SGSE

Year 03 and 04 Curriculum

Explore What We Learn:

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 English Curriculum:

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Poetry Focus
Acrostic poems including alliteration and personification
Rhyming poems including descriptive language

Fiction focus:
‘Bill’s New Frock’ by Anne Fine
Focus on character description
Use of similes
Use of powerful verbs and adverbs
Use of inverted commas to show direct speech

Non-Fiction Focus: Persuasive Text
Focus on emotive language
Rhetorical questions
Repetition for effect
Direct address to the reader
Use of statistics
Use of a wider range of conjunctions

Poetry Focus
Classic poetry based on William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’
Similes
Powerful adjectives
Powerful verbs
Questions
Direct address to the reader

Author focus: Roald Dahl
Description of fantasy settings
Use of prepositional phrases
Use of powerful verbs and adjectives
Showing character’s reactions to a setting
Adding surprising details to a setting description
Using commas accurately for lists and to mark clauses

Non-fiction focus:
Information texts about volcanoes and earthquakes
Use of interesting subheadings to organise information
Use of figurative language such as alliteration and personification to grab the attention of the reader
Use of subject-specific language
Complex sentences to explain

Poetry Focus
‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou
Poetry which focusses on overcoming adversity

‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker
Focus on ambitious vocabulary to create detailed descriptions
Use of fronted adverbials to vary sentence structures
Use of commas after fronted adverbials
Use of inverted commas to show direct speech
Use of powerful verbs and adverbs to ‘show not tell’ how a character is feeling

Class Read:
‘Charlotte’s Web’by EB White

Non-fiction focus:
Explanation text ‘A Journey Into The Wonderful World of Your Microbiome’ by Katie Brosnan
Students will write their own explanation text about the digestive system
Use of causal conjunctions
Use of precise verbs and technical vocabulary
Use of subheadings
Use of figurative language such as metaphors to help explain the process

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 Maths Curriculum:

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Place Value
Read and write numbers up to 10,000
Compare and order numbers up to 10,000
Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
Find 1, 10 and 100 more or less

The Four Operations
Add and subtract two 3-digit numbers with and without exchanging
Add and subtract two 4-digit numbers with and without exchanging
Multiply and divide by 3, 6, 10 and 100
Multiply and divide by 7 and 9
Learn facts for the 11 and 12 times tables
Multiplying 3 numbers
Finding factor pairs
Using efficient methods of multiplication

Multiplication and Division
Finding and using factor pairs
Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
Multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by a 1 digit number
Dividing 2 and 3 digit numbers by a 1 digit number

Length and Perimeter
Comparing lengths
Finding equivalent lengths (mm and cm, cm and m, m and km)
Adding and subtracting lengths
Finding the perimeter of rectangles
Finding the perimeter of regular polygons

Fractions
Understanding the whole
Partitioning a mixed number
Comparing and ordering mixed numbers
Understanding improper fractions
Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers
Finding equivalent fractions
Adding and subtracting fractions
Subtracting from whole amounts and mixed numbers

Fractions, Decimals and Money
Finding fractions of amounts
Tenths and hundredths as fractions and decimals
Dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10
Converting between pence and pounds
Adding and subtracting amounts of money
Solving reasoning problems involving money

Time
Years, months, weeks and days
Calculating durations of time
Converting between hours and minutes
Converting between analogue and digital time
Solving problems relating to time

Shape
Identifying angles
Comparing and ordering angles
Finding parallel and perpendicular lines
Recognising, describing and drawing 2D and 3D shapes
Identifying lines of symmetry
Identifying triangles and quadrilaterals

Statistics
Interpret and draw pictograms
Interpret and draw bar charts
Interpret and draw line graphs

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 Science Curriculum:

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Electricity
Describe how to work safely with electricity
Identify metals that are good conductors
Recognise and describe common insulators
Create a simple electrical circuit, naming the components
Describe what will happen if a circuit is not complete
Identify common appliances that run on electricity

Sound
Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating.
Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.
Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.
Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.
Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

States of Matter
Use of the terms evaporation and condensation to describe the water cycle
Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle
Associate the rate of evaporation with temperature
Measure or research the temperature at which things changed when heated or cooled in degrees Celsius (°C)
Group materials by whether they are a solid, liquid or gas
Compare and describe solids, gases and liquids

Animals and Plants in the Local Environment
Construct and interpret a food web
Identify producers and predators in a food web
Research and describe the negative human effects on a local environment
Research and describe the positive human effects on a local environment
Recognise that environments change over time
Use classification keys to identify living things in my local environment

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 Art and DT Curriculum:

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Design and Technology
In Design and Technology, the children will be designing a badge using textiles and an electrical component.

