Oasis Academy Don Valley – Curriculum Map – Y3/4 (Sept 15)
Year Group
3/4
Half Term 1
Half Term 2
Half Term 3
Half Term 4
Half Term 5
Half Term 6
Whole Academy Theme
Who are we?
How Does it work?
Our World
Horrible histories
Living things
Great Britain
Curious Questions
What is the most important
invention?
Visit to Eureka
Can we be one community?
What is the healthiest way to
live?
Guest Speaker
Oasis Ethos
Introduction to Oasis 9 Habits
‘A deep sense that things can
be changed and be
transformed’
Setting Targets
Aspirations
Change
‘A Passion to include
everyone’
Being Welcoming
Team Work
Including everyone
How can we know what
happened if we weren’t there?
Classroom becomes and
Egyptian tomb
‘A desire to treat people
equally respecting
differences’
I am unique
Likes and dislikes
Respecting differences
How important is our coast?
Stunning Start
How are we the same how are
we different?
Locality Walk
‘A Commitment to healthy
open relationships’
Being Kind
What to do when feeling sad
angry of saying sorry
Being Friends
‘A sense of perseverance to
keep going for the long haul’
Being Patient
Learning from our mistakes
and saying sorry
Keep Learning
Literacy
(Writing)
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing
appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences
appropriately
To present neatly
To Spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing
appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences
appropriately
To present neatly
To Spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing
appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences
appropriately
To present neatly
To Spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing
appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences
appropriately
To present neatly
To Spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing
appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences
appropriately
To present neatly
To Spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing
appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences
appropriately
To present neatly
To Spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Literacy
(Reading)
Reading Essential Objectives
To read words accurately
To understand texts
Reading Essential Objectives
To read words accurately
To understand texts
Reading Essential Objectives
To read words accurately
To understand texts
Reading Essential Objectives
To read words accurately
To understand texts
Reading Essential Objectives
To read words accurately
To understand texts
Reading Essential Objectives
To read words accurately
To understand texts
Numeracy
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To Multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties
of shapes
To describe position, direction
and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To Multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties
of shapes
To describe position, direction
and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To Multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties
of shapes
To describe position, direction
and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To Multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties
of shapes
To describe position, direction
and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To Multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties
of shapes
To describe position, direction
and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To Multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties
of shapes
To describe position, direction
and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Key Subject drivers and NC
History
Science
Geography
History
Science
Geography
Guest Speaker
Visit to the coast?
references
Other NC subjects and NC
references
A study of a theme in British
history
A local history study.
Geography
Use fieldwork to observe,
measure and record the
human and physical features
in the local area using a range
of methods,
Science
Materials
Examine the properties of
materials using various tests.
Look at solubility and
recovering dissolved
substances.
Key Skills development
Art
Use experiences, other
subjects across the curriculum
and ideas as inspiration for
artwork.
Develop and share ideas in a
sketchbook and in finished
products
PE
Play competitive games,
modified where appropriate,
and apply basic principles
suitable for attacking and
defending.
Music
Play and perform in solo and
ensemble contexts, using
voice and playing instruments
with increasing accuracy,
control and expression.
RE
Study the beliefs, festivals and
Electricity
Look at appliances, circuits,
lamps, switches, insulators
and conductors.
Locate the world’s countries,
with focus on North and South
America and countries of
particular interest to pupils.
Look at circuits, the effect of
the voltage in cells and the
resistance and conductivity of
materials.
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to
locate countries and describe
features studied
Geography
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to
locate countries and describe
features studied
Technology
Design
Use research and develop
design criteria generate,
develop, model and
communicate their ideas
Make
select from and use a wider
range of tools and equipment
to perform practical tasks
select from and use a wider
range of materials and
components
Evaluate
Evaluate their ideas and
products against their own
design criteria and consider
the views of others to improve
their work
Computing
Design and write programs
that accomplish specific goals.
PE
Take part in gymnastics
activities
Art
Learn about the great artists,
architects and designers in
history
RE
Study the beliefs, festivals and
celebrations of Buddhism
Science
Physics
Look at the movement of the
Earth and the moon.
Science
Physics
Look at the effect of gravity
and drag forces.
Explain day and night.
Languages
In the chosen modern
language: Speak, Read and
Write
Look at the culture of the
countries where the language
is spoken.
Look at transference of forces
in gears, pulleys, levers and
springs.
Prepare and cook a variety of
predominantly savoury dishes
using a range of cooking
techniques.
Art
Use experiences, other
subjects across the curriculum
and ideas as inspiration for
artwork.
PE
Play competitive games,
modified where appropriate,
and apply basic principles
suitable for attacking and
defending.
RE
Study the beliefs, festivals and
celebrations of, Islam,
Art
Use experiences, other
subjects across the curriculum
and ideas as inspiration for
artwork.
Art
Use experiences, other
subjects across the curriculum
and ideas as inspiration for
artwork.
Develop and share ideas in a
sketchbook and in finished
products
PE
Play competitive games,
modified where appropriate,
and apply basic principles
suitable for attacking and
defending.
RE
Study the beliefs, festivals and
celebrations of, Judaism
Develop and share ideas in a
sketchbook and in finished
products
PE
Take part in athletics activities
RE
Study the beliefs, festivals and
celebrations of Sikhism..
Cooking and nutrition Prepare
and cook a variety of
predominantly savoury dishes
using a range of cooking
techniques.
