1. ‘M AND Ms: Mayans, maps and materials’
ENGLISH
Non-Fiction (Who were the Mayan?)
Well-loved Narratives (Just so Stories)
Persuasive letter (Tourist Information)
Poetry (Weather Theme – Personification)
Punctuation, Spelling and Grammar
Guided Reading, Independent Reading and Reading Comprehension
MATHS
Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts,
Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12.
Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions
SCIENCE
Solids, liquids and gases
Changing materials
Chocolate
The water cycle – evaporation and condensation
Designing, planning and carrying out experiments
Using ICT for research
ART & DT
Mayan art
Thumb pots and headdresses
Linkages and levers
Designing, building, testing and evaluating bridges
MUSIC, PE & FRENCH
listen with attention to detail and recall sound
understand staff and other musical notations
Football and netball
write French phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly
‘M AND Ms: Mayans, maps and materials’
Year 4
Terms 3 & 4
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
The Mayans
The countries and physical features of Europe, North America and South America
Comparing regions in the UK, Europe and America
COMPUTING
E-safety
Use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.
Coding to achieve outcomes, e.g. Scratch project RE
How should believers live?
What do religions say?
Easter: Sorrow and joy