Art
Students will explore the layering and detail of Henri Rousseau’s rainforest art.
Students will create their own art work, using techniques to create shading with pastels.

Design and Technology
Students will be designing and making a bug hotel to attract wildlife to our school grounds.
Students will also be learning about seasonable fruits and vegetables and how they can be used to create a healthy recipe.

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 Humanities Curriculum:

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History
To carry out a local history study focusing on the impact of the industrial revolution on the local area.

Geography
Human geography, including: economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals, and water.

History
Study of the Maya civilisation, researching the legacy of the Maya, locating where they started their settlement and the key aspects of their communities.

Geography
Human geography, including: describing and understanding key aspects of biomes, earthquakes and volcanoes.
Locating world’s countries, using maps to focus on South America, concentrating on the environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

Geography
To identify the key features of a local area.
To carry out litter surveys.
To carry out Quadrat sampling of litter, flora, and fauna.
To consider how humans have an impact on a local environment.

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 ICT Curriculum:

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To understand computer networks including the Internet
To explain how digital devices function
To explore how digital devices can be connected
To recognise the physical components of a network

To create media stop-frame animation
To relate animation with a sequence of images
To plan an animation
To review and improve my animation

Sound and Databases
To explore a new programming environment
To sequence and combine sounds in a program
To build a sequence of commands to change the appearance of a sprite
To create a project from a task description
To create branching databases
To explain why it is useful for a database to be well structured
To independently create an identification tool

Branching databases:
Creating closed questions for a branching database
Identifying ways to group data
Planning the structure of a branching database
Creating an identification tool independently

Creating media:
Recognising how text and images convey meaning
Recognising that text and layout can be edited
Choosing appropriate page settings
Considering how different layouts can suit different purposes
Identifying the benefits of desktop publishing

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 PSHEE Curriculum:

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Being Me in My World
Becoming a Class ‘Team’
Being a School Citizen
Rights, Responsibilities and Democracy
Rewards and Consequences
Our Learning Charter

Celebrating Difference
Judging by Appearances
Understanding Influences
Understanding Bullying
Problem-solving
Special Me

Dreams and Goals
Identify dreams and goals
Overcoming disappointment
How to help self and others with disappointment
Resilience
How to work as part of a group
Evaluate and celebrate achievements

Healthy Me
Friendship groups
Group dynamics
Peer pressure
Inner strength and assertiveness

Healthy Me
Friendship groups and group dynamics
Smoking and alcohol
Peer pressure
Inner strength and assertiveness

Relationships
Love and loss
Memories
Special Pets
Accepting changes

Click to Expand our Year 3 and 4 RE Curriculum:

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Expressing Joy
Be able to understand the difference between happiness and spiritual joy
Explore spiritual joy known by Hindus at Diwali
Understand how Hindus express joy through the Diwali celebrations

Being Thankful
Consider God’s role as creator and provider
Understand how celebrating Harvest Festival can meet the needs of people today
Explore the concept of parents as a gift from Allah (God)

Being Reflective and Self-Critical
Encourage the children to consider the essence of a ‘perfect’ life
Story – Siddhartha
Explore how Buddha helped his followers to change
Experience the practice of meditation

Being Curious and Valuing Knowledge
Beginning to think about the process of gaining knowledge
Discussion with children understanding that Christians use the Bible to find answers about God and the meaning of life
Introduce the concept of there being a number of religious traditions each with their own holy book

Being Modest and Listening to Others
Why should we listen to others?
How do Christians demonstrate that Jesus’ words matter?
How do Muslims show that Prophet Mohammed’s words matter?

Cultivating Inclusion, Identity and Belonging
How do you know you belong?
How do Sikhs show they belong?
How do Muslims show they belong to their Religious Tradition?

Being Merciful and Forgiving
How big is your love?
What does the Bible teach about forgiveness?

Being Regardful of Suffering
What hurts you?
How do Religious Traditions respond to the suffering of others?
What hurts God? How does God respond to human suffering?

Living by Rules
What rules does Judaism say are important?
What rules does Christianity say are important?
What rules has God made?

Being Temperate
What influences your behaviour?
How did God influence the life of John Newton /Gandhi?
How does faith affect your behaviour?

Being Imaginative
What do you see in your mind?
What can we learn about God from creation?
What can we learn about God through creation stories?

Curriculum Overview:

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Students have two PE lessons each week. On days that students have PE they should arrive at school in their school uniform with their PE kits in a bag, that they can change in too.

Students also have one Music and one French lesson each week.