Year 4 Presents: Beowulf
Grammar, punctuation, spelling
Revise adjectives, adverbs, nouns, verbs, basic
punctuation and speech marks, and
paragraphing
Driving question
Extended homework task
Was Beowulf as brave as a lion?
English
REAL English (linked to topic)
To identify the key events in a quest story and
use this knowledge, and their knowledge of
figurative language to write a quest myth using
Mile Cross Marsh as a setting.
Instruction writing- How to trap a dragon
Hook Event
On-line reading of the Anglo-Saxon poem about
Beowulf .
Pupils box-up the main events and use these to
orally re-tell the story in their own words
Maths
REAL Maths (linked to topic)
Data Handling linked to RSPB Big Bird Watch
Art, Design and Technology (inc. cooking)
Using illustrations to aid understanding of
instructions
Essential Reading
Fiction: quest stories
Science
How has the environment of Mile Cross Marsh
and Sycamore Woods changed –seasonal
impact.
Music
Charanga
Experts
Siobham Eke – World Book Day – group story
telling
Jack Piercy – scientist joins the walk.
New technologies (inc. computing)
Using word processing for instructional writing
Outdoor Learning
Walk to Mile Cross Marsh to map out quest
story
Trips, Visits and Workshops
Walk to Mile Cross Marsh to map out quest story
RE Day – guided tour of Norwich Cathedral.
Religious Education
RE Day #3: The Easter Story
Humanities
What can we learn about the Anglo-Saxons
from the quest myth Beowulf
Outcomes or products
An on-line publication of the children’s own quest
stories.
Modern Languages
Spanish
SMSC
Assemblies and circle times explore our shared
values of honesty, kindness and respect.
Public exhibition and community
Physical Education
Dance and Hockey