Year 4 Beasts of the Sea Objectives
Book – Greek Mythology (Theseus, Odysseus, Perseus)
English
Art & Design
Spell further homophones.
Using headings and sub headings to organise information.
Evaluate, and edit by discussing and proposing changes with partners and in small groups.
Reading and analysing narrative, non-fiction and poetry in order to plan and write their own versions.
Identifying and discussing the purpose, audience, language and structures of narrative, non-fiction and poetry for
writing.
Discussing and recording ideas for planning e.g. story mountain, story map, text map, non-fiction bridge, story board,
boxing-up text types to create a plan.
Organising paragraphs in narrative and non-fiction.
Hook: Finding Nemo
Computing
Create visual texture using different marks and tools.
Create patterns/ motifs with repeated mark making.
Plan, create and evaluate a painting using
watercolours.
Conduct an in-depth analysis of a painting. Comment
on the form, line, technique and other observations.
Form and discuss
opinions. Begin
to create a sketch
book of what
you have discovered.
Design Technology
Using researching skills.
Geography
N/A
Describe and understand key aspects of: physical
geography, including: climate zones, biomes and
vegetation belts (link to the rainforest).
Maths
Ask geographical questions.
Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations.
Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout.
Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
Find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as
units, tenths and hundredths.
Modern
Languages
Music
Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places.
Convert between different units of measure (e.g. kilometre to metre; hour to minute).
Create sea monsters adding physical descriptions.
Use likes and dislikes linked to animals from the sea.
Organise short paragraphs in sea narrative.
Science
History
N/A
Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the
digestive system in humans.
Construct and interpret a variety of food chains,
identifying producers, predators and prey.
Physical
Education
To explore movement and patterns in developing a
small sequence using Beasts of the Sea as a concept.
To develop self assessment ability using the correct
terminology to suggest ways to improve.
Template created by Michael Tidd 2013
To develop a range of sending, receiving, batting and
bowling skills.
Create a news programme in this unit,
complete with theme music and school
news headlines.
Copying rhythms and a short melody.
Playing ostinati and layering them in a
performance.
Using music to communicate a meaning.
Composing a rap.
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History
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