Detailed-curriculum- Overview-year-4-autu Mn-1.p.pdf

Curriculum Overview - Autumn 1 2016-2017 (Year 4)

This document outlines the curriculum for Year 4 at Northern Primary School during the Autumn 1 term, focusing on the theme "Are You A Bright Spark?"

Key Subjects and Topics:

English:

Reading & Discussion: Explore explanation texts, analyze and evaluate content, understand paragraph organization, and identify complex sentences.
Writing: Develop vocabulary banks, create narratives, prepare playscripts, use punctuation for expression, incorporate direct speech, and employ noun phrases.
Speaking & Listening: Actively participate in discussions, make contributions, perform compositions, and present writing to diverse audiences.

Mathematics:

Numbers & Operations: Master numbers up to 10,000, place value, rounding decimals to one or two decimal places, addition, subtraction with decimals, time (analogue and digital), and unit conversion.
Geometry: Compare and order numbers, identify tenths and hundredths, partition numbers, and solve problems involving time.
Algebra & Problem Solving: Partitioning, mental strategies, inverse operations, estimation, and two-step word problems.

Other Subjects:

Art & Design: Not directly taught this half term.
Computing: Introduction to coding vocabulary, design algorithms using flowcharts, create simple programs with "if/else" statements, and variables.
Design & Technology: Research products, analyze designs, use electrical systems and ICT for product control, develop prototypes, consider user needs, and evaluate finished products.
Geography: Read and write large numbers, compare and order numbers, identify place value, round to nearest tens/hundreds, solve practical problems involving money and time, and understand basic map skills.
Modern Languages (French): Basic travel phrases, weather discussion, location of French-speaking countries, number recognition, and patterns.
Physical Education: Musical dance routine based on "Oliver!" incorporating mirroring, canon, timing, and stage presence.
Music: Improvise, compose, perform solo and in ensembles, listen critically to music from diverse genres, understand musical notation, and explore music history.
Religious Education: Explore important Christian figures, Biblical stories, traditions, and customs.
* Science: Introduction to electricity: circuits, conductors, insulators, safety, battery power, circuit testing, and representation through diagrams.