Year Four Host Country: South Africa Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Topic Seeing Different Places, Showing Similar Lives Space Explorers Go With the Flow: Ancient Civilisations Maths (Ongoing through the year) Number Sense Counting in multiples of 6,9,25 and 1000 Counting backwards through zero to include negative numbers Ordering and comparing numbers beyond 1000 Rounding any number to the nearest whole number, 10, 100 or 1000 Recognising and counting up and down in hundredths Converting between units of measure, e.g. km to m Additive Reasoning Solving addition and subtraction two-step problems, deciding which operations and methods to use and why Solving simple money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places Solving problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs Multiplicative Reasoning Recalling multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 x 12 Geometric Reasoning Comparing and classifying shapes based on their properties and sizes Identifying lines of symmetry in 2D shapes presented in different orientations Plotting points and drawing sides to complete straight sided shapes English See Literacy Curriculum Overview documents. Communications and Oracy (Ongoing through the year) Listening to and identifying the main points of each speaker Responding appropriately to the contributions of others in light of alternative viewpoints Developing an enquiring mind, asking questions to develop thinking Composing and rehearsing sentences orally to build up a rich and varied language Coherently conveying information for all listeners Researching, discussing and debating topical issues and problems, taking into account others’ views Science and Technology (including Design Technology) Using classification keys to identify and group living things Explaining feeding relationships between living things by using food chains and webs Investigating shadows Understanding the places and roles of the Sun, Earth and Moon in our Solar System, day and night and seasons Investigating pneumatic systems to design and make a device Understanding solids, liquids and gases and how they change Knowing about the water cycle and water power Investigating how levers and gears can be used to transfer power
Music (Taught across the year) Singing songs and creating different vocal effects Identifying, exploring and selecting melodic phrases and playing them by ear Beginning to compose pieces in pairs and make improvements to work Creating accompaniments to well-known songs Using instruments learnt to participate in an ensemble or small group Recording their own ideas Performing with awareness of other parts Considering the meaning, mood structure, place and time of a piece of music PE (Taught across the year) Devising routines of warming up, cooling down and stretching Experimenting with a wide range of actions when working individually and in pairs or groups Remembering and performing complex dance and gymnastic phrases Communicating ideas or feelings through dance and gymnastics Performing movements with fluency and control Swimming fluently and with control of breathing and movement using front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke Understanding and using skills, rules and tactics in games