2015-2016
Trips
SCIENCE
AUTUMN YEAR 4
SPRING – YEAR 4
SUMMER – YEAR 4
History hook:
Hampton Court
Tudor Day! (Fairfield Halls – Music
concert)
Bough Beech
Team building day
Geography hook:
Boat trip on the Thames
Geography hook:
Sight-seeing trip to London
Sounds
LQ: Why is sound that ‘One
Direction’ make enjoyed by so
many?
Science hook: What makes a good
audition?
Science reflection:
X-Factor/musical concert
What happens to the food we eat?
Teeth, digestion and food chains.
States of matter
LQ: How would we survive without
water?
Hook: making chocolate rice crispy
cakes / ice cream
Reflection: A presentation on the
water cycle.
(Drama, PPT, Dance, Song)
Circuits and Conductors
LQ: How can we cope without
electricity for one day?
Animals (including humans)
LQ: What happens to the food we
eat?
Living things and their habitats (p150)
LQ: Which wild animals and plants thrive in
your locality?
Village in India
Where in the world is India?
What would life be like for a child
in an Indian Village?
River study and city location
(Human geography)
LQ: Why is the Thames so
important to London?
UK City Study
(Physical geography)
LQ: Why is London such a cool place to live?
Reflection: A promotional leaflet, using photos
and their persuasive language to encourage
tourists to London.
Shang Dynasty
Mosaics
(Collage)
Can’t cook, won’t cook
See MTP for computing
ICT
GEOG
HISTORY
DT
ART & DESIGN
A study of an aspect of theme in
British history beyond 1066. (The
Tudors)
LQ: Why did Henry VIII have six
wives?
History reflection: Tudor Playlets
Tudor costumes
(Combining materials)
Drawing of Henry VIII
(Body language)
Tudor clothing
(Marks and lines to produce
texture)
Small ball skills and dance
PE
English
RE
Music
Stories with an historical setting
1-4
People
Called
Wider opps
Tudor music
Tudor – Explorers
LQ: How are we able to eat chocolate?
Tudor – lives of rich and poor
LQ What was it like to be a child in Tudor
England
History reflection: Tudor Day
celebrations.
China pots
(Sculpture)
The Roman Empire
LQ: Why were the Romans so
powerful and what did we learn from
them?
Art hook: Y12/13 JF? St P? Sculptures
visit
Sculpture in Nature
How can sculptures be made using only
natural materials?
Andy Goldsworthy
Link with SAT paper
Art reflection: Gallery
Gym and Dance
Recounts
4
Assessment week
1
Other faiths
Judaism
Information
Texts
¾
Poetry and
drama
1
Gifts
Advent
Wider opps
Moving story Books
Aboriginal art
Gym
Swimming
Gym/ Dance
Swimming
Persuasive Texts
3
Assessment week
1
Stories set in an imaginary world
(Fantasy Texts) 3
Community
Giving and
Receiving
Wider opps
Poetry 2 (Book week)
Plays 2/ Holy week
Self
discipline
Wider opps
LQ: Why would you take a selfie in London?
Using water colours, from photographs to
paint their favourite landmarks.
Cricket
Continuous relay
Games
Athletics
2/3 Explanation texts
Assessment week
1
RE 3 days
Poetry Stories with dilemmas
2
Stories from other culture
Grandpa Chatterjee
Lord of the Animals
3
New
life
Other
faiths
Diary writing
3
Building
Bridges
Wider opps
God’s
people
Wider opps
PHSE
New Beginnings
Getting on and falling out
Relationships
Good to be me
Going for goals
Changes