First and Primary Schools

Suggested Year 4 units

Below you will find units of work that we suggest for Year 4.

Please note:

  • It is not a rigid scheme of work, so feel free to move things around if it works better in your school. 
  • This layout does not contain all the units available for First and Primary schools.
  • All KS2 units available can be found HERE

Year 4

Autumn 1

Digital literacy and online safety - Year 4

Six lessons taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent digital citizenship curriculum, covering a wide range of topics including well-being, privacy and security, online identity, relationships, communication and the media.

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Autumn 2

Searching the Web

Take a detailed look at all elements of searching the web with care and consideration, covering: searching tricks, validating websites, improving your searches, searching images and searching online maps.

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Spring 1

Programming Scratch Maze Games

Teach algorithms, repetition, conditions and variables, while introducing students to Scratch’s block-based coding language. Build adventure maze games and design your own levels, characters and objects to collect.

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Spring 2

3D Design

Introduce 3D modelling and design and take a look at how these skills are used in the real world in a huge variety of different careers. Learn the basics of 3D modelling software Sketchup, and then put your design skills to the test with a variety of projects, including designing furniture and buildings. 

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Summer 1

Kodu - An independent project

Give your class the opportunity to unleash their full creative and coding potential with this independent Kodu project. Students will work independently to plan, design, test and evaluate their own Kodu game, using a resource bank of ideas to support them.

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Summer 2

Computational Thinking - Alien Contact! 

An unplugged unit to develop your students into strong computational thinkers by solving a wide range of exciting unplugged problems. Will they be able to solve the problems, earn the trust of an alien species and cement a new galactic friendship?!

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Need more?!  Take a look at the whole KS2 collection here

All KS2 units