Direction WRITING Stories with issues / Egyptian horror stories

(Poetry day) WRITING Newspaper reports / chronological reports WRITING Non-Chronological reports: Thor

Fantasy Viking God

WRITING Narrative: Stories with

historical settings The Snow Walker’s Son: Character, setting

and plot Dialogue

WRITING Character portraits and settings – The BFG and

Bloodbottler Climate change/rainforest destruction letters WRITING Instructions: Making a dream and a nightmare

READING Non-Chronological reports Egyptians Horror- The Scarab’s

Secret READING Kensuke’s Kingdom Letters / diary Newspaper reports Persuasive texts READING The Snow Walker’s

Son

Historical narrative

READING The Snow Walker’s

Son Historical Narrative Non-Chronological reports Vikings READING The BFG Poetry READING The BFG Instructional texts Poetry HISTORY

Unit of learning:

GEOGRAPHY

Unit of learning:

Climate change

Hemispheres

Climate zones

Compass directions

Unit of learning:

Unit of learning:

(Castleton)

4 figure grid

references

Map reading

Land use

Unit of learning:

Circuits Conductors and

insulators

ART UNIT OF LEARNING: ART UNIT OF LEARNING:

Clay coil pots - canopic jars Sculpture – Clay ART UNIT OF LEARNING:

Drawings (e.g. pencil, chalk, pastel,

Relief printing using card of Viking patterns

ART UNIT OF LEARNING: ART UNIT OF LEARNING:

Drawings (e.g. pencil, chalk, pastel, charcoal)

Collage work Collages of Mam Tor/

Castleton scene

ART

UNIT OF LEARNING:

DT UNIT OF LEARNING: Mummy electronic game Construction materials product linked to topic – circuits to be included in structural project DT UNIT OF LEARNING: DT UNIT OF LEARNING:

Food: Making healthy / nutritional snacks DT UNIT OF LEARNING: DT UNIT OF LEARNING: DT UNIT OF LEARNING: Sewing – sweet pouches Running stitch and

embellishments PSHE UNIT OF LEARNING: Relationships RE UNIT OF LEARNING: Inspirational people in today’s world What can we learn from

great leaders and inspiring examples in today’s world? Hindu, Christian, Buddhist PSHE UNIT OF LEARNING: Living in the Wider

World

RE

UNIT OF LEARNING: -How do people express their religious

and spiritual ideas on pilgrimages? -Islam and Christianity

PSHE

UNIT OF LEARNING:

Health and wellbeing

Sex and relationships

RE

UNIT OF LEARNING: Inspirational people

from long ago: What can we learn from

inspiring leaders who started the religions? Moses, Buddha, Jesus

MFL UNIT OF LEARNING: SPANISH: Greetings – hello, goodbye Names How are you? Instructions (revise and

develop further) Numbers and ages

(1-30) Backwards Numbers (1-50) Days of the Week Months of the year and

seasons. Traditions Birthdays MUSIC UNIT OF LEARNING: Charanga Glockenspiel stage 2(mixed styles) Exploring and playing

Christmas Carols (autumn 2) MFL UNIT OF LEARNING: SPANISH: Colours - flags Weather Seasons (What is weather like?) Seasons linked to weather. Clothes (indoor & outdoor) Vocabulary building Describing clothes Animals – size, shape,colour Family – names, Spanish traditions. MUSIC UNIT OF LEARNING: Charanga Stop! Grime

Writing lyrics linked to a theme MFL UNIT OF LEARNING: SPANISH: Fruit or vegetable? Food (colour, size,

like/dislike) Meals (traditions) Where we live/address

Places- in a city Hobbies – what I like to

do out of school. Likes/dislikes MUSIC UNIT OF LEARNING: Charanga Blackbird The Beatles (pop)

Beatles, equality and civil rights

COMPUTING UNIT OF LEARNING: Strand 1 How do I use a computer as an artist? COMPUTING UNIT OF LEARNING: Strand 2 What makes an excellent multimedia story? COMPUTING UNIT OF LEARNING: Strand 3 How is data shared

online? COMPUTING UNIT OF LEARNING: Strand 4

How do I write efficient programs in Logo and

Scratch?

COMPUTING UNIT OF LEARNING:

Strand 5

How do I use interaction in Scratch to tell stories? COMPUTING UNIT OF LEARNING: ONLINE SAFETY

Lifestyle and health: What is and what is not

age appropriate on the internet (1 lesson) ONLINE SAFETY C3 - Copyright (1 lesson) ONLINE SAFETY P2 - Sharing online (keep personal information safe)/ (1 lesson) ONLINE SAFETY C2 -Personal information & storing information (1 lesson) -Suspicious messages (viruses via email, messages, files) (1 lesson) ONLINE SAFETY True/biased news N2 – Media bias (1 lesson) N3 – Verifying content and echo chambers (1

lesson)

(link to English palm oil unit)