Curriculum Coverage 2016-2017 Year 4 Autumn 1 & Autumn 2 Spring 1 & Spring 2 Summer 1 & Summer 2 Project Title 14 weeks Revolting Romans 13 weeks Around the world in 80 days. 12 weeks To be confirmed by the class teacher. Essential Question Why were the Romans revolting? What makes the earth special? To be confirmed by the class teacher. Purpose/real outcome Audience Immersive environment ideas Text Topic Overview Geographical Vocabulary N.C WOW Experience Suggestions Roman Shields Working Volcanoes Volcano wall. Roman Villa book corner The Thieves Of Ostia Caroline Lawrence Escape from Pompeii - Christina-Balit Roman History & Volcanoes Open evening for parents to explore the children s journey around the world. Children to act as tour guides. Huge map for working wall that is constantly updated with facts about their trip. Planes and globes hanging from the ceiling. Gorilla City Charlie Small. World Tour linked to living things & their habitats - Geography & science. Look at Anglo Saxons & Vikings - History - see N.C for objectives Region, human and physical geography, volcanoes, earthquakes, maps, countries, major cities, Europe, physical and human characteristics. Chester Trip Dewa Experience Stanley head residential Visitor with animals Sutton Hoo Time Zone team Hanley Museum Saxons Staffordshire Hoard/Art Gallery choose focus artist
History Roman Empire &it s impact on Britain. Marco Polo - China Invasions, settlements, Geography *Julias Caesar s attempted invasion. *Roman Empire & successful invasiom. *British resistanceeg. Boudicca -Romanisation of Britain Physical geography describe and understand key aspects of volcanoes Use maps, atlases, globes to locate countries and describe features studied Locate the worlds countries focusing on Europe Human & Physical geography describe & understand key aspects of volanoes & earthquakes Locate the world s countries using maps to focus counties and capitals. check language Look at Paris re French trip & compare similarities & differences between Russia & UK Human and physical features Time zones amending watches Equator, latitude, longitude, hemisphere Locate the worlds countries Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, equator, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere and the tropics of cancer &Capricorn. Science Sounds *Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating. vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear. *Find patterns States of matter *Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases. *Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and Electricity *Identify common appliances that run on electricity *Construct a simple electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and Living Things & Their habitats living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. *Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify, and name a variety of living things in Animals, including humans. *Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans. *Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions.
between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it. *Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it. sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celcius. *Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evapoation with temperature. buzzers. *Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery. a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit. *Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors. their local and wider environment. environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. Animals, including humans. *Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey. Art & Design Art & Design LINK TO :- Thomas Edison developed & patented electric lightbulb (common misconception he did not invent) Children should be taught to:- To create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas. To improve their mastery of art & design techniques including drawing, painting & sculpture with a range of materials (eg. pencil, charcal, paint, clay) About great artists, architect and designers in history. Eiffel Tower 3D construction Projects Mosaic tiles/ link to symmetry (maths) inspired by architecture. Roman Arches pg 68 link to Chester trip Moscow s magical cathedral Hands on architecture Anglo Saxon Art Focus on artist whose work is in Hanley museum find out before hand paint in that style
Skills Collect information from a number of different sources and use this information to inform design ideas in words, labelled sketches, diagrams and models, keeping in mind fitness for purpose and the end user. Animal patterns camouflage pics Colour mixing & chinese house boats. Investigate, combine and organise visual and tactile qualities of materials and processes when making something. Exploding volcanoes construct using papier mache Design & Technology Design & Technology Using these skills you need to think of design & technology Cooking reversible (chocolate) and irreversible (cakes- biscuits)) changes apply/mastery Children should be taught to:- Design Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups. Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated skethces, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer aided design. Make Select and use a wider range of tools and equpment to perform practical tasks (eg. cutting, shaping, joining & finishing), accurately. Select from & use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities. Evaluate Investigate & analyse a range of existing products. Evaluate their ideas and poducts against their own design criteria & consider the views of others to improve their work. Understand how key events and individuals in design & technology have helped to shape the world. Design a model that requires an electric circuit i.e. lighthouse, game etc. Link to classification keys and make using circuits & bulbs for yes & no.
projects tocoincide with your topic. RE Use the new Stoke on Trent agreed syllabus PSHE Democracy Conservattion WWF Use the agreed syllabus. Significant people Pliny the Elder Architect John Douglas Structures in Chester Marco Polo China Discoverer Christopher Colombus Link with science Leonardo Da Vinci discovered sound travels in waves. Votes for women Emmeline Pankhurst/Emily Davison