Year 3 and 4 long term Planning Year A (2017) (Year 4 Science) Year 3 Kensuke s Kingdom Disaster Strikes Children bring in their suitcase with a limited number of treasured possessions. Kensuke s Kingdom Film Unit: Taking Flight English: Diaries, explanation texts, interviews Science: Sound Geography: Locate the places Michael travelled to. History: Timeline of main events. : E-safety: Awareness raising, Communicating On-line and images, Social Networking Class Democracy Design a shelter/vessel Japan day Black History Month Rise of the Robots Robot has invaded the classroom Class novel Iron Man by Ted Hughes Film Unit: The Iron Giant/ Girl and Robot English: Adventure stories, newspaper articles Science: Electricity Geog/Hist: history of inventions : E-safety: Gaming and collaboration Big Robots: programming Bee-Bots & Probots; Light-Bots coding D.T/Art: pointillism, design and make a robot Road Safety Week Anti-bullying Week *Planet Protectors Mission to save the Earth! Class Novel: Stig of the Dump/The Iron Woman Film unit: Tabula Rasa Science: All Living things/states of matter English: narrative, nonchronological reports, persuasive letters Geog/Hist: Water cycle, human geography - land use : E-safety: Cyber Bullying & Reporting Abuse Get Blogging Visits/Visitor: Planetarium Sheet materials project linked to topic Christian Aid week 13-19 th May Romans The Romans have invaded our classroom! Romans on the rampage by Jeremy Strong Escape from Pompeii Christina Ballit Eagle of the Ninth Film unit: The Story of the Horse The History Shed English: Escape from Pompeii stories, newspaper reports Science: Animals including Humans History: Roman Empire and impact on Britain : E-safety: Friend or Foe We are publishers Visit/visitors: Norwich Castle Coast to Coast Woodland Picnic Wind in the Willows Film unit: English: Recount, play scripts Persuasive writing Poetry The River Song Brian Pattern Shape, Concrete Poems and Blank Verse Science: States of matter Geography rivers : E-safety: Copy Right, what is it? We love games Visit/visitors: Jessica Jane Applegate Paralympian swimmer D.T/Art: Painting: Watercolours Anglo Saxon, Scots and Vikings (History Focus) Anglo-Saxon day How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell, Beowulf Film unit: The Dragon Slayer The Saga of Biorn Jotun-Journey of a Viking (The History Shed) English: Myths and Legends, Poems to perform Science: Animals, including humans History Britain s settlement by Anglo- Saxons and : E-safety: Passwords & Security (Virus, downloads, pop ups and scams) My first program D.T/Art: Drawing, collage, Trip: West Stow Anglo Saxon village
Getting to know you Numbers (1 15) Recognition of different sounds asking and responding to questions. All About Me Further intro basic conversation. Numbers (Age) Continuation of 2a. Family and friends Colours Beginning to write words see sound patterns in written form develop School Supplies Writing short phrases asking and responding to questions. D.T/Art: mosaics Food Glorious Food Fruit and Vegetables Further understanding of gender Understanding of plurals develop listening skills and Trip: Hunstanton/local walk Fruit and Veg (continued) Asking and answering questions writing basic sentences. Our School School Supplies (continued) Understanding French gender using a bilingual dictionary. Time Description (shapes and colours) Saying and writing longer phrases cultural element
Year B (Year 3 Science) Year 4 *Stone Age to Iron Age History Focus Time travel; outdoors for the day Stone Age Boy Film Unit: Cave of the Yellow Dog Film Education English: Diary, Letter, Poetry Science: Rocks History: Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age : E safety Awareness raising, Communicating On-line and images, Social Networking We Built This City Design your own 3D World using Minecraft. Farm to Fork Mini Beast Zoo Charlotte s Web Film Unit: The Windmill Farmer Animal Farm (Film Education) English: Narrative set in a familiar setting Poetry Science: Animals/Plants Geography: Locational knowledge, Human and Physical Geography : E-safety: Gaming and collaboration Making Games; create your very first computer game in Scratch. farm; invite parents from the farming Ancient Egypt History Focus Inside a pyramid, making a mummy The Cat of Bubastes The Time Travelling Cat Julia Jarman Film Unit: The Egyptians (The History Shed) Treasure English: Quest myth Myths Legends & Fables Explanation texts Information Texts Science: Forces and Magnets History: Achievements of the earliest civilisations : E-safety: Cyber Bullying & Reporting Abuse Interface Designer: Lights, Camera, Action On a film set The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The Secret of Platform 13 Film Unit: Pixar films English: Stories set in imaginary worlds. Portals. Science: Light Geography Place knowledge E-safety: Friend or Foe Hurrah for Hollywood The children will devise their own characters, plot and storyboard before filming a short Healthy Me A day in the life of an Olympian Malala s Magic Pencil Brown Girl Dreaming Gregory Cool Film Unit: Paralympians The Sports Shed The Sports Shed English: Nonchronological report Instructions Information texts Science: Animals, including humans Plants Geography: Place knowledge Explorers and Engineers Geography/D.T Focus Inventor s workshop Operation Gadget man by Malorie Blackman Traction Man by Mini Grey Film Unit: The Lego story The History Shed The Shirt Machine and Once in a Lifetime English: Information texts Autobiography & Biography Science: Forces and Magnets Geography: Skills and fieldwork
Grimes Graves Holt Hall Pre-historic survival skills Cave paintings Japan day Black History Month community Printing Road Safety Week Anti-bullying Week Children will build a basic web page using tags and elements to change the design and the colour of the web page. Norwich Castle; Swaffham Museum Construction product linked to topic - pyramid movie which they will then edit in Movie Maker Theatre visit The Forum BBC Puppet workshop Textiles product linked to topic - puppet : E-safety: Copy Right, what is it? Final Score: Create own sports report online using Google docs Sports people in the community Food product linked to topic : E-safety: Passwords & Security (Virus, downloads, pop ups and scams) Back to the Future - children will create their own blog detailing what they learn from researching about different technologies, inventors and the different components of a computer. Tesco bakery Norwich Inspire The Science Museum, London Project: Moon buggy
Days of the week Reading and listening use of bilingual dictionary. Numbers (up to 31) Plurals developing Months of the year Cultural element engaging in basic conversation. What is the date? Asking and responding to questions. Parts of head and face Listening and developing confidence in speaking further knowledge of plural nouns.. Parts of the body Further accurate pronunciation of French vowel sounds Animals Revision of earlier units colours, numbers, parts of face/body word order in French sentences. Description (colours) Correct word order in longer sentences speaking with confidence.