Teaching – Lesson & Skills Content
Year Group
4 and (5)
Scientific Enquiry
Light
* What are primary and secondary light
sources?
* How does light travel?
* How is light reflected from different
types of surface?
* Which objects are transparent,
translucent or opaque?
* How do shadows form and what
influences their size and length?
* How can we protect ourselves from
the light of the sun?
* How do mirrors work and how can we
see round corners?
Start date
Computing
Applying Scratch Software:
*Writing a programme to control the
movement of a sprite
*Using a variety of controls to create a
more complex programme
*Recognising an error in a programme
and debugging it
*Learning how to simplify a programme
*Using logical thinking to break a
programme up into smaller parts
*Using algorithms to help sequence
programmes
*Developing word processing skills
through using Word
* Developing movie making skills by
exploring MovieMaker
31/10/16
History
*Who were the Romans and where did
they come from? The legend of
Romulus and Remus
*Chronology; what were some of the
main events in Roman history?
*The story of the Boudicca rebellion;
newspaper report
*What was it like to be a Roman
soldier?
*What can a visit to the Roman Baths
teach us about Roman culture and
belief?
*Supported independent project work
on chosen aspects of Roman culture
*What was the Roman numbering
system?
*How did the worship of Roman gods
and goddesses differ from early
Christianity?
*Enjoying a Roman Britain theme day
(presentations of topic themes)
Art & Design
*Creating Roman 3D characters
Pottery; statues, amphorae and coins
Teaching depth and perspective in
drawing.
16/12/16
Geography
* Mapping the Roman Empire.
*Which modern day countries and cities
were in the Roman Empire?
*How did the Romans get to Britain?
*Where in Britain did the Romans build
towns and roads?
*Where did the Boudicca Rebellion take
place?
Design Technology
*Making paper mosaics
*Roman urban frieze, class project
End date
Roman cookery; sweet wine cakes
Roman Empire,
Light
Making Roman swords and shields
Designing and building a Roman
catapult/ballista
Constructing spaghetti and jelly baby
towers
Making pinhole cameras
Christmas cards and decorations.
Music
* Listening and recording sounds with
increasing aural memory;
Call & Response songs,
Songs in other languages.
* Appreciate and understand a range of
live and recorded music
* Play and perform using voices with
increasing accuracy; fluency, control,
expression.
* Performance singing; Christmas carol
service
PE
* Gymnastics
Developing balance, awareness of
space, agility, strength, flexibility,
working with a partner and within a
team.
* Netball
Developing skills in terms of:
Passing and throwing,
Awareness of space,
Movement off the ball,
Communication.
MFL
*Les jours de la semaine (Jacques le
Gourmand)
* Qu’est ce que je fais les jours ?
* Quelles sont les mois de l’année ?
PSHE & Citizenship
Relationships:
*Friendship
*Families
*Conflict resolution and mediation
*How to deal with bullying, including
cyberbullying
*Differences and Similarities
* Quel temps fait- il?
* La Noel
Themes to be explored during
assemblies and class circle times.