Author: Jack Edwards

Year 4—Spring 2
Curriculum Overview

Veni Vidi Vici

Writing
In our mini-mission, we will be writing a non-chronological report on the legacy of the Romans in modern Britain. We will also be getting to grips with Roman facts and creating fact cards in the style of Horrible Histories.

Reading
We will be reading with fluency and becoming more confident with reading to partners or teachers. We will be utilising a range of comprehension skills to understand and investigate challenging texts. As a class, we are reading Who let the Gods out by Maz Evans.

History
In our mini-mission we will be focussing on the legacy of Roman Britain, such as the roads, sanitation and heating we still use today.

Art
During art lessons we will be exploring the Roman art style of mosaics and emulating other artists’ work before creating our final piece.

Science
In our science topic of Animals including humans, we will explore different food chains and what each stage represents. We will also learn about the different types of teeth we have and how they are used.

Physical Education
In our fitness block we will be completing circuits focussing on different areas of the body, such as lower body, upper body and boxercise to increase our stamina.

Computing
In computing, we are building on our previous experience of using turtle academy to programme and will use this to programme a game.

PSHE / RSE
In PSHE we are looking at Healthy Me. This will centre around how we can be healthy both physically and emotionally.

Religious Education
Our RE topic for this half term is Is forgiveness always possible for Christians? In which we will explore Jesus’ sacrifice for humanity and how he forgave people’s sins.

Mathematics
In Mathematics, we are moving on to a new topic of fractions, followed by decimals. These two topics build on our earlier knowledge of place value and multiplication and will allow us to answer more real world questions such as differences in sizes and prices.