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This is a list of essential reads each pupil should aim to read by the end of the academic year. A small number of copies of each text are available from the school. Across the year, pupils can gain access to these texts through the library and their classroom.
These are the common exception words for year 3/4. Pupils are expected to write these words correctly in order to reach the expected standard at the end of year 4.
accident(ally), actual(ly), address, answer, appear, arrive,
believe, bicycle, breath, breathe, build, busy/business,
calendar, caught, centre, century, certain, circle, complete, consider, continue,
decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear,
early, earth, eight/eighth, enough, exercise, experience, experiment, extreme,
famous, favourite, February, forward(s), fruit,
grammar, group, guard, guide,
heard, heart, height, history,
imagine, increase, important, interest, island,
knowledge,
learn, length, library,
material, medicine, mention, minute,
natural, naughty, notice,
occasion(ally), often, opposite, ordinary,
particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position, possess(ion), possible, potatoes, pressure, probably, promise, purpose,
quarter, question,
recent, regular, reign, remember,
sentence, separate, special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise,
therefore, though/although, thought, through,
various,
weight, women/woman
Mathematics
Place Value – 4 digit numbers Part 1:
Numbers to 1,000, rounding to the nearest 10, rounding to the nearest 100, counting in 1,000s, representing 4 digit numbers, 1,000s, 100s, 10s and 1s, the number line to 10,000, and roman numerals to 100.
Place Value – 4 digit numbers Part 2:
Finding 1,000 more or less, comparing 4 digit numbers, ordering numbers to 10,000, rounding to the nearest 1,000, solving problems using rounding, counting in 25s, and negative numbers.
Addition and Subtraction:
Adding and subtracting 1s, 10s, 100s, and 1,000s, adding two 4 digit numbers, subtracting two 4 digit numbers, equivalent difference, estimating answers to additions and subtractions, checking strategies, and problem solving – addition and subtraction.
Measure Perimeter:
Kilometres, perimeter of a rectangle, and perimeter of rectilinear shapes.
Multiplication and Division Part 1:
Multiplying by multiples of 10 and 100, dividing by multiples of 10 and 100, multiplying by 0 and 1, dividing by 1, multiplying and dividing by 6, 6 times table, multiplying and dividing by 9, 9 times table, multiplying and dividing by 7, 7 times table, and 11 and 12 times table.
Multiplication and Division Part 2:
Problem solving – addition and multiplication, problem solving – mixed problems, using written methods to multiply, multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number, multiplying a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number, problem solving – multiplication, multiplying more than two numbers, problem solving – mixed correspondence problems, dividing a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number, division with remainders, and dividing a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number.
Measurement:
What is area? Counting squares, making shapes, and comparing area.
Fractions Part 1:
Tenths and hundredths, equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, and fractions greater than 1.
Fractions Part 2:
Adding fractions, subtracting fractions, problem solving – adding and subtracting fractions, calculating fractions of a quantity, and problem solving – fractions of a quantity.
Decimals Part 1:
Tenths, dividing by 10, hundredths, dividing by 100, dividing by 10 and 100.
Decimals Part 2:
Making a whole, writing decimals, comparing decimals, ordering decimals, rounding decimals, halves and quarters, and problem solving – decimals.
Money:
Pounds and pence, pounds, tenths and hundredths, ordering amounts of money, rounding money, using rounding to estimate money, problem solving – pounds and pence, problem solving – multiplication and division, solving two step problems, and problem solving – money.
Time:
Units of time, converting time, and problems solving – units of time.
Statistics:
Charts and tables, line graphs, and problem solving – graphs.
Geometry – Angles and 2D Shapes:
Classifying and comparing quadrilaterals, deducing facts about shapes, lines of symmetry inside a shape, lines of symmetry outside a shape, completing a symmetric figure, describing position, drawing n a grid, reasoning n a grid, mobbing on a grid, describing movements on a grid.
Once pupils are secure, they will move on to learn:
English
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Reading
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Reading
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Writing
Reading
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Reading
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Reading
Science
Living Things and their Habitat
Animals including Humans
States of Matter
Electricity
Sound
For year 4 Knowledge Organiser – Click here
Geography
Case Study on Brazil, South America (Link to English unit: Rainforests)
Key enquiry question: What role does South America plan in regulating the earth’s climate?
National curriculum objectives:
Settlements and Land Use
Key enquiry question: Why did they choose to settle in particular places in Britain?
National curriculum objectives:
Global Trade (link to Vikings)
Key enquiry question: What natural resources are available in Britain that makes it a desirable trade partner? How did trade get global? Where the UK export and to where?
