LITERACY:
Look at adventure stories linking light and dark with
good and evil in fiction stories.
Non-fiction work on light and dark. Link with
inventors and Science modules.
SCIENCE
Physics
Physics
Y3:
Y3: Sources
Sources of
of light;
light; shadows
shadows && reflections
reflections
Light
Light Sources
Sources light
light sources,
sources, both
both natural
natural and
and artificial,
artificial, as
as well
well as
as exploring
exploring how
how light
light travels
travels in
in aa
straight
line
and
what
would
happen
straight line and what would happen ifif an
an object
object blocked
blocked the
the light's
light's path
path
Night
Night and
and Day
Day between
between night
night and
and day
day and
and how
how the
the rotation
rotation of
of the
the Earth
Earth brings
brings about
about both.
both. ItIt also
also
explores
explores why
why countries
countries in
in different
different parts
parts of
of the
the world
world have
have different
different time
time zones.
zones. Geography
Geography link
link
Shadow
Shadow Predictions
Predictions Make
Make and
and check
check predictions
predictions about
about how
how the
the positions
positions of
of their
their shadows
shadows change
change at
at
different
different times
times of
of the
the day.
day.
Shadow
Sticks
plan,
carry
out
and
evaluate
an
experiment
to
see
how
the
length
and
position
of
Shadow Sticks plan, carry out and evaluate an experiment to see how the length and position of
shadows
shadows change
change throughout
throughout the
the day
day using
using aa shadow
shadow stick.
stick.
Transparent,
Transparent, Translucent
Translucent and
and Opaque
Opaque Understand
Understand 'transparent',
'transparent', 'translucent'
'translucent' and
and 'opaque'
'opaque' and
and
identify
materials
of
these
descriptions
but
examining
the
identify materials of these descriptions but examining the type
type of
of shadow
shadow they
they create.
create.
MATHS:
No links here
Biology
Biology
Y3:
Y3: Flowers
Flowers as
as part
part of
of the
the plant
plant life
life cycle
cycle Link
Link to
to light
light and
and dark
dark for
for growth
growth etc
etc
Geography: No links here
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Locate world’s countries, focussing on Europe & Americas focus on key physical & human features
Use 8 points of compass, symbols & keys
Describe & understand climate, volcanoes, earthquakes and settlements
Use fieldwork to observe, measure & record
Computing
Topic Light and dark
Trips:
The Centre For Life
Sunderland Museum and
Winter Gardens
Laing Art Gallery
:
Design & write programs to achieve specific goals, including solving problems Use
internet safely and appropriately Collect and present data appropriately
Include sounds in their ebook. Multimedia presentation is and what it might include
before looking in more detail at how to insert sounds into an ebook. Children will then
have the chance to try this out for themselves and even record their own sounds to
include in their presentations
Design and create their own stained glass window with the help of ICT
MUSIC
MUSIC
::
Listen
Listenwith
withattention
attentionto
todetail
detailDescribing
Describing Instruments
Instruments by
by
listening
listening to
to different
different
instruments
instruments to
to find
find out
out what
what they
they sound
sound like.
like.
Making
Making Noises
Noises low,
low, booming
booming noises,
noises, high,
high, tinkly
tinkly sound
sound
Design and Technology:
Use research& criteria to develop products which are fit for
purpose
Use annotated sketches and prototypes to explain ideas
Pitch
Pitch and
and Volume
Volume improve
improve their
their listening
listening skills
skills as
as they
they identify
identify high,
high, low,
low,
loud
loud and
and soft
soft notes
notes on
on tuned
tuned instruments.
instruments. They
They can
can even
even explore
explore how
how jars
jars
with
different
amounts
of
water
in
have
a
different
pitch
science
link!
with different amounts of water in have a different pitch science link!
Songs
Songs to
to do
do with
with light
light
HISTORY:
No links here.
Light
Lightand
andSound:
Sound:Sound
Sound Stories
Stories
ART
:
Evaluate existing products and improve own work
Use mechanical systems in own work
Children make and evaluate their own musical instruments.
Design, make and evaluate a game including a circuit that
lights up and makes noises.
This
lesson
consolidates
the
learning
over
last
33 music
by
ThisUse
lesson
consolidatesto
the
learningrecord
over the
the
lastevaluate
music lessons
lessons
by giving
giving your
your class
class the
the opportunity
opportunity to
to
sketchbooks
collect,
and
ideasa written
compose,
sounds
This
compose, rehearse
rehearse and
and perform
perform aa sound
sound story
story by
by adding
sounds to
to a written narrative.
This lesson
lesson contains
contains aa
Improve
mastery
ofideas,
techniques
such
asadding
drawing,
painting
andnarrative.
sculpture
lesson
differentiated
lessonplan,
plan,slides,
slides,activity
activityideas,
differentiatedworksheets
worksheetsand
andPicture
Picture Cards
Cards
with varied materials
Learn about great artists, architects & designers
Light Colour Spectrum Prism spliting white light into different colours,
mixing paints to make colour
Light, shade and tone How artists use light and shade. Sketching and
shading.
Looking at Sound Create their own artwork to represent sound waves.
This lesson contains a lesson plan, slides, activity ideas and Picture
Cards.
Art of a sunset
Sunflowers Van gough?
RE: Taught
separately
Come and See
topics