Autumn first half Year 4. Mrs Charters and. Mr McEwen. World War 2

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1 Autumn first half 2014 Year 4 Mrs Charters and Mr McEwen World War 2

2 Topic: WW 2 Geography Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural History Locate the world s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and concentrating on environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities. The local environment, Studland, Portland, Weymouth, and its role in World War 2. Map reading skills. Comparing maps from 1940s with today and identifying physical changes to the local environment. Identify why Studland was chosen as a practice site for D-Day. Nothe Forte visit. Music Compositional work based on wartime poetry (percussion) Graphic scores based on 'The Blitz' Spiritual: How can we show respect to others' thoughts and beliefs? Moral: Rise of Nazism Discrimination links with contemporary events The Holocaust why were the Jews and other minority groups picked out? Social: Living conditions, refugee camps, charity work Has the war helped us live in a fairer more equal society? Rationing and the impact upon healthy eating and nutrition Changing roles of the family and women Use of propaganda and persuasive techniques Understand the main reasons for the outbreak of World War Two. Learn the chronology of the main events and understand the key factors that influenced the outcome of the war. Identify the key Leaders and the main Axis and Allied countries. Investigate life as an evacuee, rationing, changes to roles of women and family in the 1940s. Learn about the characteristic features of the Bltz The Holocaust Understand and identify the impact of the war on post-war society. Research the changing technology of war. Maths Find 1000 more or less than a given number Recognise the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number

3 Study of music from the era and prolific musicians/performers Swing Music/Big Bands Glenn Miller Jazz and Blues Music Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald Keyboard and tuned percussion work (improvisation/12 bar blues) Popular instruments of the time (brass/saxophone/piano/families of instruments) Singing in a variety of styles ( I Wanna Sing Scat/Air Raid/We'll Meet Again/Bathtime Blues) English Stories from World War 2 Stories about World War Two including Blitz and Good Night Mr Tom. Read and analyse extracts from the The Silver Sword and Anne Frank s Diary. Identify themes and conventions in a range of descriptive writing Discussing and analysing texts Practise justifying own views about independent reading Drawing inferences such as deductions Cultural: 1940's tea party 1940's artists immigrating to the USA American and African influences upon music of the 1940's era Science Identify that animals, including humans, need the right type and amount of nutrition Describe the basic function of the main parts of the digestive system in humans and explain how food is broken down Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Investigate different ways in which we can look after our teeth and explain why it is important to do so Find out what animals eat and what animals' teeth tell us Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Investigate and try out different recipes for home-made toothpaste WW2 rationing and the implications for healthy eating and adequate nutrition Order and compare numbers beyond 1000 Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations Practise mental addition and subtraction methods with increasingly large numbers to aid fluency Solve addition and subtraction 2-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why Identify lines of symmetry in 2D shapes presented in different orientations Complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a line of symmetry Make patterns by repeatedly reflecting shapes in vertical lines of symmetry Count in multiples of 6 and 9 Understand that multiplication can be done in any order Recall the multiplication and division facts for the 6X and 9X Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions Generate a fraction equivalent to a half or quarter then compare and make a family of equivalent fractions Learn to divide by the denominator and multiply by the numerator to find a nonunit fraction of a quantity Recognise where a shape will be after translations of a given unit to the left/right

4 about characters feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence from the text. Develop confidence in using language when speaking in a wider variety of contexts including presentations and debates Spell exception words that don t conform to rules Extend vocabulary of powerful words including specific topic words Developing letter writing skills using both formal and informal style. Develop diary writing as a narrative technique Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far Assess the effectiveness of own and others writing and suggesting improvements Proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, e.g. the accurate use of pronouns in sentences Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors ICT Develop an educational computer game using selection and repetition. Start to de-bug computer programs. Recognise the importance of user interface design. RE The study of how special the relationship between Jews and God is and the promises they make to each other Discussion about agreements and promises in everyday life and what to expect when you make an agreement Research work about synagogues (Torah Scroll/Ner Tamid/Prayer Shawl) Research work about Jewish homes (Mezuzah/Shema) DT Design and construct evacuee boxes. Cutting and joining materials. and up/down on squared and triangular grids Use co-ordinates to describe the position of a point in a grid on the first quadrant PSHCE Celebrating Difference. Jig-Saw programme; Being me in My World What is discrimination? Discuss the importance of the family as a unit, orphaned children Investigate the importance of society looking after the individual Art/D.T Investigating the role of Art in posters and propaganda of the era. Fashion of the 1940s. Developing painting skills inspired by Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists. Appreciating Picasso s Guernica painting.

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