National curriculum objectives:
Year 4 Knowledge Organisers:
History
Romans
National curriculum objectives:
Romans – continued
National curriculum objectives:
Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Scots
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Year 4 Knowledge Organisers:
Art & Design
Insects (Sculpture)
Skills Focus:
Taught artists: Emilie Galle, Lorenzo Possenti and Jennifer Angus
Sculpture skills:
Key Vocabulary:
Links to the curriculum:
Aboriginal Art (Painting)
Skills Focus:
Taught artists: Examples of Aboriginal Art
Key Vocabulary:
Movement (Collage)
Skills Focus:
Taught artists: Henry Matisse, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian and M.C.Esher
Key Vocabulary:
Design & Technology
Mechanical Systems
Outcome:
To design, make, and evaluate a moving picture using levers and linkages.
National Curriculum link:
History link- Romans
National Curriculum objectives:
Cooking and nutrition
Outcome:
To design, make and evaluate a sample of bagels for a Jewish breakfast
National Curriculum link:
R.E. Unit – Why are festivals, celebrations and High Holy Days so important within Judaism?
National Curriculum objectives:
Electrical Systems
Outcome:
To design, make, and evaluate a torch
National Curriculum link:
Science unit- Light
National Curriculum objectives:
Religious Education
What do Jewish people believe about God?
This unit will examine the issue of how God is understood within Judaism. It will explore the different names and titles of God, the notion of God’s presence on earth and the way in which belief in God is translated into behaviour by Jewish people by observation of the mitzvot (commandments).
Why are festivals, celebrations, and High Holy Days so important within Judaism?
This unit will explore the most important events within the Jewish religious calendar. Pupils will have the opportunity to learn about and reflect upon the festivals, celebrations and Holy Days that are associated with Judaism, to consider the foundations for these occasions, and to reflect upon why they are so important for Jewish people.
What is the significance of Easter within Christianity?
This unit will explore the importance of Easter and the period leading up to it (Lent) for Christians in churches across the world. It will enable pupils to understand the biblical foundations for this period within the Christian year, the theological significance of the events associated with the period, and the way in which they are marked by the church.
What does Sikhism teach us about selfless service?
This unit will enable pupils to learn about the central beliefs and practices of Sikhism. In particular, it will focus on the principle of selfless service (sewa), which is, for Sikhs, the most important element of their religious traditions. The basis for, types of, and contemporary forms of sewa will all be examined. Pupils will also be invited to consider what members of other, or of no, faith may learn from this practice within Sikhism. A visit to a gurdwara would provide an opportunity to explore how sewa is demonstrated.
What happens in the Gurdwara?
This unit will examine the issue of how God is understood within Judaism. It will explore the different names and titles of God, the notion of God’s presence on earth and the way in which belief in God is translated into behaviour by Jewish people by observation of the mitzvot (commandments).
Computing
Coding and Computational Thinking
Unit: Coding
Software:2Code
E-Safety Focus – Stay Smart:
Internet and Email
Unit: Online Safety
Software: 2Connect (Mind Map) / 2Publish Plus
Spreadsheets
Unit: Spreadsheets
Software: 2Calculate
E-Safety Focus – Stay Kind:
Spreadsheets (continued)
Unit: Spreadsheets
Software: 2Calculate
Writing and Presenting
Unit: Writing for different audiences
Software: 2Email / 2Connect (Mind Map) / 2DIY
E-Safety Focus – Stay Safe and Critical:
Coding and Computational Thinking
Unit: Logo
Software: Logo (text-based coding)
Art & Design
Unit: Animation
Software: 2Animate
E-Safety Focus – Stay Healthy:
Internet and Email
Unit: Effective Search
Software: Web Browser / 2Quiz / 2Connect (Mind Map)
Communication and Networks
Unit: Hardware Investigators
Software: 2Quiz / 2Connect (Mind Map)
E-Safety Focus – Stay Accountable:
PSHE
French
All Aboard!
Pocket Money
Tell Me a Story
Our Sporting Lives
The Carnival of the Animals
What’s the Weather like?
For Year 4 Knowledge Organiser: click here
Physical Education
Music
Soundscapes: Painting with sound*
Stop!
Grime/ Classical/ Bhangra/ Tango/ Latin Fusion
National Curriculum objectives:
Pupils should be taught to:
Glockenspiel stage 2
Instrumental skills
Dragon scales*
Pentatonic music
National Curriculum objectives:
Pupils should be taught to:
Long and Short *
Use a variety of ways to identify and create long and short sounds
Reflect, rewind and replay
Western classical
National curriculum objectives:
Pupils should be taught to: