Teaching – Lesson & Skills Content
Year Group
3/4
Scientific Enquiry
Rocks
* What are rocks and minerals and how
are they formed?
* Investigating rocks to compare their
properties including 3 types of
limestone.
* Finding fossils and understanding
their formation
* Examining gravestones and buildings
to assess what caused rocks to
disintegrate at different rates.
* What is in the soil and how is it made?
Light and Sound
* Investigating light sources
* Which materials are transparent,
translucent or opaque?
* What causes shadows and how and
why does the length of shadow change?
* Which sounds can we hear in our
environment?
* How is sound made and how does it
travel? Which objects muffle sound?
* How does the human ear work?
* Investigating pitch
Start date
05/01/15
End date
27/03/15
Computing
History
Geography
Around the theme of creating a Roman
Gods and Goddesses comic:
*Use a variety of tools to create a
programme
*Use an efficient procedure to simplify
a programme
*Recognise an error in a programme
and debug it
*Keep testing the programme while
putting it together
*Sequence more complex patterns
using an algorithm
*Who were the Romans and where did
they come from?
*Where can we place the Romans in a
timeline of British history?
*How did the Roman invasion of Britain
take place? Decision making exercise.
*What can a visit to Chedworth Roman
Villa and the Corinium Museum tell us
about Roman culture and belief?
Learning session on the Everyday Life of
the Romans
*Supported independent project work
on chosen aspects of Roman culture
*What did the Romans believe about
their origins? Using Comiclife software
to retell the story of Romulus and
Remus
*How did the worship of Roman gods
and goddesses differ from early
Christianity?
*Enjoying a Roman Britain theme day
(presentations of topic themes)
*Exploring Google Earth and atlas maps
to identify the location of the Mendip
Hills. Completing a detailed map of the
main features of the Mendip Hills
*Using photographs and small scale
maps to identify human and physical
features of the Mendips
*Investigating the formation of
limestone and its properties
*Identifying landforms formed on
limestone through photographs and
maps
* What do we find in the caves?
*Visit and hike to examine landform
features and living things at
Charterhouse or visit to Cheddar Caves
*Illustrated talk on caving in the
Mendips with Alan Gray
*Making an advert using Windows
Moviemaker to encourage tourists to
visit the Mendips
*Understanding how some human
activities may have a negative impact
on people and the environment
Exploration of movie making and
editing software to make a Visit the
Mendips advert.
Exploring specific curriculum related
websites to find information.
Use Wordle to make a topic title page.
Art & Design
Design Technology
*Designing and creating Roman mosaics
*Design your own Roman coin
* Creating a class wall collage of a
Roman city
*Group work to produce wall display of
Roman clothing and costume with paint
and fabrics
* Roman religious pottery
* Drawing and sketching; cave paintings
* Environmental art; moss painting
*Making and baking Roman sweet wine
cakes
* Making Roman swords, shields and
other weapons from cardboard and
other materials
* Using textiles to design Roman coins
and money bags
* Making a Roman scroll
* Learning how to wear a toga
The Mendips;
Roman Culture and Belief.
Music
*Topic related themes from Musical
Express
* Weekly singing assembly
PE
* Football
Ball control and running with the ball,
Passing and moving
Marking and defending
Finding space and shooting.
(Developing a sense of team)
* Swimming; developing water
confidence and stroke ability,
endurance and stamina.
MFL
*Counting to thirty and using numbers
with a verb and a noun in a spoken and
written sentence
*Les salles de la maison; developing use
of nouns, verbs and adjectives in
spoken and written sentences
*Qu’est ce que fais je les heures de la
jour ?
*Que fais je les mois de l’année?
* Quels temps fait ils ?
PSHE & Citizenship
Going for Goals
* Monday and Wednesday assembly
themes
* Recognising our own achievements
* Knowing what makes a successful
learner
* Setting realistic short and long term
targets
* Making a learning plan to help
achieve goals