TERM 3 CURRICULUM MAP

from Year 4 Curriculum Map - Term 3

by BSAK Abu Dhabi

Year 4

English

Writing

Narrative Poetry analysis

Stories from other Cultures

Explanatory Texts, News Reports, First Person Diary entries, Spelling - Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch, Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch

Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que, Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc, Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey.

Adverbials of frequency and possibility

Reading a variety of texts within lessons, Accelerated reader and library books. Focus books - Varjak Paw by SF Said and The Girl who stole an Elephant. By

Nizrana Farook

Science

Sound

What is sound?

How does sound travel?

What is the pitch and loudness of sound?

Materials And Properties

What is matter? What does ‘state’ mean?

What are solids, liquids and gases?

Melting: how do materials change state?

Evaporating: how do materials change state?

Condensing: how do materials change state?

History

Ancient Egyptians

Who were the Ancient Egyptians and where did they live?

The Old, Middle and New Kingdoms: who was signiﬁcant and what did they achieve?

Achievements: how and what did the ancient Egyptians write?

Achievements: How did the ancient Egyptians use the River Nile?

Gods: what did the ancient Egyptians believe in?

Maths

Decimals. Measurement - money, and time. Geometry - properties of shapes, position and direction. Statistics.

ARABIC B (NON-NATIVE)

The places

Revise the name of places in town

Introduce the prepositions to/in and how to use them in sentences

The weekend

Introduce the key vocabulary: weekend and have a nice weekend. Introduce the verbs in the ﬁrst person. Introduce the new vocabulary in the 3rd person M + F How do I get there?

Introducing transport vocabulary: car, bus, bike, train, airplane, etc. Reinforce verb: I go. Introduce 3rd person

Revise colours/adjectives to describe modes of transport

ART & DESIGN

3D and Collage - explore proportion and scale by creating images of the human form. They will also use shape and colour to create the illusion of movement.

Tutankhamun Death Masks - using Modroc

Computing

Animation- Use a variety of software to design and create stick ﬁgure animation, create a recorded animation involving a number of moving characters on a background, structure the timing of animation effects to create a short story, use a camera to create a short stop motion animation ﬁlm.

Mfl

Quel temps fait-il?

Pe

Weather

Striking & Fielding - sport speciﬁc skills in isolation, competition and cooperation.

Maps – le nord etc.

Basketball - sport speciﬁc skills in isolation, competition and cooperation.

Weather orecast (days o the week)

Weather forecast (days of the week)

Berthe - what clothes you wear in different weathers

Mels

Jealousy, love and loss, memories, getting on and falling out, celebrating relationships with people and animals, being unique, circles of change, accepting change, looking ahead, transition.

ARABIC A (NATIVE)

MUSIC Slam Poetry / Raps

In this unit students will create a rhythmic sequence to accompany a poem created/studied in English to create a slam poetry style performance.

Swimming - Personal Survival skills & Water Polo skill development and competition

ISLAMIC A & B

Cooperation