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Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero
Wider Curriculum Medium Term Plans
Termly Overview Spring 2 – ‘The Secret Garden’
Yr 3/4
Week 1
Week 2
Extras
Decorate year area as ‘The
Secret Garden’
with gate.
‘WOW Day’
Trip to Abington Park.
- I pads booked for chn
to take photos on App.
(Collect leafs for
drawings in week 4)
Diary entry writing:
Literacy
Introduce story book – ‘The
Secret Garden’ by Frances
Hodgson Burnet.
Explore descriptions in the
book – of the garden.
Watch clips from the film.
Skills – W1/2
- look at features,
Grammar for writing
Good examples.
Week 3
-
Application – W2/2
Chn to write their
own diary entry
from trip.
Week 4
Week 5
Visit from Gardner
Parents evening
Story writing
W1/3
- Features of fiction
stories
- Story mountains,
- Exploring
characters.
Numeracy
(As
curriculum)
Science
Shape and space
Shape and space
- Area and perimeter
Co-ordinates
Co-ordinates
Plants
- Components of a plant.
- Best conditions for growing.
Resource: ‘Rising stars book’.
Plant seeds for
experiment. Fair
testing:
Plan experiment for
planting seeds around
different locations in
the school.
Life cycle of a plant.
Growing plants for
different purposes:
e.g. fruits and
vegetables.
Monitor plants –
measure and take
photos.
Monitor plants –
measure and take
photos.
Week 6
‘The Secret
Garden’ inspired
tea party.
Skills – W2/3
Application – W3/3
Simple, complex
and compound
sentences.
Descriptive
language.
Similes.
Chn writing their
own fiction story
using the
knowledge they
have learnt during
this unit.
Harry Potter –
magical plants.
Time
Time
Linked with
Geography
Monitor plants–
measure and take
photos.
Presenting results
– Split the chn
intro groups to
display the results
in a range of ways
e.g. – tables, ICT
and posters.
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ICT
Art/DT
PE
Music
Drawings from audio
descriptions – extracts from
book and mp3 clips.
Play Boccia – show chn a video
clip of game being played.
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=lazj0U9PU38
Links with Colin from book.
Not timetabled in
Geography
History focus
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Up-load images from
trip.
Design poster –
Drawings on trip – using
a variety of resources
including papers, pens,
crayons, charcoal and
biros.
Take photographs of
textures on
iPads/cameras.
Chn to continue with
their posters
Present posters.
Possibly links to Art
for designing key…
Present results from
Science lessons.
Scientific drawings
of a plant and
botanical
illustrations.
Sketching & tonal
drawings of
leaves/flowers
collected on trip/
examples from
gardener.
Chn to work in
pairs to design a
key to their gate
that they drew in
week 1 – link with
Lit
Make key
– using paper
Mache.
Play Boccia – show chn a
video clip of game being
played.
Links with Colin from
book.
Use co-ordinate,
orienteering and
navigation knowledge
from numeracy.
Use co-ordinate,
orienteering and
navigation knowledge
from numeracy.
Experiment with
instruments to
represent sounds in
a garden.
Soundscapes in
groups.
Soundscapes in
groups.
Present/perform
soundscapes of
garden
Famous gardens in UK
– Kew, Eden, Botanical
gardens in Sheffield,
Waddesdon Manor.
Looking at
different plants
across the world,
temperatures
and purposes
e.g. palm tree –
Caribbean.
Look at the
Yorkshire Moors –
plants that grow
there.
- Share images.
Talk a walk
around on
Google
maps.
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History
RE
(As
curriculum)
PSHE
What was happening in the
world in early 20th century?
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Gardens of the time.
Hobbies/Clothes/job
roles of the time.
Personal safety whilst
on trip.
Teamwork &
cooperation – link
with PE.
Geography focus
Buddhism
Feelings – relate to characters
in story. Circle time.
Teamwork &
cooperation – link with
PE.
Awareness of job
roles and interaction
with external
professionals.
Collaboration,
celebration,
sharing work,
awareness of self
and others,
speaking and
listening.