Year 4 Yearly Overview

Term EnglishMathsScienceTopicComputingArt/DtPEPSHESMSCMusicLanguagesWow opportunities
Autumn 1 Fiction – Stories with dilemmas
Non fiction – Persuasive texts- Save the World- Deforestation
Number
Place value
Addition and subtraction
STEAM Unit: Flood proof housing (Materials)Brazil
Coding Art
Using pastels- Amazon rainforest art
Invasion games; Object mastery
Sport – Football
Swimming
New BeginningsWhy are festivals important?
Passover
Samba
Music from Brazil: Sing/Play/Move to SAMBA
Comparing LanguagesBrazilian Carnival Day
Autumn 2 Poetry –Creating images
Non- fiction Information texts- Anglo Saxons
Number
Addition and subtraction
Measurement
Area
Number
Multiplication and division
Sword Vibrations Anglo Saxons Effective Searching & Online Safety
DT
Anglo Saxon Shields
Gymnastics; Balance

Invasion games; Locomotion skills
Sport – Rugby
Swimming
Getting OnWhy are festivals important?
Christmas

Celebration songs
Carols are for all year round- an old round dance with singing.
Our BodiesTamworth castle 
Spring 1 Fiction – Stories set in imaginary worlds
Non-fiction Explanation text- digestive system
Number
Multiplication and division
Measurement Length and perimeter
Number
Fractions
Where does a taco go?Mexico SpreadsheetsDT
Food Technology- Baking
Object mastery – Long stick.
Sport – Hockey.
Dance; Stability

Swimming
CitizenshipWhy do some people think life is a journey? Glockenspiel work -learning parts to be played at the same time.
Animal Cantata excerpts by Kevin Stannard
The Little Brown MouseDay of the dead
Spring 2 Fiction
Playscripts – The Tempest
Poetry
Exploring form
 
Number
Fractions
Number
Decimals
Who am I? TudorsMaking Music & AnimationArt
Tudor portraits – using a range of media
Co-ordination – Net wall
Sport – Volleyball

Swimming
Choices
What can we learn from religions in deciding what is right and wrong?
Henry ate all of the pies
Tudor Music: Explore the instruments of the period: sing, play and dance to Tudor Music
NumbersBosworth Battlefield trip
Summer 1
Fiction
Stories from other cultures
Non-fiction
Biographies- Greta Thunberg
Number
Decimals
Measurement Money
Measurement
Time
In a state
All around the world

 
Writing for different audiences

Art
Exploring tone and texture

 
Athletics; Locomotor Skills Swimming Communities What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?Music of Coventry
SKA
The Specials
Dr Who Theme
Days and MonthsThink Tank trip
Summer 2 Non-fiction News Papers
Fiction -Historical stories

Geometry
Properties of shape
Statistics
Geometry
Position & direction
Switched on
Coventry and the Blitz
Logo & Hardware Investigator DT
Torches
Striking and fielding; Co-ordination. Sport – Cricket.  Swimming Changes Why is Jesus inspiring to some people? WW2 music
Explore and discuss and perform propaganda/feel good/ consolation music from the period.
Classroom objectsWW2-
Blitz sleepover