/ Overdale Community Primary School ~ Medium Term Planning Yr 4 ~
Spring 2 – Mrs Kershaw and Mrs Quinn
Harry Potter
Wow factor: / Subject: / Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7
Something to ignite/celebrate the topic:
All staff dress up in a Harry Potter costume to start the topic.
Harry Potter Science Day on the 4th May.
A trip to Scarborough Castle. / Literacy / To understand how to analyse language to explore the character / To develop a five part story starting with characters. / To Understand how to analyse language to explore the atmosphere in the forbidden forest. / To be able to produce a letter that uses the appropriate structure and language / To write a commentary on a Quidditch match
Speech and language / Introduce Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Hagrid. / Discus Two starts and a wish / Discuss language to explore atmosphere. / Discuss the invitation, howler and friendships letters. / Listen and explore the language used in a sports commentary/.
Spelling / Double consonants / Regular verb endings / Irregular tense changes / To recognise and spell suffixes –al, -ary and -ic / Possessive apostrophe
Grammar / Coordinating conjunctions, subordinate clauses.
Boys sentence / Past and present tense verbs / ‘
Expanded clauses ing and ed clauses
Two pair sentence / Dialogue and direct speech
Punctuation / Full stops and capital letters. / Commas / Six point speech / plural possession
Handwriting / Nn, mm, ss joins / Ending with ness and ship / Joins ies, es / Look at ed and ing endings / Joins cc, dd
Reading / Look at three different characters, Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Hagrid. / Look at the change of setting from the muggles world to the magical world. / Discuss and analyse the forbidden forest description. / Look at three different letters, howler, invitation and Quidditch march letter. / Listen and read different commentaries on the Quidditch march.
Maths / To be able to estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation / To be able to estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence / To be able to interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs / To be able to solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs / To be able to recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
Science /
  • To be able to discuss the difference between Solids and Liquids
/ To use evidence to discuss properties of Gases / To observe and analyse data on melting and Cooling / To compare solids with different melting points. / What happens to a salt mixture when the water has evaporated.They will use their scientific understanding to explain what the water cycle is and how it works.
History / .NA
Geography / To name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, Geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics. / To key to graphical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns. / To describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use. / To look at economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
Design and Technology / To select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately / To 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 / To design and make a Harry Potter owl. / To evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work / To investigate and analyse a range of existing products
Art / NA
PE, health and wellbeing / Tennis Mrs Quinn and
Golf ( outside agency)
Music / Music express
Exploring how different timbres can be descriptive / Exploring combinations of different timbres to accompany a song / Exploring the descriptive music of two major composers
French
Mrs Quinn
Religious Studies / Buddhism Mrs Quinn
British Values:
•democracy.
•the rule of law.
•individual liberty.
•mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith. / Look at democracy and the election Mrs Quinn
Computing / Continue with scratch. / Make their own programs in Scratch, Scratch Junior or other program and figure out why they might not work / Predict what will happen when certain programmed instructions are followed. / Work out what you want to do, design a program, code it and fix it. / Look at the step by step process and work on each step. A bit like project management. What do you need to do to achieve each step?
PSHCE / I know how to be a good listener and take turns. / I know how to show friendship. / I know how to see something from another person’s point of view. appreciated / I know how to be assertive. I can calmly resolve problems. / I can explain what a ‘win-win’ situation is and apply it. I know how to make others feel