Year 4
Home learning
Activities
Autumn 2
Tragic Titanic
Activity 1—Writing
Activity 2– Art
Research the food eaten by first class
passengers aboard the Titanic and
write a menu that could have been
used by a restaurant aboard the ship.
Draw a picture of a room on the
Titanic. Is it an area used by first,
second or third class passengers?
Activity 3 — Science
Activity 4 – Writing
Research a Titanic
survivor. In your own words, write
what they remember about the
sinking. Do you know of anyone
that sailed on the Titanic? What can
you tell us about them?
What can you find out about
electricity? Design a fact file page.
You could use diagrams and
photographs.
Activity 5 — Free Choice
You can use your imagination and produce a piece of home learning to
demonstrate your understanding of The Titanic . For example, you may wish
to make a 3D Titanic model from card or you could investigate the crew
who sailed aboard the ship.
The deadline for these activities is
Monday 12th December
Autumn 2 2016
Year 4 Learning Unit
(7 weeks)
Hook
Learning experiences
Rich Read
Our topic begins with an exciting day of
role play and debating! The
children will come in dressed as
passengers of the Titanic. Their teachers
will each adopt the personality of a
character linked to the Titanic. The
children will listen to each character in
turn as they provide information on
themselves before participating in a
re-enactment of the sinking of the ship.
After this, they will be involved in a class
debate to decide upon who was ultimately
responsible for the ship’s sinking.
Topic Words
Titanic, iceberg, Southampton, lifeboat,
passenger, crew, survivor, electricity,








Literacy: Exploring character’s personalities and feelings, hot
seating, writing in role, describing settings, describing characters, role
play, writing poetry, debating, writing in a formal newspaper style.
History: Using secondary sources such as photos and
recounts from the past. Visiting the Southampton Sea City Museum.
Science: Conducting investigations and understanding electrical
circuits.
Design Technology: Designing, creating and evaluating a ship’s port
hole.
PSHE: Exploring the relationships of those aboard the Titanic.
Computing: Understanding the search functions of web browsers.
RE (not linked to topic): Understanding Holiness.
School Trip
To: The Southampton Sea City Museum.
On: Thursday 8th December (4EH,4KB and 4TT)) and Friday 9th
December (4DH and 4RM)
Main Focus
The topic this term will focus upon:
Literacy: where the children will write a piece of poetry and a
newspaper report that will describe the sinking of the Titanic and its
impact on Southampton.
History: where the children will explore the history of the Titanic’s
maiden voyage and it’s impact on Southampton.
DT: where the children will create a ship’s port hole.
Science: where the children will create a working circuit that will be
inserted into their ship’s port hole.
PSHE: where the children will learn about responsible behaviours, the
responsibilities of members of families and as citizens in the context of
the Titanic.
Outcome
The children will write their poems and news paper reports onto tea
stained paper in order to create a ‘message in a bottle’ for a Year 3 pupil.
They will also share their ship’s port holes.
If your child
enjoys I Survived
The Sinking of the
Titanic, they may
also like: