Curriculum Long Term Plan 2015 - Y3/4 - Teacher R.Badley Field Lane Primary School Autumn Term 1 Developing setting and character description. Using The Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland as our text. Poetry. Performance poetry focus. Looking at features of repetition, rhyme, alliteration. Orally performing a poem. Number & Place Value focus. Partitioning numbers into Thousands, Hundreds, Tens & Units Comparing and ordering numbers. Using greater than and less than signs. Reading and writing numbers in words and figures. Estimating numbers. Addition and subtraction facts. methods for addition and subtraction. Animals Including Humans Nutrition needed by humans to survive. Food groups. Skeleton types. Muscles and how we use them. Interacting with and using our class blog. Selecting and using a variety of software. Using search technologies effectively (More with SM) Ball Games. Catching and throwing. Focus on basic skills What do creation stories tell us about the world? Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity Scarecrow Making and local traditions. Eid-al-adha Black History Month Harvest celebration. Hallowe en Treasure Looking at History, Geography, Art, Technology and International objectives. Characteristics of 2D shapes How artefacts help us find out about the past. Creating a profile of a historical person. Using historical sources. Finding out about archaeologists. Learning about the past from buildings and people in the area. Archaeologists and the work they do to uncover the past. Discovering buried artefacts. Where in the world buried treasures have been found. What makes a piece of art a treasure. Making models of different treasures Designing, making & evaluating our class scarecrow Planning and making our own historical artefacts. French in Carousel Basic phrases and learning about the country Getting to know each other. Rights and respires in our classroom. Making our class a welcoming place. Similarities and differences between people. Stereotypes and how it effects people. Bullying and how to stop it.
Autumn Term 2 Non Fiction Letter writing. Dragon Slayer (film) myths and legends. Understanding and counting up/down in tenths and hundredths. Recognising, naming and writing fractions of shape and of a number of objects. Finding fraction of a set of objects Multiplication and division facts. Use mental and written methods of multiplication. Use of and p. Combining amount and coins. Add and subtract money to get change. Compare and sequence intervals of time. Tell and write time to 5 minutes. Introduce digital clocks. Place value of different digits in a number. Compare and order numbers Electricity Simple series electric circuit. Cells, wires, bulbs, switches, buzzers. Common conductors and insulators. Common appliances that use electricity. Parts in a circuit. Problem solving with circuit. With SM Dance How are beliefs expressed through art? Guy Fawkes Night Remembrance Sunday International Human Rights Day Winter Solstice Christmas story French in carousel How to help each other in class. What makes a happy and caring class. Friendships and difficulties in relationships. How can we be happy and healthy. Keeping our brain fit. Healthy, balanced diet. Keeping teeth strong and healthy.
Spring Term 1 The legend of Spud Murphy novel. With SM Gymnastics What does it mean to be a Jew? Poetry Playing with language. Active Planet Looking at History, Geography, Art, Technology, Music and International objectives. Reading and understanding Roman numerals. Counting back through 0 negative numbers. Reading and writing numbers in numerals and words. 10, 100, 1000 more or less than a number. Equivalent fractions. Multiplication and division facts. methods for dividing numbers Measuring length and height in mm, cm, m Compare and order lengths. Measure & calculate perimeter. Find area of shapes. Properties of 2D shapes. Classifying 2D shapes. Properties of 3D shapes. Make 3D shapes. Angles and turns. Horizontal / vertical lines. Parallel / perpendicular lines. Angles in shapes. Rocks Compare and groups kinds of rock based on appearance and properties. Fossils. Soils. States of Matter Compare and group materials. Solids, liquids and gases. Explore effects of temperature. Evaporation and condensation in water cycle IPC Links Solids, liquids and gases in volcanoes. What happens when a volcano erupts. What happens when rock melts. How volcanoes can give off poisonous gas. New Years Day Celebrations St Valentines Day Shrove Tuesday Legends associated with volcanoes. Why people continue to live in volcanic areas despite dangers About the devastation of Pompeii How the Earth is formed. Volcano island, what they are and where in the world they are. What causes an earthquake. How earthquakes can be measured. Hot and cold colours. Using different materials and techniques to represent a volcano What makes buildings strong. Protective clothing and equipment. Putting together a survival kit. Different types of learners. Planning to reach a goal. Taking responsibility for learning. What is a community. How do we make a happy community. Different jobs and what people do. Local environment.
