Year Four

four

Curriculum Overview

2025-2026

Timetables

4A – Miss Williamson

4B – Mr Leighton

Knowledge Organiser: Knowledge organisers are powerful, learning tools. The knowledge organisers below include key vocabulary and information that will be essential during each unit of work.

Curriculum Overview Year Four

Theme – Ancient Civilisations

Autumn

Theme – Ingenious Inventors

Spring

Theme – Buzzing Brazil

Summer

Science

Animals Including Humans

States of Matter

Art and Design (A)

2025-2026

Painting – Impasto

Painting – Abstract Expressionism

Drawing – Direct Observation (Pencil)

Sculpture – Chinese Dough Figures

Art and Design (B)

2024-2025

Painting – Watercolour

Drawing – Figures

Drawing – Still Life

Sculpture – Contemporary Clay

Design and Technology (A)

2025-2026

Cooking & Nutrition – Bread

Complex Structures – Shelter

Mechanisms (Cams) – Victorian Toys

Textiles – Personalised Pouches

Design and Technology (B)

2024-2025

Cooking & Nutrition – Marvellous Morning Meals

Complex Structures – Animal Enclosures

Mechanisms – Complex Levers

Textiles – Comfort

Music (A)

2025 – 2026

Listening & Appreciating – Disco

Composition – Indian Raga

Performance – Folk

Performance – Reggae

Music (B)

2024 – 2025

Listening & Appreciating – Country

Listening & Appreciating – Rock

Composition – Orchestral Music

Performance – Rock & Roll

Cultural Capital (A)

Production – Pantomime

Digital Media – Interactive Quiz

Global Issues & Impacts – Habitat Destruction

Community – Money Matters