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

 

      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.

 
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

 

      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

 

      ‘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