2 Year Long Term Plan September Class 3 2014 – July 2016
Year A
HISTORY
The Bronze Age The Iron Age
GEOGRAPHY
Britain in Maps
British Coast /
Hooke Court
HISTORY
Ancient Egypt (in-depth study)
Topic
(including local history)
Trip to Project Timescape.
Year A
Literacy
Genres
Class 3 play: 'A Glint
of Gold'
(Tutankhamun)
Term 5
Trip to Highclere
Castle (Lord Carnarvon's
Newspaper Reports
(King Tut's tomb
discovered)
Story: Adventure and
Mystery
(TfW Y3)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Stories: Imaginary
Worlds
Recounts
(of trip to
Project
Timescape)
Letters (taught)
- to parents
with details.
Story: Familiar
Settings
Recount – diary form
(Hooke Court)
Non-chronological
report (Lifeboats /
lifeboatmen)
Plays and Dialogue
The BFG
Butterfly Lion
The Fireworkmakers Daughter
Flat Stanley
Poetry:
performance
(TfW Y3)
Senses Poems
(TfW Y3)
Instructions
(TfW Y4)
Books
The Minpins
Poetry
Poetry on a theme
of Imaginary
Worlds
Grammar
Vary long and short
sentences; adverb
starters; fronted
adverbials;
prepositional phrases;
powerful verbs ; start
with a simile (poetry)
Focus
Weeks
Science
Art Week
Design &
Technology
Residential Trip : D&T and Forces
Lyme Regis visit.
Embellished
simple sentences;
adjective, noun,
noun phrases, verb,
and adverb.
Theatre Reviews
Egyptian museum)
Term 6
Varjak’s Paw
Complex sentences Long and short sentences;
Boastful language; specific
subordination (inc.
expanded noun phrases;long
technical vocabulary; ellipsis;
connectives); additional
and short sentences; expanded
direct speech; drop in relative
subordinating conjunctions;
noun phrases; list of three /
clause;
commas after fronted
sentence of three for
adverbials; apostrophes for
description;
singular possession (nonprepositions (plays); direct
chron. report)
speech; powerful speech verb
Consolidate: full stops, capitals, ?, !, bullet points, apostrophe for contractions, commas in lists, singular/plural, suffix/prefix adjective, noun, noun phrases, verb, adverb,
consonant / vowel, word family, alliteration, statement, question, exclamation, command, tense – past, present, future, inverted commas.
D&T week
Christmas
States of Matter
(Y4 Prog of Study)
Structures: photo frames; towers
compound sentences;
powerful verbs; -ing
clauses as starters;
specific technical
vocabulary;
National Science and
Engineering Week
Forces
Electricity
(inc. rockets at
Y4
Hooke Court)
Y3
Pneumatics and hydraulics:
rockets.
Alarms.
D&T week
Animals inc. humans
Digestive system Y4
Nutrition
Teeth Y4
D&T Cookery
ICT
Spreadsheets
Databases
Algorithms,
Coding
Art
Take One Artist
Multimedia
Presentation
E-Safety
Algorithms
Coding
MUSIC
Desktop Publishing
Algorithms
Coding
Databases
Spreadsheets
Exploring textures
and patterns.
Core Skills
Spreadsheets
E-Safety
Coding
Movie Editing
Core Skills
Spreadsheets
Algorithms and Coding
Scratch Programming
Email
E-Safety
MUSIC
MUSIC
Accurate drawings of
people, faces, bodies
and movements.
Ancient Egyptian art
Leaders and
Followers: Who
do Jewish and
Gambia link school
Christian
people follow?
Zoo animals/
Days of week/
descriptions /
Leisure & holidays
dictionary skills
– travel
Symbols
Five Pillars of
Islam
Pentecost
Extending
colour mixing;
using different
brushes. Georgia
O’Keefe flowers
RE/PSHE
French
Gambia link
school – letters,
photos / video,
fund-raising
plans
Introductions/
classroom
instructions/
months/ age &
birthdays
Fete des Rois
PE
Athletics/
Football
Athletics/Tag
Rugby
Hockey/
Gymnastics
Music
ART
Christmas
Music: playing
accompaniments,
singing in two
parts.
ART
Religion and the
individual
Gambia link school
Body parts
Simple adjectives
including colours
for description
Easter / Poisson
d’avril
Clothing – describe
what people wearing
Tennis/
Gynmastics/
Outdoors and
adventurous
activities
Standard musical
notation, recorder.
