Religious Education (RE) Curriculum Coverage YEAR 4
Why RE? This subject allows for discussion and exploration of themes that affect everyone and promotes respect, understanding and tolerance of different beliefs and cultures.
Religious Education helps children to:
Year 4 Autumn Term |
Year 4 Spring Term |
Year 4 Summer Term |
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Sikhism – an introduction An introduction to Sikhism. Themes include the gurdwara and Guru Nanak. Children find out about The 5 Ks of Sikhism. |
Christmas Journeys Children find out why Bethlehem was the location of the greatest story ever told and how Mary and Joseph found themselves with a newborn in a barn. They look in detail at the roles of the shepherds, angels and wise men. |
Hinduism This half term, children focus on the Hindu faith. This is an extension of what has been learnt about Diwali in Year 3. The main themes covered are holy books and festivals (Holi, Navaratri) and main beliefs. |
Holy Week Building on the Year 3 learning about Easter celebrations, children take a closer look at Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. |
Signs and Symbols Thinking about signs and symbols in everyday life and in religion. What is the difference between a sign and a symbol? Which religious symbols do we see around us? Which symbols (religious and non-religious) are present in our lives? |
French Curriculum (Modern Foreign Language) As part of learning French children get the opportunity to;
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3 |
Getting to know you A look at greetings and conversations. Hello, goodbye, how are you? Their age and counting from 0-10. |
All about me A look at the colours, everyday actions, classroom instructions, body parts and clothing. |
Food Glorious Food Getting the chance to learn about food, ask for food and discuss preparation and eating. |
Family and Friends Learning about family members, pets, the alphabet, names of people and about your home. |
School This half term the classroom, inside a pencil case, subjects and places inside and around a school environment. |
Time Following on with counting 11-30, days of the week, months of the year, birthdays, important dates and yesterday, today and tomorrow. |
4 |
All around town Getting the chance to discuss where you live, in my town, my address and counting in 10’s and 100’s. |
Going Shopping In this half term, the children learn the French vocabulary for fruit, vegetables, clothes, money and role play of shops. |
Time Taking a look at telling the time on a clock and during the day, a TV schedule and learning about the time of school day. |
Holidays and Hobbies Discussing the seasons, the weather forecast and around the world, holidays, sports and hobbies. |
On the move Learning about transport, travelling to school, giving directions and instructions and talking about travel. |
Where in the world In this topic, the children look at where they speak French, the UK, equator, continents and animals in a zoo and around the world. |
5 |
Getting to know you Discussing growing up, spelling in French, predicting future events and describing themselves. |
Family and Friends This half term, the children discuss meeting family members, types of homes, describing their house, the farm and animals. |
That’s tasty All about drinks, restaurant times, breakfast, sandwiches, describing food and pizza. |
School Life Finding out about positions within the classroom, objects, subjects, maths lessons and asking questions. |
All about ourselves Continuing to learning about body parts, describing appearance, activities in school, feelings and visiting the doctors. |
Time and travelling Starting the count into thousands, focusing on grammar and ages, when they were born, famous French lives and historical events. |
6 |
Shopping Prepping for the French trip with shop conversations, money, shopping lists and overall shopping experience. |
All in a day Looking at the time of day to support their trip, reading a clock and looking at the travel process and school week. |
Visiting a French town Who lives where? What can you do in a town, a town on a map and visiting a home – all in preparation for their trip. |
This is France Final preparation with distances, direction, nationalities, neighbours and Paris. |
Visiting France Using vocabulary learnt throughout school, including greetings and shopping. |
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