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Year 4 – Summer Term
EMMBROOK JUNIOR SCHOOL
SUBJECT
SUMMER
YEAR 4:
LONG TERM PLAN - SUMMER
Suggestions for giving the term’s
Literacy topics a cross-curricular
focus
Speaking & Listening
Opportunities
Other ideas to support application
of Writing Skills
OR other cross-curricular links
History
Ancient Egyptians
Role play / hot-seating
– Bringing a Pharaoh back to life – the
mummy speaks!
– Children can be reporters interviewing
Howard Carter – use artefacts / props.
Information texts linked to other
curriculum areas
Research / collect information on the
Ancient Egyptians.
Persuasive writing
Why should Pharaohs be buried with their
possessions? Persuade others that they
should / shouldn’t.
Jigsaw ‘group discussion’
e.g. One person from each ‘home’ group
goes and researches a different aspect of
Egyptian life.
Paintings
Bring Ancient Egyptian paintings to life by
giving the characters voices. What might
they be thinking or about to do next?
Poetry in different forms
Monologue / Conversation
A mummy and an archaeologist – writing
from different viewpoints
C/C link to Geography
Rivers – The Nile and the Egyptians
dependency on it.
Creative Writing
– Write a story about a Pharaoh or
another Egyptian character which
contains facts about the Egyptians.
– Write a mystery story - the stolen
mummy?! OR mummy comes to life!
– What is behind the tomb door?
Newspaper article
The discovery of a mummy by Howard
Carter.
Persuasive writing
A holiday brochure advertising Egypt as a
great place to visit – pyramids, climate etc.
Geography
NOT STUDIED
RE
Birth and Death
Ceremonies
Debate
Whether, like some Hindus believe, good or
bad deeds are weighed up in determining
whether or not a Hindu advances towards
Karma.
Poetry in different forms
Prayers
Children to read and compare traditional
Christian prayers then write their own
meditation / prayer. Link to birth and death
ceremonies.
Epitaphs
Read and write epitaphs – link into death
ceremonies.
Information texts on the same or similar
themes
Research / collect information about Hindu,
Jewish and Muslim death ceremonies.
Year 4 – Summer Term
Science
Healthy Eating
Teeth
Skeleton
Barrier Games
To encourage use of specific scientific
vocabulary and improve observation skills,
one child describes part of the skeleton /
teeth and the other has to draw it accurately.
Debates
Discuss the pros and cons of children eating
healthily.
Recounts
Write-ups of scientific experiments
ICT
Developing images using
repeating patterns
PSHE
SMSC
Personal, Social, Moral,
Cultural:
Reflection
Celebration
Valuing
C-C links - HISTORY
Roman mosaics (From Autumn Term)
Art
Patterns from other
cultures
Instructions
– Recipes for healthy meals / lunchbox
snacks. This could be published and
sent home to parents.
– How to make a lunch container
DT
Design a healthy snack
and a container for it
Music
Salt, Pepper, Vinegar and
Mustard
PE
Gymnastics
Dance
Games
Athletics
Debate
Competitive or non-competitive sports day?
Discuss! (See Espresso, PSHE – Think &
Discuss – different opinions)
Flyers
Create flyers that can be put around school
to advertise sports day – persuade people to
come and support us.
Recount
Write an article for school newsletter about
sports day
Year 4 – Summer Term
FICTION AND POETRY
Literacy
NON-FICTION
Historical stories and short novels (Moved from Term 1)
Persuasive writing – adverts, circulars, flyers
Stories by same author
Discussion texts – debates, editorials
Stories from other cultures
Information texts linked to other curriculum areas
Range of poetry in different forms – haiku, cinquain, couplets, lists,
thin poems, alphabets, conversations, monologues, syllabics, songs,
rhyming forms, free verse, epitaphs, prayers