Year 4 Yearly Overview

Term EnglishMathsScienceTopicComputingArt/DtPEPSHESMSCMusicLanguagesWow opportunities
Autumn 1 Fiction – Stories set in imaginary worlds
Non fiction – Explanations
digestive system
Number
Place value
Addition and subtraction
Where does all your food go? Mexico
Coding Art
Exploring tone and texture
Invasion games; Object mastery
Sport – Football
Swimming
New BeginningsWhy are festivals important?
Passover
Music of Coventry
SKA
The Specials
Dr Who Theme
Comparing LanguagesDay of the dead
Autumn 2 Poetry –Exploring form
Non- fiction Information texts- Anglo Saxons
Number
Addition and subtraction
Measurement
Area
Number
Multiplication and division
Vibrations Anglo Saxons Online Safety & Effective Searching
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 from other cultures
Non-fiction Biographies- Rudyard Kipling
Number
Multiplication and division
Measurement Length and perimeter
Number
Fractions
In a StateAll around the world 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 MouseThink Tank Trip
Spring 2 Non-fiction Persuasive texts
Save the World-
Deforestation
Fiction –
Stories with dilemmas  
Number
Fractions
Number
Decimals
STEAM UNIT Flood proof housing
(Materials)
BrazilMaking Music & AnimationArt
Using pastels- Amazon rainforest art
Co-ordination – Net wall
Sport – Volleyball

Swimming
ChoicesWhat does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? Samba
Music from Brazil: Sing/Play/Move to SAMBA.
NumbersBrazilian
Carnival day
Summer 1
Fiction Playscripts
(The Tempest)
Poetry
Creating images
Number
Decimals
Measurement Money
Measurement
Time
Who am I?
The Tudors

 
Writing for different audiences

Art
Tudor portraits – using a range of media

 
Athletics; Locomotor Skills Swimming Communities 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.
Days and MonthsBosworth 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