Overview of Year 3/4 Curriculum 2016/2017 Year A Term Term 1 AUTUMN 7 weeks Term 2 AUTUMN 7 weeks Term 3 SPRING 6 weeks Term 4 SPRING 7 weeks Term 5 SUMMER 5 weeks Term 6 SUMMER 7 weeks Topic History History Geography Geography Science Science English Diary Entry Stories with familiar settings Dialogue / Play Scripts Shape / Calligrams Poetry Persuasive Text – Road Safety Reports – Non Chronological Stories from other Cultures Authors and letters Explanation texts Instructions Poetry to perform Information Texts – Leaflets Stories with Historical settings Plays Short burst writing Recount of holiday/If I had another week… Acrostic poem Character description Persuasive writing Imagination pictures – creative writing Setting description – Stonehenge Interviews Biography Information text Recount Setting description Instructions Maths (see each term overview for further breakdown of maths) Mental addition and subtraction Problem solving, reasoning and algebra Number and place value Measurement Geometry: properties of shapes Statistic Written multiplication and division Decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions Written addition and subtraction Mental multiplication and division Fractions, ratio and proportion Problem solving, reasoning and algebra Measurement Geometry: properties of shapes Number and place value Mental addition and subtraction Geometry: position and direction Written multiplication and division Decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions Written addition and subtraction Statistics Number and place value Mental addition and subtraction Problem solving, reasoning and algebra Mental multiplication and division Statistics Fractions, ratio and proportion Geometry: properties of shapes; position and direction Measurement Written addition and subtraction Written multiplication and division Number and place value Problem solving, reasoning and algebra Written addition and subtraction Written addition and subtraction Measurement Mental multiplication and division Written multiplication and division Decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions Mental addition and subtraction Mental addition and subtraction Problem solving, reasoning and algebra Fraction, ratio and proportion Mental multiplication and division Written multiplication and division Number and place value Decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions Measurement Geometry: properties of shapes Written addition and subtraction Mental addition and subtraction Measurement Problem solving, reasoning and algebra Geometry: properties of shapes Written multiplication and division Mental multiplication and division Fractions, ratio and proportion Decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fraction Statistics History & Geography History - Britain from Stone Age - Iron Age* History - Britain from Stone Age - Iron Age* Geography- Earthquakes and Volcanoes Geography Earthquakes and Volcanoes History - Britain’s Settlements by Anglo Saxons and Scots History - Britain’s Settlements by Anglo Saxons and Scots
(Natural Phenomenon)* (Natural Phenomenon)* Geography – Locational Knowledge Geography – Locational Knowledge – Scotland Science Rocks Electricity Light and Shadows Light and Shadows Animals incl. humans – What we need to survive, movement and skeleton* Animals Incl humans – Digestive System* Physical Education With coach – Football/Netball FUNS – Agility FUNS – Balance and With coach – Basketball/dodgeball FUNS – Healthy competition FUNS – Cooperative learning and maypole dancing With coach – Athletics FUNS – Cricket and rounders FUNS – Cricket and rounders Art & Design Design & Technology Cave paintings (Natural resources berries) Observational drawing DT Food Christmas Craft Puppets Silhouettes Large 3D Project Sculpture Observational drawing Computing Bringing it to life Games in the new world Move it, sort it Comics Become a games designer Become a games designer Music Rhythm Stone Age composition Singing for our production Singing for our production Researching composers Use I.T to record and play back own composition MFL (modern foreign language) My family and I Colours and numbers School I like to (verbs) Daily objects – Clothing transport household objects Food – Creating Menus Questions Holidays – directions RE Why do religious books and teachings matter? What does it mean to belong to a religion? Why are some journeys and places special? What do people believe about life? What does it mean to belong to a religion? How do we make moral choices. Possible Events and Visits Trip Stoney Long Barrow Trip to Stonehenge and Old Sarum Christmas Service Egg Theatre production ¾ Shoscombe Road Safety Week Dance Umbrella Easter Service Year 6 residential Year 5 Activity Weekend Sport’s Day *Topics highlighted in red, are our main focus for that term.