Spring Term 2 Narrative Forces and Magnets With SM Ball Skills What do Christians World Book Day Magnetic forces. The Spiderwick believe about a good Compare and group Chronicles. Fantasy materials that are attracted life? Mother s Day novels. to magnet, Attract / repel Poetry Non-chronological reports linked to IPC topic of Active Planet Active Planet Looking at History, Geography, Art, Technology, Music and International objectives. Identify numbers in different representations. Rounding numbers to nearest 10, 100, 1000 Add and subtract fractions. Compare & order fractions. Column addition and subtraction of 3 and 4 digit numbers. Commutative facts. Estimating and use of inverse. Choosing appropriate units. Measure and compare lengths, mass, capacity. Convert units of measure. Estimate measures. Interpret simple charts and tables. Present data in bar charts and tables. Tell time to nearest 5 minutes on analogue clock. Read time from 12 hour and 24 hour clocks. Light We need light in order to see things. Dark and light. Shadows. IPC Links Solids, liquids and gases in volcanoes. What happens when a volcano erupts. What happens when rock melts. How volcanoes can give off poisonous gas. Easter story Earth Day St George s Day Legends associated with volcanoes. Why people continue to live in volcanic areas despite dangers About the devastation of Pompeii How the Earth is formed. Volcano island, what they are and where in the world they are. What causes an earthquake. How earthquakes can be measured. Hot and cold colours. Using different materials and techniques to represent a volcano What makes buildings strong. Protective clothing and equipment. Putting together a survival kit. Feeling surprised. How to disagree without falling out. What do we do when we feel worried. Recognising when we feel safe. What to do when we feel unsafe or scared.
Summer Term 1 Narrative Novel. Stories from other cultures. With SM Athletics / Games Which faiths make up our community? Summer Solstice Father s Day Poetry. Different Places,. Revisit any gaps in place value knowledge. Recognise and write common fractions. Find fraction of an amount of objects. Recognise and show equivalent fractions. Multiplication and division facts. methods for multiplication. Properties of 2D and 3D shapes. Classifying shapes. Lines of symmetry. Describe positions as co=ordinates. Describe movements as translations. Plot specific points. Interpret and construct pictograms, tally charts and tables. Plants Functions of parts of a plant. Requirements for life and growth of plants. Water transportation in plant. Life cycle of plant. Habitats and Living Things Grouping living things. Classification. Changing environment. Spring / summer celebrations. May Day celebrations IPC Links Ways of life in different countries. Festivals and celebrations in different countries Important people in different countries. How important people have changed lives, Make a timeline for our host country. What different countries are life. How climate affects the way people live. Where food comes from. What people grow and eat in different countries. What products we make in our country. How people, food and water are transported. How wheels, levers, pulleys, slides and floats work. How to make amends. Taking responsibilities for our actions. Peaceful problem solving techniques. Difference between right and wrong. Helpful and unhelpful pressure and how to respond. How to keep safe.
Summer Term 2 Novel with historical setting. With SM Athletics / Games What words of wisdom guide us? Poetry Olympics Revisit gapes in place value knowledge. Equivalent fractions. Add and subtract fractions. Compare & order fractions Decimal equivalents of common fractions. Multiplication and division facts. methods for multiplication and division. Measure, compare, add and subtract lengths. Perimeter of 2D shapes. Area of shapes. Angels and turns in a shape. Lines. Pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams, tables, bar charts. Sound Identify how sounds are made vibrations. Patterns in sounds and how they are made. Volume and pitch. How exercise affects the body. What athletes need to eat. Which sports that we do in school are Olympic sports. Can we invent our own Olympic sports Compete with other schools / teams. Summer celebrations Olympics. Links with History, Geography, PE, Art, DT and International Origin of Olympic Games. How Olympics have changed over time Where next Olympics are being held. How this event changes the city holding the games. Plan our own school olympics Create a mascot for our own Olympics. Design Olympic tickets and posters How technology is used at Olympics. What technology we need for our own Olympics. How Olympic medals are made. Feelings associated with change. Similarities between males and females. Understanding stereotyping. Different kinds of families. Our hopes for the future. Celebrating our
achievements. How exercise affects the body. What athletes need to eat.