Curriculum Overview

Unity High School Primary Curriculum: Year 4 2013 - 2014

Subject	Term 1	Term 1	Term 2	Term2	Term3	Term 3
Literacy Fiction (40% of teaching time) Non-fiction (40% of teaching time) Poetry (20% of teaching time)	Unit 1A: Historical fiction Reading, analysing then planning and writing historical fiction. Unit 1B: Non-chronological reports Reading, analysing then planning and writing non-chronological reports. Unit 1C: Poems and playscripts on common themes Reading, analysing then planning and writing poems and playscripts, based on common themes.		Unit 2A: Fantasy stories Reading, analysing then planning and writing fantasy stories. Unit 2B: Newspaper style reports Reading, analysing then planning and writing newspaper style reports. Unit 2C: Poems from different times and cultures Reading, analysing then planning and writing poems from different times and cultures		Unit 3A: Stories about problems and issues Reading, analysing then planning and writing stories that address problems and issues. Unit 3B: Explanations and persuasion Reading, analysing then planning and writing explanation and persuasion. Unit 3C: Poems in a variety of forms Reading, analysing then planning and writing poems in a variety of forms
Numeracy	1A Number and Problem Solving 1B Measure and Problem Solving 1C Handling data and Problem Solving		2A Number and Problem Solving 2B Geometry and Problem Solving 2C Measure and Problem Solving		3A Number and Problem Solving 3B Measure and Problem Solving 3C Handling data and Problem Solving
Science	1A Unit 4.1 Skeleton and Muscles	1B Unit  4.2 Solids, Liquids and Gases	2A Unit 4.3 How Magnets Work	2B Unit 4.4 Habitats	3A Unit 4.5 Making Circuits	3B Unit 4.6 Sound
ICT	4C Branching databases	4B Developing images using repeating patterns	4A Writing for different audiences	4D Collecting and presenting information	4E Modelling effects on screen	E Safety
Humanities	Improving the environment	Settlements in Timbuktu	Iron Age: south of the Sahara	Chembakoli – village in India	Ancient Egypt	Ibn Battuta
SEAL	New Beginnings	Getting on and Falling out	Saying no to bullying	Going for Goals	Good to be me	Relationships and Change
Music	Unit 8 + Unit 12 Exploring pentatonic scales		Unit 8 + Unit 13 Exploring sound colors		Unit 8 + Unit 14 Exploring singing games
Art	Journeys		Viewpoints		Take a Seat
PE	Unit 9 Dance	Unit 11 Invasion Games	Unit 18 Athletics	Unit 13 Net/ Wall	Unit 20 Outdoor and adventure	Unit 15 Gymnastics

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