Years 3 & 4

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Autumn Term 2026

Year 3 and 4

In Year 3 & 4, as we start the Autumn Term, we would just like to thank everyone for supporting our school Motto:

‘Together with Christ Everyone Achieves More’

The curriculum in Year 3 and 4 this term:

Our unit this term is called ‘ Walk Like an Egyptian'

As the school year develops, we will post information and examples of the children’s work on the Year 3 and 4 pages of the school website or our school Twitter account.

Religion

Easter
The Eucharist
Pentecost
Prayer

English

Cinderella of The Nile by Beverley Naidoo

By the end of this unit, children will be able to:

Write a short news report using the present perfect tense.
Make inferences about characters, events and feelings using evidence from the text.
Identify and use literary language to make their writing more interesting and engaging.
Explore and use abstract nouns to describe emotions and feelings.
Create an emotions graph to show how a character’s feelings change throughout the story.
Write a diary entry in role, using first person, emotional vocabulary and literary language.
Compare Cinderella of the Nile with traditional Cinderella stories, identifying similarities and differences.
Plan and write their own Cinderella-inspired story, developing characters, settings and events.
Include a moral or fable-like message within their own story.
Edit and improve their writing by choosing effective vocabulary and checking sentence structure, punctuation and grammar.

Reading Comprehension

Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by:
Identifying themes and conventions
Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by:
Drawing inferences on the basis of what is being said and done
Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far

Writing (Composition)

Plan writing by:

Discussing and recording ideas

Draft and write by:

Organising paragraphs around a theme
In non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings)

Evaluate and Edit by

Proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences

The Story of Tutankhamun by Isabel Greenburg

By the end of this unit the children will be able to:-

write a historical narrative based on the life and discovery of Tutankhamun.
write a recount of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, using chronological order.
write a character or setting description using expanded noun phrases and precise vocabulary.
write a diary entry from the perspective of Howard Carter or another person involved in the discovery.
write a non-chronological report about Ancient Egypt and Tutankhamun.
organise writing into paragraphs to group related information.
use a range of sentence structures to engage the reader and communicate information clearly.
edit and improve writing for clarity, cohesion, spelling and punctuation.

Vocabulary Outcomes:

To understand and use topic-specific vocabulary linked to Ancient Egypt, archaeology and Tutankhamun.
To explore and use ambitious adjectives to describe the tomb, artefacts and discoveries.
To use precise verbs to describe actions, discoveries and events.
To identify and use synonyms to improve word choices and avoid repetition.
To use vocabulary that creates atmosphere, suspense and intrigue.
To understand and use words associated with historical recounts, such as excavation, artefact, pharaoh, sarcophagus and hieroglyphics.
To use formal and factual language when writing a report.

End of year 4 expectations for English.

Þ I can spell most words correctly. (Please speak to your child’s class teacher about the Y3 and Y4 National Curriculum spelling lists)

Þ I can write neatly, legibly and accurately, maintaining a joined style.

Þ I can use paragraphs to organise my writing although may not always be accurate

Þ I can use fronted adverbials and use a comma afterwards.

Þ I can evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences.

Þ I can extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although.

Þ I can use sophisticated conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause.

Þ I can use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense. Present perfect tense is used for activities that started in the past but are still true now, or have an effect on what is happening now. My friend Kashaan has lived in this town for five years. We have been best friends all that time

Þ I can use inverted commas accurately.

Þ I can use the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular and irregular plurals e.g. girls’, boys’, children’s.

Author Study

Each half-term we will be focusing on a famous children’s author. Our Key Author this term is Jeremy Strong

We hope that the children will enjoy reading her texts and completing some of the activities we have planned for them so that they are enthused about reading!

Mathematics

These are the units of study we will be studying this term.