Year 4 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Theme 1000 years of British History: food, fights and festivals. Benin: Builders, Bronzes and Beliefs The Rainforest Overarching question? Hook at the beginning? WOW ending? Trip/ visitor/ experience English Genres and focus What was life like in Britain from The Iron Age to The Anglo-Saxons? Re-enactment of Roman invasion. Roman experience in school. Poetry, Historical narrative, Information text Visit from a Viking warrior. Explanation text, Diary writing Who were the Benin and why were they so powerful? Visit to the Horniman Museum. Visit to the Horniman Museum. Writing in role, Balanced argument Science Digestion and teeth Electricity States of matter including water cycle Computing Understand how to search effectively. Understand inaccuracies in Unit 4.1 We are software Parents invited to Our Mask and Animal Sculpture Exhibition. Myths and legends. Poetry Sound Unit 4.4 We are HTML What would happen if the rainforest vanished? Rainforest exploration in the woodland walk. Animal visit. Explanation text. Information text. Classifying living things, Living things in their habitats, Food chains Unit 4.5 We are co-authors Fund raising event to raise money to support a rainforest charity. Fantasy fiction. Persuasive letter. Newspaper article. Playscripts. Living things in their habitats, Food chains Unit 4.6 We are
History History of the invaders of Great Britain: Celts Romans Vikings Anglo-Saxons Black History month October information or reliability. Search the same info using different search engines. History of the invaders of Great Britain: Celts Romans Vikings Anglo-Saxons developers Developing a simple educational game. (Scratch 1 and 2.) Context: times tables maths game. The Benin civilisation: history and culture editors - Editing and writing HTML. (Firefox and brackets) Context: creating a webpage on a place that is special to them. (Geog.) The Benin civilisation: history and culture Producing a wiki. (Learning platform with wiki tools) Context: linked pages on rainforest animals. (Geog. / Science.) meteorologists Presenting the weather. (Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint) Context: making a TV weather forecast on the weather in England and the Amazon rainforest. Geography Map work: Locating counties, cities human and physical characteristics of Great Britain Volcanoes Map work: Locating countries of the world, Europe and Africa Rainforest location of the world s rainforests, climate, rainfall, physical features and natural resources Rainforest location of the world s rainforests, climate, rainfall, physical features, natural resources. Introduction to longitude and latitude Human geography people of the rainforest
Art Observational drawings of artefacts Mosaic Art relating to Jesus in art and Christmas 3D modelling of animals in Benin. Henri Rousseau e.g. using Tiger, tiger burning bright as a stimulus for creating own rainforest artwork. Fabric and textiles tie dyeing. DT Food tech.: making Roman honey bread. Design and make an electronic Christmas card or decoration. To build on work from terms 1, plus... To be able to use physical descriptions of people e.g. les cheveux, les yeux, grand(e), petit(e) their nationality Je suis anglais/e etc. their age J ai...ans and someone else s Design and make a woven picture. Design and make an object to sell to raise funds for the rainforest. previous terms,plus To revise or introduce o clock times at what time you do a sport Ability to talk about themselves what they like/dislike/descriptio ns/sports played etc. French To reinforce basic instructions in French so that they become used to following them in class (feelings) To encourage students to use French in the classroom whenever they can To show students that languages can be fun and to create an environment where all students feel able to participate To build on term 2 work, plus... To be able to use very basic sentences and hold a basic conversation in French To build on likes and dislikes using colours and 5-10 new masculine nouns and the classroom objects (e.g. un velo, un chien, un chat, un lapin, un previous terms, plus what the weather is and what it is like in different countries/towns To be able to use the connectives and, but, also previous terms, plus Continue with weather To be able to identify simple sports To use them in simple sentences, commenting on what they play etc. To use connectives/time expressions On Monday I play but on Tuesday I do
at their own level To improve confidence in joining in and speaking words in French with the emphasis being on communication rather than accuracy To revise months, dates, alphabet To introduce simple vocabulary for asking simple questions e.g. What is it? Can I have..., classroom objects. age Il/Elle a...ans t-shirt, un pullover, un chapeau) Adding on an opinion (because it is...) RE The key teachings of Christianity: 10 Commandments Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) Forgiveness Jesus 2 commandments (to love God and to love one another) Jesus in art: What can we find out about Jesus through art? Christmas Mary s journeys. Islam: Symbols (star and crescent) Beliefs The Qur an Islam; Zakat and Sawm Easter Islam: Salat Place of worship the mosque Pilgrimage in Christianity. Islam Hajj Festival Eid ul-adha PSCHE Relationshipsrecognising Health & Wellbeing- Relationships - how to Health & Wellbeing - making Wider world - importance of How money plays an important part in
risky or negative behaviours, including bullying and abuse including first aid. Link to Safe & Sound Week. Visit by Fire Service recognise and maintain emotions. informed choices responsibility and actions. Link to Mini Pots of Care people's lives. PE Games 1 2 Dance Games 3-4 Gym Games 5 6 Games 7 8 Athletics OAA