EASTINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Teacher/s: Mrs Rome and Ms Heatly (Mrs Pandya will return from maternity leave in Spring 2026)
Teaching Assistant/s: Miss Bingle/Mrs Yorke
Volunteer/s: Mr Dougan
EASTINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Curriculum information
Class 4 2025-2026
Terms 1 & 2
The topics that we will be covering during this term of
‘The Ancients – Ancient Maya, Greece and Egypt’
are:
| English | Class text: Who let the Gods out?
Text genres: adventure stories, non-chronological reports, performance poetry |
| Maths | Place value
Addition and subtraction Measurement: length, perimeter and area Multiplication and division In addition, we will continue our work on our four operations through 4 in 5 sessions and daily mental maths sessions. |
| Science | Properties and changes of materials
We will be comparing different materials, learning about dissolving and separating different materials.
Electricity We will be investigating circuits during this unit, looking at switches and conductors/insulators. |
| Computing
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Online safety and digital literacy
What is a computer? |
| History | Our topic for this whole Autumn term is ‘The Ancients: Maya, Greece and Egypt’.
For the first half of term we will predominantly be looking at the ancient Mayan culture and using various sources of evidence to help ask and answer questions about this period in history. We will be focusing on why we study them, their religious beliefs and where and how they lived. After half term, we will be focusing on the Greece and Ancient Egypt thinking about their culture and how they have influenced Britain today.
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| DT / Art | Art – Sculpture and 3D form: Looking at Mayan arts and crafts and using these ideas/inspirations to design and make our own Mayan piece of sculpture (pots or jewellery).
DT – Construction, mechanics and electronics: This term we will be looking at how we make structures stronger, mechanics (levers, pulleys and gears). We will be using our scientific knowledge to make a product which uses electricity/circuits.
For both, we will research ideas, plan and design, make / create and then evaluate our work and that of others. |
| PE
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Tag Rugby
Netball Dance |
| RE | How do Jews in England celebrate fesitvals?
What is it like to be a humanist in the UK today? |
| Music
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‘Make you fell my love’ – Adele
Saint Saens Christmas songs |
| PSHCE | Values / five ways of well-being (focus on ways to support our mental health and general well-being)
Define racism. Understand some myths/misconceptions about race. Zones of regulation recap. Valuing differences |
Please keep this target and curriculum information handy as it can be a useful tool in supporting your child in their learning during this term. Please do not hesitate in contacting us if you would like any further details about your child’s learning process or the curriculum being studied this term.
Many thanks, Mrs Rome & Ms Heatly J