English:
Unit 1- Non-Fiction- Explanation
We will identify the key features of explanation texts.
We will apply these features within our own writing to explain how an invention of our own design works.
Unit 2- Fiction- Local legends
We will explore a number of local legends and recognise key elements within the narrative structure of legends.
We will discuss Humphrey Kynaston, ‘The Robin Hood of Shropshire’ and his legendary horse Beelzebub, and how together they eluded the Sheriff time and time again.
We will practice applying Yr3 descriptive writing features to tell the legend of Humphrey’s greatest escape.
Unit 3- Key Text- Tell Me a Dragon- Jackie Morris
We will incorporate a scheme of work by Pie Corbett to create a wide range of fiction and non-fiction text types linked to dragons. These will include texts such as explanation, scripts, passports, instructions, poetry and description with figurative language features.
Reading:
Summer 1- Pathways- Non-Fiction- Illustrated Atlas of Britain and Ireland by Struan Reid and Megan Cull
We will practice retrieving and recording information, use dictionaries to check meaning and also identify how language structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
Summer 2- Pathways- Fiction- The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
We will continue to retrieve and record information from both fiction and non-fiction texts. We will practice identifying main ideas and summarising and also continue to practice inferring information from texts.
Maths:
Summer 1-
Place value- We will revise place value, exploring different representations of number and practising identifying and estimating numbers. We will also apply this to reading scales for measure.
Measure- We will revise reading time accurately. We will identify and represent time both digitally and on analogue clocks and explore the 24 hour clock.
Calculation 1- We will revise mental and written methods for addition and subtraction and apply these to solve problems including using inverse to check. We will also apply these in the context of money.
Summer 2-
Fractions- We will revise our fractions knowledge so far, including: ordering fractions, adding and subtracting fractions and identifying simple equivalence. We will then apply this to solve problems.
Calculation 2- We will revise mental and written methods for multiplication and division and apply these to solve problems.
Science:
Forces- Friction- We will investigate and make observations about how objects move on a range of surfaces.
‘Let’s Plant It’- We will explore what plants need to grow, set up fair investigations and make observations over time. We will also explore the process of pollination and identify the functions of basic plant parts.
Geography:
Contrasting locality:
‘Different Places, Similar Lives’- We will explore school life in different locations around the world. We will compare our local area to a non- European location – ‘Magurameno Village’ in Zambia. We will create sketch maps of simple routes and interpret aerial views, climate graphs, ordnance survey maps and photographs to identify similarities and differences between these locations.
MFL:
Fruits and vegetables/ Hungry Giant
We will:
· Understand, say and recall fruit and vegetable nouns
· Count fruits and vegetable
· Understand a story about fruits and vegetables
· Ask politely for a fruit or vegetable
· Write sentences using a model
Computing:
Using Scratch:
Summer 1- Programme a sequence in music
Summer 2- Programme events and actions
Music:
Charanga Unit – ‘Bringing Us Together’- Musical Style- Disco.
Art:
Summer 1- Making animated drawings- We will explore and discuss the work of artists that make drawn animations. Then in combination with our DT unit on mechanisms we will create moving pictures.
Summer 2- Using natural materials to make images- We will explore using the world around us as ‘ingredients’ which can make art. We will also explore using light exposure to create art, including the work of the first female photographer Anna Atkins.
DT
Summer 1- Mechanisms-We will create moving pictures using levers and pivots. These will link to our previous work on inventions through history and also take inspiration from ‘Cracking Contraptions’ by Wallace and Gromit.
Summer 2 - Textiles- As part of our Geography unit learning about school life around the world, we will be designing and applying sewing skills to create a pencil case.
PE:
Strike and Field/ Athletics
Swimming- We will complete a 10 week sequence of sessions.
RE:
Summer 1- What is the trinity and why is it important to Christians?
Summer 2- How and why people try to make the world a better place