Lower Key Stage 2 – Years 3&4

Year A / Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Topic / The Lego Movie
Science/DT focus / AD900
History focus / Water, Water everywhere
Geography focus / East Anglia invaded!
History focus / The Rainforest
Geography focus / Our European Neighbours
Geography focus
Possible Trip/Share / Visitor – Lego expert
Sharing assembly – Lego! / Christmas production / Visit – River Waveney
Sharing assembly – TOP / Visit – Norwich castle or Sutton Hoo
Saxons and Vikings focus / Sharing assembly - Rainforest / Visit – Local gardens, plant focus
Science / Electricity -
Construct series circuits.
Identify completed and incomplete circuits.
Switches
Common conductors and insulators / Working Scientifically -
Wonder wall developing scientific enquiry skills in relation to electricity topic / States of matter-
Solid, liquid and gas
Changing state – heat/cool
Evaporation and condensation
Water cycle / Working Scientifically -
Wonder wall developing scientific enquiry skills in relation to states of matter topic / Plants -
Functions of different flowering plants
Life and growth requirements / Working Scientifically - Wonder wall developing scientific enquiry skills in relation to plant topic
Literacy
*Assessed writing/Big Write / Lego Movie stimulus
Instructions – Lego model making
Recount Newspapers - Lego movie
Narrative Adventure – Lego Movie / Class book stimulus - The time travelling cat and the Aztec sacrifice
Non-fiction Recounts
Narrative – time travel / Take one picture stimulus – Renoir’s Umbrellas
Poetry -Creating Images
Non-fiction Explanation texts – water cycle / Class book stimulus – How to train a dragon
Stories with Historical Settings
Non-fiction Non chronological reports / Rainforest play script stimulus
Narrative - Dialogue and plays
Discussion – rainforest/fairtrade / European Traditional stories/ Holiday adverts stimulus
Stories from other cultures.
Persuasive Texts – Adverts
Poetry – traditional
History / Mayan and Aztecs / Anglo-Saxons/Vikings
Alfred the Great
Geography / Water Cycle
River Waveney – where are the settlements and why? (Name and place on map) How has it changed over time? / Key features of environment – compare and contrast
Type of settlements – land use etc.. / Identify countries and cities
Key features of environment – compare and contrast
Numeracy / Number sense
Additive Reasoning / Multiplicative Reasoning
Geometric Reasoning
Number sense / Additive Reasoning
Number sense / Multiplicative Reasoning
Geometric Reasoning / Number sense
Additive reasoning
Number sense / Multiplicative reasoning
Geometric reasoning
Music = Charanga / Three Little Birds / Five gold rings / Glockenspiels / Lean On Me / Benjamin Britten Cuckoo / Reflect, Rewind Replay
Design Technology / Make own toys – e.g moving monsters / Bridge building / Design and make chocolate product + packaging
ART / Lego - Sculpture
Famous artist – Nathan Sawaya / Aztec art – textile printing / Impressionist- drawing
Famous artist – Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Anglo Saxon and Vikings –
Art and craft tapestry / Rainforest - drawing & collage
Famous artist – Henri Rousseau / European architecture –
drawing and Sculpture
P.E. / Invasion games – Unit 3
Invasion games – Football / Dance – Unit 2 electricity
Dance – Unit 2 the explorers / Gymnastics – Unit 1 Balance
Gymnastics - Unit 4 Rolling / Gymnastics – Unit 1 Stretching and Curling
OAA – Orienteering / Games – Unit 3
Athletics – Partnership task cards / Athletics – Unit 2
Athletics – Unit 1
French (Rigolo) / Unit 1 - Bonjour / Unit 2 – En classe / Unit 5 – La famille / Unit 6 – Bon anniversaire / Unit 3 – Mon corps / Unit 7 - Encore
RE
Does having a faith make a difference? / What is the big story of salvation that lies at the heart of Christianity?
Include: Creation and the fall
Adam and eve
Story of Noah Temptations in desert
The fall
Broken promises
Renewal of promise to Noah and Abraham
What does the word salvation mean in the bible and what is a definition of its meaning?
Who are the salvation army? Possible visitor.
What religion are the salvation army and when were they formed? / What do Muslims believe and what difference does it make to their daily lives?
Include: the 5 pillars of Islam
Wudu
Prayer and prayer mats
Visiting a mosque. Features of a mosque.
Hajj Life of 21st century Muslims / Does prayer work/why do people pray?
Include: Visit to church Writing of prayers
Holy spirit – nature and role Relationship with God Liturgy and prayer Forms and types of prayer Prayer spaces The promise Pentecost
Do we all pray in the same way? Include: Judaism – synagogue, reverence, types and form of prayer Islam – call to prayer and times. Christianity and prayer.
To include writing of their own prayers for assemblies.
Computing
Rising Stars / We are toy makers
*Online safety / we are network engineers / we are software developers / We are presenters / we are html editors / we are meteorologists
PATHS