Cross Curricular links to theme, suggested ideas.
Information Texts
Non-chronological report – newspaper recount of
the Saxon invasion of England.
Narrative
Adventure/mystery stories with problems or
dilemmas – based on Beowulf adventure story
Poetry
Anglo Saxon life – Haiku’s
Reciprocal Reading
Beowulf – epic poem written between 700-1000 AD
in West Saxon dialect of Old English - author
anonymous.
Michael Morpurgo’s child friendly version.
English
1) Knowledge – remembering
Can we state common appliances that run on electricity?
2) Comprehension- understanding
Can you create a simple series electrical circuit and label the
basic parts (cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers)?
3) Application-applying
Can you use your knowledge of series circuits to make a
lamp light up?
4) Analysis-analysing
Can you test materials in your circuit to find out which are
conductors and insulators of electricity?
5) Synthesis-creating
Can you design and make a torch that uses a series circuit?
6) Evaluation
Can you evaluate how effective your torch is?
6) Evaluation – evaluating Can we explain our part of the Anglo
Saxon village to the class?
5) Synthesis – creating Can we show what we have learnt about
Anglo Saxon settlements by designing and constructing our own
Saxon village? – as a class
4) Analysis – analysing Can we describe the Anglo Saxon way of
life and compare it to the way we live today?
3) Application – applying Can we state where in England the
Anglo Saxons settled? Can we use our knowledge of the physical
History
geography of England to explain why
they settled in these areas?
2) Comprehension – understanding Can we describe the physical
geography of England during Anglo Saxon times and compare it
to the physical geography of England today?
1) Knowledge – remembering Can we recall what we have learnt
in our History lessons about the Anglo Saxons?
1) Knowledge – remembering
Can you describe an Anglo Saxon Mead Hall? What was it used
for? Made out of? What would you find inside?
2) Comprehension- understanding
Can you sketch an Anglo Saxon Mead Hall and explain/label with
known facts? Outside and inside.
3) Application-applying
Can you use your knowledge of electrical circuits to explain how a
fire might light when the doors are opened to a Mead Hall?
In words and pictures.
4) Analysis-analysing
Can you investigate
the effectiveness
of the
mead hall
Science
– Forces and
Magnets
doors/electrical circuit? – mock up
5) Synthesis-creating
Can you design and make a Mead Hall that incorporates an
electrical circuit?
6) Evaluation
Can you evaluate how effective your Mead Hall is? Peer marking?
Geography
Anglo Saxon settlements
Science/DT
Electricity (Spring 2)
Theme
Grand Designs
Year 4
Science
Electricity
(Spring 2)
History
The Anglo Saxons
Discrete subjects:
Maths – Make cross curricular links where possible - Measure/time - Anglo Saxon
origins of the days of the week
PE – Dance and net and wall
Art/Outdoor Learning/Food Routes/Sustainability – Covered during PPA
Computing/ICT – Serif Photo Delux – editing images/ scratch animation
Music – Brass/Music Express – stave notation
French – Alphabet, greetings, numbers, days of the week and months of the year
R.E – Faith stories
Food Routes – Extra sessions this term
6) Evaluation – evaluating Can we evaluate our partner’s
newspaper report? 2 stars and a wish
5) Synthesis – creating Can we use our knowledge of the
Anglo Saxon invasion to write a newspaper report?
4) Analysis – analysing Can we find out how the Anglo
Saxons invaded England?
3) Application – applying Can we describe the Anglo
Saxon people? Can we suggest why people emigrate to
other countries? Can we use our knowledge of the Anglo
Saxon people to suggest why they came to England?
2) Comprehension – understanding Can we locate where
the Anglo Saxon people originally came from on a map?
1) Knowledge – remembering Can we place the Anglo
Saxons on a timeline?