Art:
Experiences, WOW Days and Learning Environment
Science – Rocks:
- Cave paintings of prehistoric animals
- Class ‘Time Capsule’
- Compare and group together different kinds of
- Lascaux Cave drawings
- Reading Cave (Role play area)
rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple
- Beaker people jewellery and pottery
- Recreating a volcanic eruption
physical properties.
DT:
- Class visit to Stonehenge
- Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed
- Stone Age to Iron Age - Hunter Gatherer to farmer Wow day
when things that have lived are trapped within
- Stone Age shelters
- Fossils rock / Gravel is great road show
rock.
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- Recognise that soils are made from rocks and
- Different tools from the Stone, Bronze and Iron
organic matter.
Age
Music:
-The origins of campfire songs
Songs
Singing Spanish – Buenos dias, De uno a diez
- Two piles of stones
- Horrible Histories Stone Age Song
DRAGONS Y4
CREATIVE
CURRICULUM
AUTUMN TERM
2015
Geography:
Locational knowledge – UK, countries, counties,
cities and towns
Physical Geography – Volcanoes and earthquakes
Human Geography – Types of settlement
Geographical skills – Using maps, atlases and
globes
French:
French culture – where is France/what other
countries speak French
- Greetings, names, asking ‘how are you?’ ‘How
old are you?’ ‘Where do you live?’
- Classroom equipment and instructions.
Key Questions
1. What do we already know about the Stone Age?
2. How do Stone Age homes compare to our homes in
Britain and around the world?
History:
- Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the
Iron Age.
RE:
Literature:
- Stone Age Boy - How to wash a Woolly
Mammoth
-The Secrets of Stonehenge -The boy with the
Bronze Axe
Talk for Writing:
Poetry – Volcano
3. Where and what is Skara Brae?
4. Why was Stonehenge built?
5. How is our life today different from life in the Stone
Age/ Iron Age?
6. What was a hill fort like?
7. How are rocks classified? What are the properties of
rocks?
Believing
- Beliefs and Questions
- What is God like and how does believing in God
influence people’s lives?
Values for Life:
Autumn 1 - Thankfulness and generosity
Autumn 2 - Friendship and compassion
8. How are fossils formed?
Church Services
Cat
8. What is soil? What different kinds of soil are there?
- Harvest Festival
Non-fiction – Non-chronological report -
9. How is a volcano formed?
Narrative – Suspense story - Matty and the Snow
Mammoths
Poetry – Haiku – Stonehenge through the
10. How does an earthquake happen?
- Remembrance Service
- Christmas Service
seasons
Narrative – Finding story
Non-fiction – Newspaper report – Barrow
Discovered
Maths Opportunities:
British values:
P.E:
Measure:
- Developing a broad general knowledge of and respect for public
Autumn 1 -Invasion Autumn
Time – Stonehenge
institutions in England
Distance – Stonehenge where the rocks come
- Looking at English Heritage and how they conserve our History.
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Sporting Values:
Games – Tag Rugby
Autumn
2
Gymnastics
1
Encouragement
- Autumn
2
– Team
Work
- Circuit training
Computing:
Key focus throughout year - E-Safety and typing skills Autumn 1 – Back to the Future – Create own blog detailing their research Autumn 2 – We Built This City – Creating 3D
worlds on Minecraft
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