Cricket/ Netball/
Swimming
Music from Play
Quality singing,
including 2 parts and
harmony.
Café food
Polite ‘café talk’ and
greetings
Bastille Day –
celebratory food
(French café)
Rounders/ Dance
/Swimming
ART
Year B
Topic
Year B
Literacy
Genres
Books
Poetry
Grammar
HISTORY
Roman Empire
Impact on Britain and Celts
[short in 2nd half term]
Trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace
Term 1
Nonchronological
report (on
Roman
mythological
creature).
Stories – Myths
and Legends
Term 2
Newspaper
recount
[Fishbourne]
Advert (estate
agent) for the
palace.
Instructions
(Christmas
craft) TfW Y3
The Ice Palace
Diary of a
Killer Cat
Poetry for Christmas
Adjective, noun,
noun phrases, verb,
and adverb; powerful
verbs; generalisers
for info.; apostrophes
for singular
possession (nonchron. report)
Boastful language;
colon before list;
start with a simile
(poetry)
PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY
Vesuvius and
Pompeii
(inc. play)
Term 3
Plays and Dialogue
HISTORY
HISTORY / ART
GEOGRAPHY
& SCIENCE
Anglo-Saxons
(before Alfred the
Great) – fall of
Roman Empire,
Scots invasions.
Hooke Court trip –
Saxons theme.
Anglo-Saxon Art and
Culture
(short unit)
Planet Earth
World maps: zones
esp. Rainforest
Trip to Living Rainforest
World and Europe maps:
location knowledge
Term 4
Recount (diary)
(Hooke Court)
Term 5
Fantasy Stories (TfW
Y4)
Term 6
Recount and [taught]
letter
(Rainforest)
Grandpa Chatterji
Bill’s New Frock
Stories with
historical settings
I was a Rat!
Powerful verbs; specific
technical vocabulary;
direct speech; powerful
speech verb
Complex sentences subordination (inc.
connectives); additional
subordinating
conjunctions; commas
after fronted adverbials
The Hodgeheg
Kennings
Story poems (TfW Y4)
Observation poems
TfW Y3
Powerful verbs; direct speech;
drop in relative clause;
specific technical vocabulary;
drop in relative clause;
Consolidate: full stops, capitals, ?, !, bullet points, apostrophe for contractions, commas in lists, singular/plural, suffix/prefix adjective, noun, noun phrases, verb, adverb,
consonant / vowel, word family, alliteration, statement, question, exclamation, command, tense – past, present, future, inverted commas.
Focus
Weeks
Poetry linked to Art Week
Skeleton and Muscles
Science
Design and
Technology
Motorised Roman chariots
Book Week
Rocks and Fossils
(inc. Charmouth
trip)
Plants
Textiles: purses
ICT
Core Skills
Internet
Research
Presentations
Multimedia
Project
Google Maps
Email
E-Safety
DTP
Algorithms
Coding
Desktkop
Publishing
Website Design
Spreadsheets
Core Skills
Podcasts
E-Safety
Algorithms
Coding
Art
Take One Artist
MUSIC
MUSIC
Sculpture
R.E. /
P.S.H.E.
Gambia link
school – letters,
photos / video,
fund-raising
plans
What different
beliefs about
God do people
have?
Christian +
Muslim
Classroom
instructions/
weather
Gambia link school
The Journey of
Life + Death
Hindu + Muslim
and Christianity
French
Music
Greetings/
Family
members
ART
Strings tuition
Buche de Noel
Christmas
music,
percussion.
Strings tuition.
Planet Earth : Living Things, Environments,
Habitats and Food Chains
France – location
within in Europe /
where we live /
transport / twinning
with La Bouille
Musical play.
Pets / simple
descriptions /
dictionary skills
Strings tuition
Strings tuition
Mardi Gras
ART
Cookery
Website Design
Scratch programming
MUSIC
Core Skills
Scratch Programing
Image editing
E-Safety
Watercolours:
technique and great
artists.
Worship, Pilgrimage
and Sacred Places
Gambia link school
Sports & hobbies
Days of week
Food – Snacks / café &
breakfast foods – polite
café talk
Standard musical
notation.
ART
Strings tuition
Strings tuition