Year 3 and 4 Long term plan 2015-2016
Cycle A
Rotten Romans
What did the Romans ever do for us? This
term we will discover the terrors of
Tiberius, the expanse of the empire and
the awesome architecture.
By sailing through the Mediterranean, we
will truly discover their impact on modern
civilisation!
Big topic title
Eyes on London
Join us as we travel back one hundred
years to Victorian London! How did they
live? How has the city changed? And who
was in charge? We shall learn about the
strictness of schooling, the terrors of the
workhouse and the tragic life of Queen
Victoria. The Victorians were vile and the
proof is in the (gruel) pudding!
Terms
Focus topic
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Vile Victorians- life
for children
Vile VictoriansQueen Victoria and
Industrial Revolution
Roman history and
timelines
What did the
Roman’s do for us?
Living things
Healthy Eating
Wow factor
Victorian
experience day
Christmas Production
Colosseum and
aqueduct building
Roman day
Lookout centre visit
Cooking a healthy
number
English
Stories from other
cultures: Street
Child
Instructions and
explanations:
Queenly manners
*Myths and
Legends: Roman
mythology
Dum Spiro- Roman
soldier writing
prompt
Poetry- theme of
animals and nature
Adventure stories
London
Information texts
Christmas Extra:
Letters to Father
Christmas
Recounts of a trip
Non-chronological
reports
Poetry: Shape
poems: nature
inspired shapes
Persuasive writingstaying healthy
Poetry: Creating
images
Geography
Locating areas on
a map
Poetry: Humorous
poems
Plays and dialogues:
production
Human geography of
London
Studying the
settlement and
energy use
Traditional poemsRomans
Locating Rome on a
map and identifying
capital cities
Performance poems
Describe and
understand key
aspects of trade
links in the Empire
What lurks outside?
Bugs, grubs and spiders…oh my! We will
end the year with a squelchtacular
exploration of the outdoors. Magnifying
glasses at the ready as we observe and
investigate what makes a healthy diet,
which creatures must watch their back in
the food chain and learn all about
the…erm…’journey’ of our food through
our bodies!
Stories about
imaginary worlds:
enchanted forest
Poetry: Traditional
poems
Science
Electricity
States of matter
Sound
Art and DT
Victorian
handwritingpencil and nib
control.
Artist- Lowry
(industrial)
Use a range of
materials to build a
Colosseum or
aqueduct
P.E
Modern Foreign
Language
Refine painting and
sketching skills
Design and
construct a
Victorian Dolls
house.
London Olympics- Develop skills in
running, jumping, throwing and catching
French
Greetings and
numbers
listen attentively to
spoken language
and show
understanding by
joining in and
responding
French
Colours and months
of the year
listen attentively to
spoken language and
show understanding
by joining in and
responding
Living things and
their habitats
Mosaicsimprove their
mastery of art
techniques,
including sculpture
with a range of
materials
Food Chains
Animals including
Humans: Digestion
Play competitive
games: cricket,
hockey, netball
Develop flexibility,
strength,
technique, control
and balance
(gymnastics and
dance)
Play competitive
games:
Football and quick
cricket
Play competitive
games: rounders
and tennis
French
French
French
French
describe people,
places, things and
actions orally* and
in writing
read carefully and
show understanding
of words, phrases
and simple writing
write phrases from
memory, and adapt
these to create new
sentences, to
express ideas
clearly
Design and
construct a sock
puppet designed to
the environment.
Year 3 and 4 Long term plan 2016-2017
Big topic title
Willy Wonka and his inventions
Golden tickets at the ready, as we
take you on a whirlwind tour of all
things Dahl and learn some tips for
how to be an author along the way.
With a chocolatey Christmas
production, we’re opening the year
with a whizz, pop, bang!
Terms
Focus topic
Wow factor
English
Art and DT
Cycle B
Awful Egyptians
Under the Sea
Leave your Mummy at home and sail
down the Nile to learn about the
Ancient Egyptians! From ancient burial
traditions to the glamorous life of
Cleopatra, we won’t leave out any
gory details.
Oh I do like to be beside the
seaside…and so will you as we end
the year with a splish and a splash.
Get inspired by nature when we study
the natural beauty of the British
coastline.
Term 1
Roald Dahl- Who
are authors and
how can I be
one? Timelines of
chocolate
Roald Dahl
museum
Fiction: Stories by
the same author:
Roald Dahl
Term 2
Dragons Deninventions
Term 3
History: Kings
and timelines
Term 4
Life in Ancient
Egypt
Term 5
Science focus of
animals and
habitats
Term 6
Geography focus
of life by the
seaside
Christmas Play
Trip to British
Museum
Egyptian for the
day
Non-fiction:
Instructions and
explanations
Dentist
Non-fiction 5:
Persuasive
writing
Day trip to the
Beach
Poetry: List
poems and
kennings
Poetry: Image
poems
Poetry: Nonsense
poems
Fiction: Myths
and legends
Poetic form syllabic poems
Fiction : Stories in
familiar settings
Non-fiction: Nonchronological
reports
Poetry: Poetry by
heart
Poetry: Poems to
perform
Fiction: Stories
about times past
Non-fiction:
Chronological
reports
Refine painting
and sketching
skills:
Refine sketching
and drawing skills
Focus on seaside
artists
Fiction: Fairy
stories and
playscripts
Illustrating- Refine Inventionpainting and
improve their
sketching skills
mastery of design
techniques,
including
sculpture with a
range of materials
Fiction: Fables
Non-Fiction:
Information texts
Non-fiction:
Recounts
Build sarcophagus- clay or cardboard,
paper mache
improve their mastery of design
techniques with a range of materials
Collage,
sketching of sea
using abstract
techniques
DT: Modelling of
a beach hut
Geography
Science
P.E
Plants
Perform dances
using a range of
movement
patterns :
Dahl inspired
dance
Forces and
magnets
Develop skills in
running, jumping,
throwing and
catching
Egypt study:
Locating areas on
a map
Rivers- the water
cycle
Light:
Sundials, light
and shadow
Animals including
humans
Develop
flexibility,
strength,
technique,
control and
balance
(gymnastics and
dance)
Walk like an
Egyptian!
Play competitive
games: hockey,
netball
Regional
comparisonOxfordshire and
Dorset
Animals including
humans
Tourism study:
Collecting data
about population
to compare.
Rocks:
Rock types
Vocanoes and
Earthquakes
Play competitive
games: cricket,
netball
Develop flexibility,
strength,
technique, control
and balance in
Athletics