Download CC Medium Term Planning Y4 2016

Creative Curriculum Medium Term Planning – Year 4
Autumn Term
Autumn 1: Vicious Vikings and Savage Saxons
Subject
National Curriculum Entitlement / Objectives
Science
History
Design &
Technology
Autumn 2:
Subject
Science
Animals Including Humans
 Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans
 Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions.
 Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators
and prey
Explaining Science
 Use simple science words correctly
 Use simple models to help me describe
 Annotate diagrams to help describe & explain
Analysis & Evaluation
 Identify patterns, trends & relationships in data
 Use science ideas to help explain my conclusions
Anglo-Saxons & the Vikings
The Viking and Anglo Saxon Struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward
the Confessor. (After Alfred the Great and the creation of the Kingdom of England)
Moving Books
Focus – control: mechanisms. Moving parts, linkages and leavers.
Avoid repitition from Year 1 Unit 1A.
Suggested links to science (Living things and Habitats), history (Anglo Saxons)
Design
 use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional,
appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
 generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated
sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and
computer-aided design
Make
 select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for
example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
 select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction
materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic
qualities
Evaluate
 investigate and analyse a range of existing products
 evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views
of others to improve their work
 understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the
world
Technical knowledge
 understand and use mechanical systems in their products [for example, gears, pulleys,
cams, levers and linkages]
National Curriculum Entitlement / Objectives
Living Things & Habitats
 Identify and name a variety of living things (plants and animals) in the local and
wider environment, using classification keys to assign them to groups
 Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
 Recognise that environments are constantly changing and that this can sometimes
pose dangers to specific habitats.
Understanding & Explanations
 Use science ideas to help describe & explain
 Use science words correctly
 Annotate diagrams
Geography
Art and
Design
Classifying
 Use both spider & number keys
 Create appropriate groups for sorting
LK – Map of Europe – Northern Europe
Locate the world’s countries using maps to focus on Northern Europe concentrating on
countries and major cities. (Link to History – Countries invaded & settled in)
Print – Imaginary landscapes
Imaginary settings, images with narrative, prints based on narrative, digital.
 to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and
revisit ideas
 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting
and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint,
clay]
 about great artists, architects and designers in history.
Creative Curriculum Medium Term Planning – Year 4
Spring Term
Spring 1: Benin/Mayan Civilisation
Subject
National Curriculum Entitlement / Objectives
Science
History
Art and
Design
Sound
 Observe and name a variety of sources of sound, noticing that we hear with our
ears
 Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something
vibrating
 Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source
increases
 Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that
produced it
 Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations
that produced it.
Understanding & Explanations
 Use science words correctly
 Use science models to describe
 Annotate diagrams
Designing Experiments
 Make a prediction
 Select a variable to change in a fair test
 Identify the data range & interval
Benin/Mayan H9
A non-European society that provides contrast with British History – One study chosen
from: Early Islamic civilisation, including a study of Baghdad; Mayan civilisation Benin
(West Africa).
Sculpture – Representing a character (symbols)
Designs, past, cultures, everyday purpose, design
 to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and
revisit ideas
 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting
and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint,
clay]
 about great artists, architects and designers in history.
Spring 2: World Biomes
Subject
National Curriculum Entitlement / Objectives
Science
Electricity
 Identify common appliances that run on electricity
 Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic
parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
 Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit based on
whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery
 Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with
whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
 Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with
being good conductors.
Understanding & Explanations
 Use science words correctly
 Use science models to describe
 Annotate diagrams
Analysis & Evaluation

Identify patterns, trends & relationships in data
Use data, charts & graphs to make conclusions
H&P - Biomes
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography e.g. biomes.
Electrical systems
Focus – control: electrical
Simple circuits including programming and control.
Design
 use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative,
functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular
individuals or groups
 generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion,
annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern
pieces and computer-aided design
Make
 select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical
tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
 select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including
construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional
properties and aesthetic qualities
Evaluate
 investigate and analyse a range of existing products
 evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider
the views of others to improve their work
 understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped
shape the world
Technical knowledge
 understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series
circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors]
 apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their
products.

Geography
Design &
Technology
Creative Curriculum Medium Term Planning – Year 4
Summer Term
Summer 1: Living in the UK
Subject
National Curriculum Entitlement / Objectives
Science
Geography
States of Matter
 Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids,
liquids or gases
 Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled,
and measure the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)
 Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle
and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature
Understanding & Explanations (L4)
 Use science words correctly
 Use a science model to describe
 Annotate diagrams to help describe
Designing Experiments (L4)
 Make a prediction
 Identify obvious risks to myself & others
 Make sets of observations & measurements
‘Living in the UK’
LK - UK map – Name & locate counties/cities Name and locate countries and cities of
the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical
characteristics including hills, mountains, cities, rivers and land use patterns and
understand how some of these have changed over time.
PK – Area in UK to study
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region of the UK.
H&P – Settlement, land use, economic
Describe & understand key aspects of economic activity including trade links, the
distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals & water.
Use field work to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the
local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs and
digital technologies
Art and
Design
Design &
Technology
Summer 2:
Subject
Science
National Curriculum Entitlement / Objectives
States of Matter
 Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids,
liquids or gases
 Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled,
and measure the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)

Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle
and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature
Understanding & Explanations (L4)
 Use science words correctly
 Use a science model to describe
 Annotate diagrams to help describe
Designing Experiments (L4)
 Make a prediction
 Identify obvious risks to myself & others
 Make sets of observations & measurements
Geography
‘Living in the UK’
LK - UK map – Name & locate counties/cities Name and locate countries and cities
of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and
physical characteristics including hills, mountains, cities, rivers and land use
patterns and understand how some of these have changed over time.
PK – Area in UK to study
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human
and physical geography of a region of the UK.
H&P – Settlement, land use, economic
Describe & understand key aspects of economic activity including trade links, the
distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals & water.
Use field work to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in
the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs
and digital technologies
Art and
Design
Design &
Technology