Download Year 3/4 Foundation Subject Curriculum Plan

Sandbach Primary Academy – LONG TERM PLAN – 2014-21015 YEAR 3 and 4___________
Autumn 1
THEME
Educational
Visits & Visitors
Hook
RE/PSHCE
Computing
SCIENCE
GEOGRAPHY
Soldier on
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Where in the world am I?
Summer 1
Summer 2
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
John Malam WW information report
Poppy Picnic
Visit to the war memorial and news appeal
KS2 drama morning
10,000 BC workshop by DC & CE Trevor
Ug by Raymond Briggs
Stone Age boy Stig of the Dump
A Street Through Time
Grosvenor Museum & loan of Roman armour and artefacts
The secret Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence
The Sandal by Tony Bradman
3.5
We are communicators
3.3
We are presenters
Forces and magnets
4.5
We are co authors
Rocks and soils
Electricity
UK: name & locate geographical regions & their identifying human and physical characteristics, key
topographical features (hills & mountains) Understand how land-use patterns changed over time- link to
earliest settlements
Physical geography: rivers, mountains – link to rocks/ earliest settlements
use 8 points of a compass, 4-fig. grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey
maps) to build their knowledge of the UK
HISTORY
A local history study – World war 1
PE
Football and swimming
ART
DT
MUSIC
4.6
We are meteorologists
3.1
We are programmers
3.2
We are bug fixers
Plants
Animals including humans
Locate countries, using maps to focus on Europe
(incl. Russia) concentrating on environmental
regions, key physical/human characteristics,
countries, & major cities.
Use maps atlases globes & digital/computer
mapping to locate countries and describe features
studied
Understand geographical similarities and differences
through the study of human and physical geography
of a region in a European country (Pompeii)
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
and human geography, including: types of
settlement and land use, economic activity including
trade links, and the distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals & water (e.g.Why
did the Romans want these?)
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography: volcanoes, earthquakes.
Stone Age to Iron Age
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
Observational drawing
Collage
Sculpture
Painting (watercolours)
Food - bread
Electrical control
Textiles
Singing – Love Music Trust
Sandbach Primary Academy– LONG TERM PLAN – 2015 - 2016 YEAR 3 and 4 ___________
THEME
Hook
RE/PSHCE
ICT
SCIENCE
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
PE
ART
DT
MUSIC
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
The world around us
Spring 1
Spring 2
Burwardsley residential
Liverpool World Museum : Egyptians
3.4
We are network engineers
3.6
We are opinion pollsters
Living things in their habitats
Animals including humans
Summer 1
Summer 2
Ancient Greece
Greek Legacies
Walker Art Gallery
4.1
We are software developers
4.4
We are html editors
Light
Sound
4.3
We are musicians
4.2
We are toy makers
States of matter
Physical geography: importance of rivers, mountains
Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and
Understand geographical similarities and differences
Link to earliest civilisations - use maps atlases globes & present the human and physical features in the local through the study of human and physical geography
digital/computer mapping to locate countries and
area (or residential visit area) using a range of
of a region in a European country (Either Athens
describe features studied- use 8 points of a compass, methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, area or Pompeii in Spring)
symbols & key to build knowledge of wider world
and digital technologies.
Use maps atlases globes & digital/computer
Describe & understand key aspects of physical
mapping to locate countries and describe features
geography: the water cycle
studied
UK: key topographical features (including hills &
rivers linked to water cycle)
Use maps atlases globes & digital/computer
mapping to locate countries and describe features
studied
Use 8 points of a compass, 4-figure grid references,
symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance
Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the UK
Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and
present the human and physical features in the local
area using a range of methods, including sketch
maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an
overview of where and when the first civilizations
appeared and a depth study of one of the following:
Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The
Shang Dynasty of Ancient China
Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and
achievements and their influence on the western
world
Observation drawings
Digital media
Painting - acrylics
Sculpture
Mechanical control – levers and linkages
Structures
Mechanical control - pneumatics