Computing
Understand computer
networks including in the
internet; how they can provide
multiple services, such as the
world-wide web; and the
opportunities they offer for
communication and
collaboration.
Art
Use experiences, other
subjects across the curriculum
and ideas as inspiration for
artwork.
PE
Perform dances.
Music
Appreciate and understand a
wide range of high-quality live
and recorded music from
different traditions and from
great musicians and
composers.
Early Civilizations
achievements and an in-depth
study of Ancient Egypt;
Animals and humans
Look at nutrition,
transportation of water and
nutrients in the body, the
muscle and skeleton system of
humans and animals.
Look at the digestive system in
humans.
Look at teeth.
Look at the human circulatory
system.
Cooking and nutrition
Understand and apply the
principles of a healthy and
varied diet.
Understand geographical
similarities and differences
through the study of human
and physical geography of a
region or area of the United
Kingdom.
Science
Rocks and fossils Compare and
group rocks and describe the
formation of fossils.
All living things Identify and
name plants and animals
Look at classification keys.
celebrations of Christianity.
Festivals and celebrations
Jeans for genes – 18/9
International Day of Peace –
21/9
Eid-al-Adha -24/9
Black History Month – Oct
World Teachers Day 5/10
Halloween – 31/10
Genres/Writing Styles
Write stories set in places
pupils have been
Write letters
Write recounts
Write in a journalistic style
All Kinds of Collection Children
Books Set, (A Lift the Flap
Book), (All kind of Beliefs, All
kind of Bodies, All kinds of
Homes, All Kinds of Feelings
and All Kinds of People) (All
Kind of ....)
Key Text and resources to
support
Eric's Big Day: A Bicycle Race
Unlike Any Other
Iron Man
The Twits
Stig of the dump
Enterprise opportunity
Community Event
Performance of Understanding
with Parental Engagement
Fairytale news
Mixed up fairy tales
Please Mrs Bulter poetry
You wait till I’m older than you
– poetry
Food bank collection
Opening Day
Production of first half term
presentation with publication
of ‘Who are we’ book.
RE
Study the beliefs, festivals and
celebrations of Hinduism
Bonfire Night – 5/11
Remembrance Day – 11/11
Diwali – 11/11
Universals Children’s Day –
20/11
Birthday of Guru Nanak –
25/11
Hanukkah – 14/12
Prophet Muhammad’s
birthday – 24/12
Christmas - December
Write instructions.
Write persuasively.
Write explanations
Until I met Dugley
Wallace and Gromit’s great
world of inventions
How does my home work
‘electricity’
Science biography pack – Isaac
Newton, Louis Pasteur,
Thomas Edison and Charles
Darwin
Horrible science – shocking
electricity
Christmas stalls
Christmas Carol Service
Family learning day where
children show case their
inventions.
New Years Day – 1/1
Martin Luther King Day – 19/1
Holocaust memorial day –
27/1
Chinese New Year – 8/2
Shrove Tuesday – 9/2
Valentines Day – 14/2
St David’s Day – 1/3
World book day – 5/3
Mothers Day – 6/3
International women’s day –
8/3
British science week
St Patricks day – 17/3
World poetry day – 21/3
Easter – March/April
World Children’s book day 2/4
World Health day – 7/4
Vaisakhi – 13/4
Earth Day – 22/4
Passover – 22/4
Shakespeare’s birthday – 23/4
St Georges day – 23/4
VE Day – 8/5
International day against
Homophobia – 17/5
World environment day – 5/6
Anniversary of D_Day – 6/6
Ramadan – 18 June
World Refugees day – 20/6
Fathers Day – 21/6
Eid-al-Fitr – 18/7
Write stories of adventure.
Write stories of mystery and
suspense
Learn by heart and perform a
significant poem
Stories from other cultures
Gregory Cool
Brother eagle, sister sky
The Princess and the Pea by
Rachel Isadora
Rapunzel by Rachel Isadora
Snow white in New York
Write stories that contain
mythical legendary or
historical characters or events.
Write instructions.
Write persuasively.
Write explanations
Write arguments.
Great civilisations Egyptians
Food and cooking in ancient
Egypt
Horrible histories – awful
Egyptians
Usborne – See inside ancient
Egypt
The Star Bearer: A Creation
Myth from Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Cinderella
The plot on the pyramid
The Egyptian echo
Egyptian diary
James and the Giant peach
Charlotte’s Web
The lion the witch and the
wardrobe
Jack and the baked beanstalk
Trust me Jack’s beanstalks
sticks!
Human Body: An Illustrated
Guide To Every Part Of The
Human Body And How It
Works
Usborne books: Children's
Encyclopedia
Mustard, Custard, Grumble
Belly and Gravy- poetry
Write poems that convey an
image (simile, word play,
rhyme and metaphor).
Learn by heart and perform a
significant poem
The lost thing
The famous Five – five on a
treasure island
Famous People Famous Lives:
William Shakespeare
Mr William Shakespeare’s
plays
Sonnets
Who’s who in British history
Easter Egg Raffle
Easter Bingo
Parents invited to Egyptian
extravaganza
Enterprise Challenge
OAP Party
Wild Life Park Visit
Children's Classic Poetry
Collection: 60 Poems by the
World's Greatest
Host a meal
Festival of food – shared meal
Family Banquet, includes
dance performance and music
recital
Summer Fate raffle
Summer Fate
Parents invited to afternoon
tea.