Curriculum Overview 2016-2017 Year Group : Four Curriculum Area Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Lights, Camera, Action The Terrible Tudors It s Magic! Vicious Vikings Marvellous Mountains / Extreme Environments English Science Books: Edward Tulane Poems by Michael Rosen Poetry Informal letters Diary entries Advertising Newspaper articles Play scripts Comic strip using Comic Life App Lights and Shadows Movement of the Earth around the Books: Terry Dreary Tudor Tales Narrative Persuasive writing Information booklets Drama No Science this half term Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone Character descriptions Setting descriptions Information text Diary writing Instruction writing Spells Poetry Solids, liquids and gases. Properties of states of materials. Possible ideas for books: Terry Dreary- T last Viking Non-Fiction- Vicious Vikings Persuasive writing Diary Entry Letter Sounds: How sounds are made Recognising Gregory Cool Diary writing Playscripts Manford Travel Agents - Children to become travel agents and mountaineers - Story mapping and writing - Brochures (Mountain holidays) - Letters (Formal) - Drama Mountain rescue and disaster - Rocks and Soils - Identify what are the different types of rocks and soils - What are their characteristics?
Computing sun How shadows are formed Translucent, Transparent and Opaque Sundials We are Musicians Using the IPads to create a sound track for a silent movie (Linked to Music, English and DT) Use of Garage Band App Compose and Record Unit 4.5- We are co authors Creating and editing a wiki page about: - The Tudors - Kings and Queens through the ages - Henry VIII and his 6 wives Changes between states: freezing, melting, evaporation, condensation Investigating the effect of temperature on evaporation Evaporation and condensation s roles in the water cycle. We are toy designers: Using the scratch programme to turn magical toy ideas into prototypes. vibrations from sound travel through a medium to the ear Pitch and volume How distance affects sound We are software designers: Create a game based on Vikings using Scratch - How do they affect plant growth and animal life? - Are the rocks manmade or natural? - How does a volcano erupt? Classification of living things and changing habitats - How can we classify living things? - how are animals adapted to their habitat? - How can we protect their habitat? - Helping plants grow well Unit 4.6 We are meteorologists (Geography link) _ Children will become weather presenters. - How can meteorologists tell the weather - Write and film their own weather programme. - Unit 4.4 We are HTML Editors - Show awareness of digital content - Use different software s to design different algorithms - Express with diagrams
Physical Education History Gymnastics Balancing and travelling across apparatus. Football skills History of Cinematography with a focus on Silent movies History of the movies Oscars, Hollywood walk of fame etc Dodge Ball Invasion Games Controlling and receiving Kings and Queens through the ages since 1066 with a focus on The Tudors. The beginning of the Tudor reign Who are they? Influences of the Tudors on the world Characteristics of Henry VIII Henry VIII and his wives Discuss how political alliance was important in marriage. Dance Hockey skills No History Netball and basketball: Throwing and catching with accuracy Tactics Applying rules Viking raids an invasions Placing Anglo- Saxon and Vikings in a chronological framework. King Alfred Edward Confessor and his death Dance Striking and fielding Rounders No History this term Geography No Geography The world during Tudor times to now Looking at the maps available them and now. No Geography Digital mapping: Locating landmarks/ places Map the Mountains - How is a mountain formed - Different types of mountains - What is a volcano? - Different habitats around the
Identifying the new countries discovered in Tudor times Tudor exploration and famous explorers journey of the Viking Long Boat using compass points to describe it world Rainforests, desert etc. - Identifying certain habitats and terrains on a map. Weather - Learn about the different types of weather - How is the weather different in other parts of the world compared to UK? Music Design and Technology Religious Education See computing section for the main lessons Ukulele sessions once a week with the Redbridge Music Centre *Shadow Puppet Theatres -Creating a Shadow puppet theatre from cereal boxes and tracing paper - Puppets out of paper and lollypop sticks / doweling Judaism - Festivals: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - Kosher foods - Items in a Jewish household Music Express Dragon scales Rhythmic patterns Musical vocabulary No Design and Technology this term Why is the Bible special for Christians - What do we know? - Why is it special? - How do we use it at Christmas? - How do we use it at Production singing and performing music Wizard purses - Design purses. - Cross-stitch, back stitch and running stitch. - Secure fastenings. - Sewing and cutting fabric. Judaism - Synagogues What can be found in synagogue and the relevance of the different items - The Torah the Production singing and performing music No DT Creation story Links between other religions and Judaism Looking at the Writing own songs Design and make a story book that moves (Link with the Science: A volcano popup book) - Children will look at different levers - How should we relate to the world? - Reflect on relationships between humans and the natural world around them - Think about how to create an
Art SMSC Educational visits/ special events Tone and shading - Sketching Pencils - Charcoal - Watercolour Rights and Responsibilities Why I am special Harvest festival at the church Christmas at the church Orienteering church and at home? - What inspires and guides me in my life? Tudor Portraits focusing on the artist Holbein Healthy Lifestyle Looking after me Tower of London Synagogue history of the Torah and the stories within Making goblets out of clay. Adding clay to clay. Surface texture. Patterns by pressing objects. Time Warp (Arts Week) Comparison of Andy Warhol s print and magic potions How rules and law affect me. Year 3 and 4 Production. natural world. Build up shapes and patterns Community around us Year 3 and 4 Production ideal world and look at stories of creation - How did the world begin - How and why to people care for living things - Why should we look after the world? Henry Rousseau Creating a decoupage picture Reflection on behaviour Fairlop waters Canoeing trip
Business Enterprise Community Project Share a Talent In teams, children teach a session based on their own skill.