Term Autumn Autumn Spring English Maths Curriculum Focus Science Focus Texts - Who let the Gods out? Moz Evans Beasts of Olympus-Beast Keeper-Lucy Coates Fleeced - Julia Willis Focus Texts -The building of America- WareThompson Focus Texts - Invasion June Crebbin Outlaw Michael Morpurgo See White Rose Planning History Ancient Greeks Has Greece always been in the news? Where would you choose to build a city? History Why were the Norman castles certainly not bouncy? Fit for Success Y3 Animals including humans: focus on food, nutrition, skeleton A World of Living Things Y4-Living things their habitats Magnetic Fun Games Y3- Forces Magnets YEAR A Computing (Switched on Computing) Y3 Unit 3. We are programmers (programming animation) Y3 Unit 3. We are the bug fixers (finding correcting bugs in programmes) Y3 Unit 3.3 We are presenters (videoing performance) PE Year 3 Athletics distance challenge OAA- Where am I? Swimming Gymnastics balancing act Swimming Target Baggers. Dance (coach to deliver) Three Touch Ball. HD classswimming Art / DT Greek Gods- Investigate portraits- considering how they tell us about an individual. Paint pictures of ancient Greek Gods (focus- select use different brushes for different purposes; technique-precision; evaluate work- what they like/dislike in order to improve) Investigate patterns in textiles from different times cultures. Investigate stencilling print-making techniques Sculpture-Research how Greeks make Clay pots; use coiling as a technique. Sketching lscapesevaluate work. Research describe the work of artists. Design make a tall building. Examine the Bayeux Tapestry recreate a collage to capture life today. Research Motte Bailey castles then design make one. Create a clay plaque which depicits a Norman castle theme. PSHCE / SMSC SEAL topics New Beginnings Self-Awareness Social Skills Getting on Falling out. Social skills (cover bullying for - weeks due to anti bullying week in November) SEAL Say no to bullying. Self- Awareness Social Skills MFL French / Salut Core Unit A Animals B Food C At School RE Y4 How why do religious people show care for each other? Why do call Jesus the light of the world? believe about Jesus? Music Let your Spirit Fly Glockenspiel Stage Three Little Birds Spring Focus Texts- Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf David Almond Why is Durham such a cool place to live? What s the Matter? Y4- States of Matter Y3 Unit 3.4 We are vloggers (Making sharing a short screencast presentation) Arc Rounders. HD classswimming Design make a bridge that has a level attached so it can open. Create their own water colours washes linked to their paintings. Going for Goals D Playtime Why is lent such an important period for? The Dragon Song
Summer Focus Texts - Little Nose- John Grant, One Small Blue Beard Byrd Baylor, First Painter Kathryn Laskey History- Stone Age Bronze Age. Who first lived in Britain? Rhythm Spectacular~ Y4- Sound Y3 Unit 3.5 We are communicator s (communicating safety on the internet) (Teachers to select a core task) Athletics- Faster, Higher, Further Dance- Round the Clock. Design make their own model shelters after researching shelters of early Britons. Experiment with their own art based on the Ancient Britons. Good to be Me. E My Home believe about god? Bringing us together. Summer Focus Texts - The Mystery of the Mona Lisa Elizabeth Singer Hunt Geography Why would people go the Mediterranean * for their holidays? (*European country) A Feast of Flowers, Fruits Seeds Y3-Plants with a focus on life cycles Y3 Unit 3.6 We are opinion pollsters (collecting analysing data) Mini Tennis OAAsearch Rescue. Design make a Mediterranean dish. Paint in the style of a Mediterranean artist. Relationshi ps Changes Social skills Core Unit Assessment believe about god? Reflect, Rewind Replay
Term Autum n Autum n Spring Spring English Maths Curriculum Focus Science Focus Text - Anglo Saxon Boy-Tony Bradman, Saxon Tales: The King Who Threw Away His Throne Terry Deary Focus Text - A River Marc Martin The River an Epic Journey to the Sea Patricia Hegarty Focus Text - You wouldn t want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge Thomas Ratliff Focus Text - The Captive Celt Terry Deary Roman Invasion (my story) Jim Eldridge See White Rose Planning History Were the Anglo- Saxons really smashing? Geography Why is the Wear so important to our country? bridges in the UK around the world History Why were the Romans so powerful what did we learn from them? Animals All Around Y4- Animals including humans Prodigious Plants Y3- Plants their needs how they work Marvellous Matter Y4- States of Matter Lights, Camera, Action Y3- Light Computing (Switched on Computing) Y4 Unit 4. We are software developers (developing a simple educational game) Y4 Unit 4.4 We are HTML editors (Editing writing HMTL) Y4 Unit 4.5 We are coauthors (Producing a wiki) Y4 Unit 4. We are toy designers (Prototyping an interactive toy) PE Art / DT Greek Godsinvestigate portraitsconsider how they tell us about an individual. Paint Pictures of ancient Greek Gods Investigate patterns in the Greek culture. (print making stencilling) Sculptureclay pots; shields. Look at the work of famous artists use water colour or washes to create lscape paintings that includes the river wear. Research, design make a roman weapon that would PSHCE / SMSC SEAL- New Beginnings Getting on Falling out Say No to Bullying Going for Goals MFL RE Music Recap Recap Core Unit Core Unit Recap F My Town G Describing People H The Body Y3 How do Hindu s worship? How why is advent important to? What can we learn about Christian symbols beliefs? remember on palm Sunday? Mamma Mia Glockenspi el Stage Stop! Lean on Me
Summ er Summ er Focus Text - Escape from Pompeii Christina Ballitt Journey to the Centre of the Earth Focus Text - My Friend Walter Michael Morpurgo The Boy the Globe - Tony Bradman What makes the Earth angry? History British history beyond 066. Focus- Tudors Rocks Rule! Y3- Rocks It s Electrifying! Y4- Electricity Y4 Unit 4.3 We are musicians (Producing digital music) Y4 Unit 4.6 We are meteorologists (Presenting the weather) help them capture cities. Design make a volcano that will erupt. Good to be Me. Relationshi ps Changes I Sport Core Unit Assessmen t Hindui s believe how does it affect the way they live their lives? Hindui s believe how does it affect the way they live their lives? Blackbird Reflect, rewind replay
Year A Literacy Ideas Myths Legends- read Greek Myths, identifying key features. Plan write own quest myths using key features of characterisation story structure. Instructions- write instructions for how to make a Pasteli. Reports- research Ancient Greek Gods write a report- focus on language features of non-fiction writing. Dialogue- consider questions we have about Greece use information books to find answers. use the questions answers to write up record as an interview. Poetry- write poetry based on the sun, collecting descriptive words phrases.