Bible lessons and Sunday Reading

• The Bible for School and Home, by Dr J. Paterson Smyth: Volume I - The Book of Genesis & Volume VII - St Matthew's Gospel of the Kingdom
• Any Bible atlas from Bookshop.org
• Hymns by John Keble
• Helps to the Study of the Bible by Oxford University Press
• Bengali Schooldays by DS Batley
• The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving

English (Writing, Dictation, Composition, Grammar)

Writing:

Transcribe 2 lines from Shakespeare play each day using this card as a model.

Dictation:

Prepare two pages each week from Reading books, then write one dictated paragraph.

Composition:

Daily oral narrations of Reading books. One written narration of a paragraph every two weeks.

Grammar:

First Grammar Lessons by Charlotte Mason 

English (Recitations)

Learn to recite the following over the year:

• 3 Psalms and 6 x 12 verse passages from King James Bible
• 1 scene from Shakespeare play
• 6 hymns from Hymns by John Keble. 
• 2 x 40 line poems from either of the following:
  • A poetry anthology by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
  • A poetry anthology by Longfellow

English (Reading)

• The Children of the New Forest by F. Marryat
• Heroes of Asgard by A and E Keary
• The Jungle Book by R. Kipling
• The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge
• Select 3 Shakespeare plays based on Shakespeare rotation.

History

British History:

A History of England from the landing of Julius Caesar to the present day by HO Arnold-Foster 

French History:

A First History of France by L. Creighton  

Child should start keeping a Book of Centuries.

Citizenship

Stories from the History of Rome by Mrs E. Beesly 

Geography

• Geographical Readers for Elementary Schools: Book III The Counties of England by Charlotte Mason 
• World atlas. Choose from a selection at Bookshop.org
• Round the Empire by Sir George Parkin 
• Our Sea Power by H.W. Household 
• Outdoor Geography by H. Hatch 

Child to make memory maps

Science & Natural History

• Between the Lines Year 4 Science and Nature Study Lesson Plans
• Countryside Rambles, by WS Furneaux
  
• A selection of British field guides on birds, animals and plants from Bookshop.org
  
• Life and her Children (A. Buckley)
• The Sciences (E. Holden)
• Madam How and Lady Why (Rev. C. Kingsley)

Picture Study

Mathematics (Arithmetic)

Lesson plans coming soon

Number Stories of Long Ago by D.E. Smith 

Foreign Languages (French)

Brushdrawing

Do watercolour brushdrawings as per the Nature Study and History lesson plans, as well as scenes from Reading books.

What to draw and how to draw it by EG Lutz – Pencil studies from objects.

Musical Appreciation

Music (Instrument)

• Teacher's Guide to Mrs Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)

• Find student videos and resources at the Curwen Music website.

Singing

• The Book of French Songs, by LS Costello (learn two French songs per term)
• The national song book: A complete collection of the folk-songs, carols and rounds suggested by the Board of Education by Sir CV Stanford (Select two English songs per term)
• Fifty steps in sight-singing by Arthur Somervell

Drill

Choose exercises from the following

• The Syllabus of Physical Training, issued by the Board of Education in 1919
• Peasant Dances of Many Lands, by Mrs Kimmins

Children are also encouraged to regularly skip and play sports such as netball, hockey, tennis, swimming and so on.

Handicrafts

• Help in house and garden
• Any book on knitting rom Bookshop.org
• The Little Girl's Sewing Book, by F. Klickmann, H. Cowham & HT. Miller
• Needlecraft in the School, by M.Swanson